KCLS Public Housing Survey: Are you living in public housing in the Kimberley?

Had trouble getting repairs done? KCLS wants to hear from you. We’re collecting peoples stories to show the WA Government that housing maintenance must improve.

Kimberley Community Legal Services (KCLS) is an independent, not-for-profit, organisation that provides legal advice, social support, financial counselling and representation to the people of the Kimberley.

KCLS services include information, advice and casework services to individuals, as well as community legal education, law reform, and community-capacity building projects.

KCLS aims to reduce legal disadvantage, increase the capacity of individuals to manage their lives effectively and ensure people understand their rights and obligations.

Our Services

Legal Services

We are a free legal service that can help you with:

Social Services

KCLS provides long and short-term case management, focusing on support in the areas of Family and Domestic Violence, Elder Abuse, and public tenancy support.

Our social services team can support you with:

Financial Counselling

We offer financial counselling, education and advocacy for individuals and families in the East Kimberley.

A financial counsellor can help you with:

Community Legal Education and Advocacy

We provide workshops, activities and create resources to the community to educate the people of the Kimberley about their legal rights.

As part of its practice, KCLS tackles systemic problems affecting our clients. We work towards change by amplifying local voices and identifying policies that disadvantage our clients and the wider community.

Our Projects

KCLS tackles systemic problems affecting our clients. We work towards change by amplifying local voices and identifying policies that disadvantage our clients and the wider community.

US Without Abuse Campaign

‘US Without Abuse’ Campaign is led by Kimberley Community Legal Services in partnership with Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre. This initiative represents a unified commitment to debunk the normalisation of violence and foster a safer, more supportive community for all.

The dynamic campaign includes running ads over radio, television, social media and more. KCLS is partnering with other legal services in the region to roll out Community Legal Education workshops to Remote Aboriginal Communities in the Kimberley to spread the campaign and its important message into every part of the region.

Stuck in the Heat Report

The extreme heat in the Kimberley is felt more by public housing tenants who face many barriers to coping with heat. Tenants struggle to keep temperatures down in poor quality housing, are under financial pressure as they try to afford air conditioners and power bills and they feel the impacts of heat stress on daily health and wellbeing. The ‘Stuck in the Heat’ report calls for more to be done for public housing tenants in the Kimberley.

No More Humbug Report

The “No More Humbug” research report identified the extent of Financial Elder Abuse in the Kimberley. An outcome of the report has been the development of resources that aim to reduce Aboriginal Financial Elder Abuse in the Kimberley and other Aboriginal Communities in remote regions.

Based on extensive interviews across the Kimberley, this work highlights the causes and prevalence of elder financial abuse, and what can be done to change things for our families and communities.

Latest News and Updates

Kimberley Campaign takes the stage at annual conference and awards night

Kimberley Community Legal Services (KCLS) and Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre (MWRC) headed to Perth to participate in a panel discussion on community-led partnerships at WACOSS conference and attend the Community Service Excellence Awards on the collaboration between the organisations that led to the US Without Abuse Campaign.

Fitzroy Crossing Launches ‘Us Without Abuse’ Campaign to Combat Family and Elder Abuse

The Fitzroy Valley Community united to launch *Us Without Abuse* — a powerful, community-led campaign to challenge family violence and elder abuse across the Kimberley.
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