Advicenow (Formerly Law for Life)

Who we are

Law for Life: the Foundation for Public Legal Education is an education and information charity that aims to increase access to justice by providing everyone with an awareness of their legal rights together with the confidence and skills to assert them.

Our vision

Law for Life strives for social justice by legally empowering individuals and communities. We believe everyone should be equipped with the knowledge, confidence and skills needed to deal with the law-related issues they are likely to encounter in the course of their lives.

Our mission

To deliver public legal education and information (PLEI) as a tool for empowering people, securing access to justice and tackling inequality. We will work together with others to identify and promote excellence in its research, design and delivery.

Our aims

• To deliver innovative public legal education and information that tackles social injustice
• To empower others to use public legal education and information
• To demonstrate the value of public legal education and information
• To strengthen organisational sustainability to drive our mission and values

What is unique about our services?

✔ We specialise in targeted and tailored education and information that is user centred, empowering and preventative.
✔ We deliver award-winning access to justice assistance that brings together on and offline help.
✔ We combine research and practice to develop our services as well as sharing evidence about what works.

Our culture and values

Our Vision

Advicenow strives for social justice by legally empowering individuals and communities.

Our mission

To deliver public legal education and information (PLEI) as a tool for empowering people, securing access to justice and tackling inequality. We will work together with others to identify and promote excellence in its research, design and delivery.

Our Aims

Deliver innovative public legal education and information that builds legal capability

Enable others to use public legal education and information

Understand and demonstrate the need for and value of public legal education and information

Strengthen organisational sustainability to drive our mission and values

Independence -  We believe as an independent organisation we can ensure that our work refects the needs of our audiences

Collaboration -  We believe that collaborative working and involvement of service users deliverthe most effective results 

Empowerment - We believe social justice goes hand-in-hand with empowerment. People should have the knowledge and power to take action on the issues that are important to them

Accountability - We believe that accountability is fundamental to our integrity, ensuring our actions are transparent, responsible, and aligned with the needs of those we support