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Law Commission Review of Co-operative and Community Benefit Society Law: Sistren’s Proposed Community-Led Response

What’s happening? The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (CCBS Act) is a piece of UK legislation that provides the legal framework for the registration, operation, and governance of co-operative societies and community benefit societies. The Law Commission…

Sistren’s work with Migrant Action

Migrant Action Residential and Strategy Day Last week, we travelled to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales to take part in the Migrant Action Residential and Strategy Day. Migrant Action is a newly registered charity based in Leeds has been one of…

Sistren Launch Event

Launching our first open-source publications 28 March 2024 In 2023, we began researching the legal support needs of organisations led by or for people from minoritised communities in the UK. On 28th March 2024, we launched our two latest open-source…

Event on 08/11/2023: (Re)introduction to legal structures for campaigning orgs

Sistren Legal Collective are running a workshop on governance models for grantees of the Baring Foundation and the A B Charitable Trust. The event is Online on Friday 8th November 2023, starting at 11am and finishing at 1pm.

Reflections from a pop-up community legal clinic at Impact Brixton

Impact Brixton is a hub for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and creatives in the heart of Brixton. As well as providing a diverse co-working space and a strong sense of community, Impact Brixton provide registered office services, which allows companies to use…

A Legal Pop-Up at Impact Brixton

Sistren Legal Collective are hosting a pop-up stand at Impact Brixton on Friday 29th September, along with HSBC and QLegal, to help answer your questions on how to set up a business. You can get tickets and sign up here.

When Transformational Governance Meets Legal Structures : Reflections from a Community Legal Clinic

Sistren ran a legal clinic at the Life Affirming Organisational Practice Event at Watershed, Bristol, organised by Dark Matter Labs, Healing Justice London and the Transformational Governance Collective. The event explored ways in which institutions and organisations can be supported and held accountable by inclusive, open, transformational governance practices that invite change, redistribute power, and enable everyone to thrive.

NSUN: A Community Legal Workshop for User-led Groups

Sistren provided a community legal workshop for user-led groups in collaboration with the National Survivors User Network, a charity and membership organisation of people and grassroots groups with lived experience of mental ill-health, trauma and distress, working towards the redistribution of power and resource in mental health.

Collaborating with Centric Community Research

Sistren was supported by Centric to conduct research to scope the needs of potential recipients of Sistren’s services and to map some of the key issues organisations and leaders face when accessing legal advice. Read more on our work with Centric through their blog.

Drawing on lived experience: four questions for social enterprises

Hiring or consulting people with direct experience of the issues an organisation tackles if often seen as good equity, diversity and inclusion practice. But here are a few things to consider to truly value and make the most of diverse life experiences. Samara writes for Pioneers Post.