We at the GMLC are a campaigning organisation. We are actively fighting Government cuts to legal aid and for the restoration of funding and support for all who need legal advice and representation. We are also fighting to change Government welfare reform policy. The vulnerable in our community face real hardship, and we are using our experience enact real change through strategic litigation. On this page you can find out all about our campaigning activities.
Below is the text of an open letter written by Shelter and GMLC, signed by a range of housing and legal organisations across the Greater Manchester region. This was sent…
In December 2022, Greater Manchester Law Centre, in association with the National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers (NAWRA), conducted a survey into recent delays in processing Pension Credit claims. Here,…
GMLC campaign volunteer Avaia Nightingale Williams summarises the findings of the Bar Council’s report on the state of justice following 10 years of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of…
This month, Greater Manchester Law Centre’s proposed amendment to the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill in Parliament has been raised in the House of Commons and debated in the committees. The…
From 6 – 8pm on 8 December 2022, GMLC and the University of Manchester Pro Bono Society will be holding a careers event in the Williamson Law Common Room. Anyone…
GMLC’s Campaigns Officer Kate Bradley summarises GMLC’s 2022 AGM. This year’s GMLC AGM on Tuesday 22 November 2022 saw over 50 attendees join us to talk about the Law Centre’s…
GMLC campaign volunteer Jake Marshall summarises the findings of an October 2022 Smith Institute report on homelessness and temporary accommodation, giving particular attention to Greater Manchester. Written at a…
GMLC campaign volunteer Mary Horobin explains why a lack of access to justice has real impacts on people experiencing difficulties because of the rising cost of living, and suggests policy…
GMLC campaign volunteer Eleni Founta summarises the recent case of Timson, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2022], in which a disabled woman…
In this article, GMLC campaign volunteer leads Jacob Quested Khan and Avaia Nightingale Williams consider the Public Order Bill and highlight the key issues it raises, as well as the…