Sistren’s Impact Report 2024
Thanks for checking out our Impact Report! You can download our beautifully graphic-d report here, or read some of the highlights below.
🗣 Reflections from the Co-Founders
“Impact might look like someone feeling more confident navigating a complex system, or a small organisation gaining the resources they need through a conversation with us to progress their work, or a community group understanding the legal framework they’re operating in more clearly. Sometimes it looks like the space to voice the idea that you’ve been cooking up, or a safe space to discuss the injustice or harm that you’ve experienced, or simply building trust where there was none before.”
— Keya & Samara
⚖️ What We Do
We offer strategic, values-aligned legal expertise to community organisations and movements—focusing on groups historically excluded from legal and funding systems.
In 2024, 71% of our legal support was provided entirely free of charge.
🧱 Our Model: Community Lawyering
In 2024, we launched our foundational report: “Community Lawyering: Building an Ecosystem of Legal Support for Grassroots-Led Social Justice”
In it, we introduced 8 guiding principles focused on solidarity, equity, and knowledge-sharing.
📊 2024 Impact Snapshot
- ⏱ 1200+ hours of legal support delivered
- 🤝 54 organisations collaborated with us
- 💡 30 individuals received 1:1 legal support
- 📚 13 organisations received responsive legal support
- 🛠 9 community legal workshops delivered
- 🏛 5 new grassroots organisations incorporated
- ✍🏽 4 community lawyering blog posts
- 📖 2 legal resources published
- 🎙 1 podcast episode
- 🎈 1 incredible public launch event
💼 Case Studies of Our Work
💡Migrant Action: We secured charity status for Migrant Action, opening doors for understanding migrant justice within a charitable framework.
💡Black Food Fund and Hello Brave: We co-created equitable, low-burden grant contracts—aligning law with values of equity and trust.
💡Sistahood Collective: We supported the incorporation of a new co-operative CLG with its legal documents rooted in feminist disability justice principles.
💡Board Allyship: We piloted a new model of governance, offering expertise without holding power—centering community-led governance.
💬 What People Said
“Exactly the right level of detail for the board to be informed and engage…”
“I’ve read your community legal toolkit so many times…”
“..your workshop was mentioned as being one of the highlights of the programme..”
“This kind of support is invaluable for small organisations like mine…”
🚀 Looking Ahead to 2025 – Our Priorities
- Deepening our intersectional legal knowledge
- Expanding collaboration with other community lawyers
- Challenging legal conventions through creative practice
- Bridging grassroots knowledge with policy-making
- Improving how we open-source our work
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