History

Our organisation

ARC Justice (Advocacy and Rights Centre Ltd.) was established in 2000. We have a long history of community engagement, partnerships, advocacy and campaigning, beginning as a tenancy rights and advocacy service in Bendigo and going on to establish two community legal centres in Bendigo and Shepparton.

Our programs now provide legal and tenancy support services across ten local government areas in central and northern Victoria, with a team of 37 staff working to advocate for and uphold the rights of rural and regional Victorians.

See the timeline below showing how our organisation has grown and evolved over the last 20 years in partnership with the community.

January 1, 2020

GVCLC establishes Integrated Service Partnership with The Haven youth drop-in centre

In 2020, GVCLC partnered with the Greater Shepparton Lighthouse Project and it’s youth safe space The Haven to deliver Haven Connect, a youth justice project in Shepparton. …

January 1, 2020

ARC Justice © 2020. All rights reserved.
Advocacy and Rights Centre Ltd trading as ARC Justice ABN 23 082 541 240 ARC Justice incorporates Loddon Campaspe and Goulburn Valley Community Legal Centres and Housing Justice.

ARC Justice acknowledges Aboriginal Peoples as the traditional and current custodians of the land upon which we work. We respect that this land always was and always will be Aboriginal land. Aboriginal sovereignty has never been ceded.

We pay our respect to Elders past and present, as well as all Aboriginal people who have fought, and continue to fight, for equality, self-determination, culture, Country and community.

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