It is National Volunteers Week! At ISCRE and Suffolk Law Centre, we are very lucky to benefit from some amazing volunteers. In fact, without them we wouldn’t be able to do even half of the work we do. So, we are very happy to celebrate volunteers. We have been chatting to a few of them […]
Take Your Place event aims at understanding barriers to higher education
In the week that David Lammy MP highlighted the failure of one university to attract a fair number of Black Asian & Minority Ethnic (BAME) students, Suffolk parents are being asked to contribute their ideas to how access to higher education can be improved. The Ipswich & Suffolk Council for Racial Equality ISCRE has been […]
Suffolk Law Centre – off to a busy start, new fundraising initiative launched
The county’s new legal facility has got off to a busy start since its launch two months ago, with plans well established to further extend its support to even more Suffolk-based residents. Set up thanks to a massive fundraising drive to provide free legal advice and casework for residents who with the withdrawal of Legal […]
Suffolk Law Centre Launch
Suffolk Law Centre: funding campaign successful – but real work starts now Campaigners are celebrating this week at the news that the long cherished desire to secure a law centre for Suffolk which aims to take on Legal Aid casework, has become a reality. Thanks to the generosity of many law firms and individuals across […]
The Law Centre
The following piece was first published on Poet of Bokonon by our Chair – Chris Cumberbatch The landlord’s nicked your rent, mouldy walls and broken glass your bosses think they’re funny page three jokes and padded bras or you’re trying to break even but the loan shark’s got you fast last, Remembrance Day has been, holding […]
National Lottery grant awarded to “unique arts project” to help Suffolk-based youths turn their lives around
Suffolk’s leading civil rights charity has secured £9100 in financial support from the National Lottery Awards for All fund to deliver a project which uses the power of storytelling to help young people reflect on their past and make better choices in the future. The Ipswich & Suffolk Council for Racial Equality (ISCRE) has teamed […]
Black and Muslim Offenders Are More Likely To Be Badly Treated In Prison
A ground breaking report has been produced by Runnymede Trust and University of Greenwich, which finds that Black and Muslim offenders are more likely to be badly treated in prison, leading to poorer outcomes and mental health concerns. An integral part of the research was a 4-week intensive motivational workshop to BAME prisoners with the […]
Immigration work boosted by £10k grant – but campaign for a Suffolk Law Centre goes on
Immigration work boosted by £10k grant – but campaign for a Suffolk Law Centre goes on The Access to Justice Foundation (ATJF), which supports legal initiatives that are provided free of charge, has awarded £10,000 to the Suffolk Law Advice Centre, which is run by the Ipswich & Suffolk Council for Racial Equality (ISCRE). The […]
Law Centre Open Day
On November 8th 2017, ISCRE held a free Legal Advice Open Day for National Pro Bono Week. The whole day was dedicated to meeting clients and offering them free advice on a variety of issues. We continued raising donations in aid of our campaign A Law Centre for Suffolk through a bake sale, raffle tickets and selling Christmas cards. After a successful […]
Suffolk Law Centre Christmas Cards
We are delighted to be selling these beautiful Christmas Cards in aid of our campaign A Law Centre for Suffolk. They have been designed by local artist and lawyer Anthony Wooding. If you would like to purchase the cards, please get in touch with: ALawCentreforSuffolk@iscre.org.uk or call: 01473 408111. Packs of 5 cards are on […]
