January 25, 2010

Community Advocate Support Line to continue after March 2010!

The Legal Services Society (LSS) and the Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) are pleased to announce that, with extended funding from the Law Foundation of BC, the Community Advocate Support Line (CASL) will continue to operate after March 2010.

On April 1, 2010, the location and management of CASL will move from LSS to CLAS, and this important resource for legal advocates who provide assistance to disadvantaged people throughout the province will continue until at least March 31, 2011. Alison Ward, who has been the lawyer on the CASL project since May 2006, will continue to work on CASL in its new location at CLAS.

LSS and CLAS will make every effort to ensure the transition is as seamless as possible. However, the move will require new telephone numbers for CASL. These new numbers will be posted on PovNet’s listservs, and a separate e-mail confirming CASL’s new contact numbers will be sent to all community groups on the ELAN subscription list before the end of March.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Rita Hatina, assistant executive director, CLAS, by phone: 604-685-3425 or 1-888-685-6222 (call no charge) or by e-mail. Advocates can continue to contact Alison Ward with legal questions on the CASL line at LSS until March 26, 2010.