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BLAKE DAWSON AND LOU’S PLACE WIN THE 2010 PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP AWARD
The Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales held its annual Justice Awards dinner on Thursday 14 October 2010 at Parliament House.
Blake Dawson and Lou’s Place are honoured to be the recipients of the 2010 Pro Bono Partnership award.
John Corker, Director of the National Pro Bono Resource Centre, offered the following citation in presenting the Pro Bono Partnership award:
For a long-standing partnership that provides legal assistance to women in the heart of the Kings Cross, many of whom are homeless, live in local refuges and are often at crisis points in their lives. The 2010 Pro Bono Partnership Award goes to a partnership that, for the past 11 years, has been making an impact on the lives of severely disadvantaged women as they experience a time of crisis in their lives. This partnership, employing a surround model of care, reaches women who may otherwise never access legal assistance, and who are able to trust the lawyer because they trust the community organisation.
Polly and Me August screening at Blake Dawson
On 26 August 2010, Lou’s Place and leading law firm Blake Dawson hosted a second private screening of Ian Darling’s film Polly and Me. The film tells the harrowing story of a mother and child struggling to survive cut off from the usual supports of family and community. The screening …
Polly & Me June Screening at Dendy Quays
Private Screening of Ian Darling’s new film Polly and Me
We need to drive into the reality of women: you do matter. We have to come into the lives of women and pull them back. Give them the ability to make decisions. Let them choose. Invest them …
Read more about the Dendy screening
When asked why he had made this film and why now, Ian Darling described his experience in filming the documentary OASIS in which he heard many stories of abuse and neglect that he was unable to film but which he believed needed to be told. Polly and Me is an amalgam of many …
