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Toynbee Hall wins NLA Award

Toynbee Hall Estate & London Square Spitalfields win the NLA Award

Our estate won the Mixing Prize for best Mixed-Use Charity Estate Regeneration We are delighted to have won the NLAwards20 Mixing Prize for best Mixed-Use Charity Estate Regeneration. Thank you to NLA London, all our partners and funders and congratulations to P5 Architects, Richard Griffiths Architects and our whole redevelopment team for bringing our ambitions…
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Toynbee Hall secures funding to help support local people through the Covid-19 pandemic

A grant of £58,000 has been awarded through the Covid-19 Community-Led Organisations Recovery Scheme (CCLORS)

Debt Free London Impact Report

Read Debt Free London’s new Impact Report: Tackling debt in a time of crisis

The latest Impact Report from Debt Free London, London’s debt advice partnership, reveals the extent of problem debt across London

Are you a landlord that rents out property in East London?

Are you a landlord that rents out property in East London?

Invitation to join a sharing workshop on Thursday 26th November 2020, 6.00-7.30pm

Web Development EOI

Web Development/Design invitation to submit expression of interest

We are looking to commission someone to test, and embed new functionality into our Wordpress site

“We have a justice gap that excludes many individuals from accessing the legal support they require” Pro Bono Week Volunteer Profile

Aoife O’Reilly provides Pro Bono advice at the Free Legal Advice Center as a Toynbee Hall volunteer. She’s part of the Allen and Overy LLP team who have supported access to justice in East London with FLAC for over a decade. As part of Pro Bono Week she speaks to us about her experiences at…
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“I believe that support can bring changes to a person’s life” Pro Bono Week Volunteer Profile

Farhana Chowdhury has been volunteering at several FLAC clinics for over 3 years. She’s been an incredibly valuable and hardworking volunteer over that time, assisting with great sensitivity and expertise on countless cases. Since 1898, Toynbee Hall’s Free Legal Advice Centre has been powered by pro bono volunteers giving up their time to provide free,…
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“We really do make a difference to people’s lives.” Julia Wookey and Adam Fellows, Pro Bono Week Volunteer Profile

Julia Wookey and Adam Fellows from Howard Kennedy share their experience as a Pro Bono volunteers at the Free Legal Advice Centre at Toynbee Hall. They provide advice at FLAC as Toynbee Hall volunteers. Since 1898, Toynbee Hall’s Free Legal Advice Centre has been powered by pro bono volunteers giving up their time to provide…
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Jade Bernard - FLAC Pro Bono Adviser

Amplifying Black voices in the legal profession: Jade Bernard

Jade Bernard shares her experiences as a Pro Bono Adviser at our Free Legal Advice Centre and as a Black legal professional A crucial part of our work at Toynbee Hall is providing wider access to justice to the communities we serve to create a fairer and happier society. Our Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC)…
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Dawn McNish - FLAC Administrator

Amplifying Black voices in the legal profession: Dawn McNish

Dawn McNish shares her experiences as a Volunteer Administrator at our Free Legal Advice Centre and as a Black legal professional A crucial part of our work at Toynbee Hall is providing wider access to justice to the communities we serve to create a fairer and happier society. Our Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) has…
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