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Through the Covid-19 Specialist Advice Services Scheme (CSASS), 拢5.4 million was awarded in 2020/21 by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to the Law Centres Network and Community Justice Fund (CJF) to support not-for-profit specialist legal advice organisations and Law Centres. This funding enabled recipient organisations to remain operational and adapt their services, through investing in technology, to deliver support remotely and hire more staff to keep up with demand.

Recognising the pressures on the services provided by the not-for-profit legal advice sector due to significant reduction in funding and the鈥痮ngoing鈥痭egative impacts of COVID-19, the MOJ has committed renewed seed investment into the CJF over the financial year 2021/22.

皇冠体育app report鈥檚 key findings are:

• 72 organisations received funding and remained operational despite the challenges created by the pandemic.
• 皇冠体育app average size of the grants made was 拢71,000. 皇冠体育app largest expenditure was on wages for staff where 71% of funds were spent, indicating that the grants were primarily used by grantees to remain operational.
• Grantees reported increased activity than in the corresponding year prior to the pandemic - most had seen an increase in support offered to clients in areas of social welfare (namely Housing, Employment, and Debt).
• Grantees embraced remote means of communication allowing them to continue to deliver services despite restrictions 鈥� telephone was used most frequently when restrictions were in place, however, online means including email and chat functions were also adopted.
• Organisations are anticipating using a blended approach to delivery going forward 鈥� this will be dictated by client need.

Notes:

• 皇冠体育app full report can be read on GOV.UK
• Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, MOJ and DCMS provided 拢5.4 million to not-for-profit providers of specialist legal advice, through the COVID-19 Specialist Advice Services Scheme (CSASS) grant.
• 皇冠体育app funding comprised of 拢2.8 million from HMT, via DCMS, and 拢2.6 million from聽MOJ鈥檚聽budget.聽We awarded 拢3 million to聽law聽centres, via the Law Centres Network (LCN), and 拢2.4 million to聽specialist legal advice organisations through the聽Community Justice Fund (CJF).聽皇冠体育app CJF is a joint initiative between leading social justice organisations including Advice UK, Law Centres Network, Citizens Advice, the AB Charitable Trust, Indigo Trust, and Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
• 皇冠体育app聽CJF聽is administered by the Access to Justice Foundation (ATJF)聽and is designed to provide support to not-for-profit specialist legal advice organisations.
• 皇冠体育app Ministry of Justice invested a further 拢2 million in the Community Justice Fund in 2021/22 through the Sector Sustainability Grant in recognition of the sustained impact of the pandemic and reduced income of the legal support advice sector.