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We support thousands of people every year – ensuring vulnerable people, and particularly people experiencing mental illness or impacted by the trauma of family violence, receive high-quality advice, advocacy and legal representation.
Big boost for Ruah’s innovative legal service
Ruah Legal Service, including the Mental Health Law Centre, is expanding – and keen to recruit new, passionate lawyers to its team. The expansion is thanks to a significant funding boost from the Commonwealth Government and represents another growth phase for the leading community legal service.
FDV leave announced during #16DaysInWA
Ruah is pleased to have introduced 10 days of paid Family and Domestic Violence leave for Ruah employees, with that leave immediately available to support team members who are experiencing personal family and domestic violence.
Care and Protection – an integrated service success
Ruah’s innovative Care and Protection Service has received an overwhelmingly positive response from the vulnerable families it has supported in its first year.
Law Week events showcase ‘One Ruah’
Law Week 2022 offered Ruah Legal Services and the Mental Health Law Centre the opportunity to showcase ‘One Ruah’. We were pleased to host a series of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) events at the WA Museum Boola Bardip for the legal profession.
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Read more about Ruah Legal Services and the Mental Health Law Centre in our annual reports. From 2020-21, we report on our operations as ‘One Ruah’ reflecting our merger with Ruah Community Services in 2019 and the expansion of our integrated legal and non-legal support to families.
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RUAH 2022-23 Annual Report
RUAH 2021-22 Annual Report
RUAH 2020-21 Annual Report
MHLC 2019-20 Annual Report
MHLC 2018-19 Annual Report
MHLC 2017-18 Annual Report
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