Employment Law Project Reflections

With thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund we were able to provide legal advice and support to individuals, fellow grassroots advice agencies, and others. We recently published LSA’s Employment Law Project Year in Numbers for the third and final year of the funding.

The direct and measurable improvement in individuals financial circumstances – where we represented clients – is £1,235,102.16 (which is a significant multiple of the funding awarded to us).  We also know that the overall financial improvement will be higher than this but we cannot measure it accurately.   The two main reasons are:

1. The figure does not include any cases where we provided second tier support to partners, who helped their clients secure compensation;
2. The figure does not include any cases where there was reinstatement/re-engagement following termination of employment or where employment continued but otherwise was likely to end – for example there were several cases where reasonable adjustments were made by an employer following our legal advice and support that allowed a client to continue working successfully.

In addition to improved financial circumstances we also achieved positive well-being outcomes for our clients and others, including retention of employment and obtaining a change in role, hours, or terms.

We are extremely grateful for the funding from the National Lottery Community Fund that has allowed us to meet the main objective and related objectives of the project.

Our partners and other stake holders saw the benefit of the project to them and the wider community that we serve.    We are both proud and privileged to be able to achieve success through the projects.

Considering the value of the project and the impact that it has had for individuals, their families and the wider community, we are seeking new funding opportunities from the National Lottery Community Fund and others to allow us to continue to deliver a valuable service to individuals who are dealing with employment law issues.

Stuart Swan