Shoalcoast Community Legal Centre is currently in the process of rebranding to South Coast and Country Community Law.
Shoalcoast Community Legal Centre is currently in the process of rebranding to South Coast and Country Community Law.
Prior to 1999, Wollongong was the last free legal service from Warrawong to the Victorian border. Illawarra Legal Centre held an outreach service in Nowra, but it still was not enough. There was a great need for a Community Legal Centre on the South Coast.
Research was done to look at the legal needs of the Shoalhaven.
In 1998, a tender was prepared and submitted. Funding was allocated to create what would become Shoalcoast Community Legal Centre, established in Nowra in 1999. Initially covering primarily South Coast LGAs (Shoalhaven and Eurobodalla), Shoalcoast grew to include projects specific to the Far South LGA of Bega Valley and some coverage for women in Snowy Monaro and Queanbeyan-Palerang areas.
From 2017, we also grew to permanently cover the country areas of Snowy Morano and Queanbeyan-Palerang. We now cover 5 LGAs as their Community Legal Centre.
In 2024/25, we commenced a rebranding, to find a name that reflected the areas and communities we provided legal services to.
