The commUnity+ Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre was featured in the Brimbank and North West Star Weekly this week, where our Tenancy and Generalist Lead Lawyer was interviewed on rental stress in our community.Read more...

The commUnity+ Legal Program supports local crime prevention through participating in the Victorian Government’s Empowering Communities Project Action Group for Melton.Read more...

commUnity+ and the Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre is excited to announce that we are to receive an injection of funds to deliver targeted family violence legal supports in the Melton area. The announcement comes after the former Attorney General, the Honourble Jill Hennessy, announced in mid-2020 that additional funds would be released to community legal centres to empower them to continue to provide much-needed legal services and advice in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.Read more...

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Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre is committed to assisting victims of family violence. We work extensively within this space through our various services:Read more...

The Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN) manages multi-disciplinary datasets for researchers and academics across government and commercial sectors. AURIN's online tools enable spatial and statistical modeling, planning and visualisation.  See https://aurin.org.au/Read more...

National Volunteer Week (NVW) is the annual celebration to acknowledge the generous contribution of our nation’s volunteers.Read more...

The Australian Vietnamese Women's Association Inc. (AVWA), a community organisation provides assistance to the Vietnamese-Australian community across Metropolitan Melbourne through a number of services: counselling for gambling, drug and alcohol addiction; support services for victims of family violence; community education and nationally accredited training; staff supported playgroups; home care packages etc. (Visit www.avwa.org.au/en/).Read more...

Community Legal Education (CLE) refers to a wide range of activities designed to empower the community by educating them on their rights and responsibilities; where to seek advice and assistance; and how they can navigate the legal terrain. CLE seeks to prevent legal problems and disputes from spiraling out of control by seeking to address the problem at the earliest opportunity.Read more...

Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre (BMCLC) assists clients with summary crime matters in circumstances where the client is ineligible for either a grant of legal aid or the duty lawyer service. Read more...