The Law Handbook 2024

Chapter 2.4: Legal services that can help 93 Provides services for people who live, work or study in the City of Whittlesea. Women’s Legal Service Victoria Level 10, 277 William Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 8622 0600; 1800 133 302 Email: admin@womenslegal.org.au Web: www.womenslegal.org.au Provides free legal services to women in Victoria. Youthlaw: Young People’s Legal Rights Centre 147–155 Pelham Street, Carlton Vic 3053 Tel: 9113 9500 Email: info@youthlaw.asn.au Web: www.youthlaw.asn.au Youthlaw provides free legal advice for people aged under 25 years old. Young Workers Centre: Legal Centre Tel: 1800 714 754 Web: www.youngworkers.org.au/legal_centre Provides advice and assistance to young people about their rights at work. Victoria Legal Aid Victoria Legal Aid ( VLA ) is a government-funded agency set up to ensure that people who cannot afford to pay a private lawyer can get help with their legal problems. VLA provides: • free legal information for all Victorians; • free legal advice for people who meet the eligibility criteria; • duty lawyers in most courts and tribunals; • family dispute resolution for disadvantaged families and children, and other specialist resolution and advocacy services; • legal assistance grants for people who meet the eligibility criteria. VLA can help people with a range of legal problems including those relating to criminal matters, family separation, family violence, mental health and discrimination. For more information about the services that VLA provide, see Chapter 2.2: How legal aid can help. Victoria Legal Aid – Melbourne metro (head office) Level 9, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 1300 792 387 Web: www.legalaid.vic.gov.au VLA suburban offices Broadmeadows Level 1, Building 1, Broadmeadows Station Centre, 1100 Pascoe Vale Road, Broadmeadows Vic 3047 Tel: 9302 8777 Dandenong 14 Mason Street, Dandenong Vic 3175 Tel: 9767 7111 Frankston Cnr O’Grady Avenue and Dandenong Road, Frankston Vic 3199 Tel: 9784 5222 Ringwood 23 Ringwood Street, Ringwood Vic 3134 Tel: 9259 5444 Sunshine Level 1, 474 Ballarat Road, Sunshine Vic 3020 Tel: 9300 5333 VLA regional offices Bairnsdale 87A Main Street, Bairnsdale Vic 3875 Tel: 5153 6444 Ballarat 106 Market Street, Ballarat Vic 3350 Tel: 5329 6222; 1800 081 719 Bendigo 424 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo Vic 3550 Tel: 5448 2333; 1800 254 500 Geelong Level 2, 199 Moorabool Street, Geelong Vic 3220 Tel: 5226 5666; 1800 196 200 Horsham 29 Darlot Street, Horsham Vic 3400 Tel: 5381 6000; 1800 177 638 Mildura 137 Thirteenth Street, Mildura Vic 3500 Tel: 5055 4001 Morwell 4 Chapel Street, Morwell Vic 3840 Tel: 5126 6444 Shepparton 320–322 Wyndham Street, Shepparton Vic 3630 Tel: 5823 6200