Posts by Amy McGilp

Listening to lived and frontline experience is crucial to addressing homelessness. St-Martin-in-the-Fields Charity, who fund LSA’s Disrupting Cycles of Disadvantage: Early Intervention in Homeless Project, have collected feedback from over one thousand frontline workers across the UK who are supporting people experiencing homelessness. Their survey found that the demand for homelessness services is increasing, which…

Legal Services Agency is proud to share that our Employment Law Project has helped improve individuals’ financial circumstances by over £1,000,000. Our Employment Law Project provides employment advice to people throughout Scotland. We also provide support to fellow grassroots advice agencies and aim to bring together stakeholder expertise to challenge inequality and injustice in the…

Legal Services Agency is pleased to announce that we will be piloting a four-day working week. Beginning in October, the pilot will span six-months. Our pilot means that full-time members of staff at Legal Services Agency will see their working hours reduced from 35 hours over five days, to 32 hours over four days, with…

July was Disability Pride Month. Disability Pride Month is celebrated every July to promote visibility, awareness, and acceptance of the disabled community. It serves as an opportunity to highlight the achievements of disabled individuals, whilst also raising awareness of ableism. Ableism is the discrimination of someone because of their disability or medical condition. This year’s…

Legal Services Agency is pleased to announce the publication of our new Disability Discrimination Guide, as part of the Disability and Social Justice Project. Our work with disabled organisations and charities has highlighted that many disabled people are not aware of their rights in relation to service providers, and that they are unsure how to…