TASC Legal and Social Justice Services - Ipswich

TASC Legal and Social Justice Services – Ipswich

Toowoomba | Ipswich | Roma | Goondiwindi and the Greater South West regions

Growing together. Changing more lives
Need FREE* Legal and Social Justice Services advice? Call TASC on 07 4616 9700.

TASC is a long-standing provider of not-for-profit community legal and social justice services across a large geographic area in Queensland.

Established by a committed group of volunteer Solicitors, Toowoomba Community Legal Service was born in 1982.

Working with people in their local communities, our solicitors and advocates recognised that often legal problems were part of, or made worse by, bigger social and economic challenges.

We found that advocacy became a natural fit within our services, and this led to a name change to The Advocacy and Support Centre, or TASC, in 2004.  In 2016 we changed our name to TASC National Limited, but most people simply call us “TASC”.

From a small community service in Toowoomba, we now serve over 3,000 people a year, across a geographic area spanning over 400,000 square kilometres of South West Queensland and a further 6,000 kilometres square across the Ipswich region. We operate in other areas such as North and South Burnett and Gympie.

Regardless of name changes and growth over time, our mission has stayed constant.  We DO OUR BEST TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY WE WORK WITH, so that people who reach out to TASC trust us, value our advice, and feel welcome and safe.

TASC provides FREE* Legal, Social Services and Advocacy advice on the following:

Legal

Family Law

• Divorce
• Parenting Plans
• Court Orders

Domestic and Family Violence

• Making an application for a DV order
• Responding to an order
• Varying a DV order

Civil and Consumer Law

• Selected civil and consumer matters (e.g. neighbourhood disputes, motor vehicle accidents)

Criminal Law (minor)

• Breach of DVO (simple)
• Minor traffic offences, low-level drink driving, work licenses
• Common assault

Rural and Regional Women's Law

Social Justice and Advocacy Services

• Disability Advocacy
• Senior's Legal Advice and Support (SLASS)
• Mental Health Advocacy
• Disability Rights (including NDIS)
• Tenancy Issues
• Student Advocacy (Student advocacy is only available to students with disability)
• Rural and Regional Support Services

Depending on your eligibility, our team can help people who are:

• Living with disability
• Living with mental illness
• Senior/retired
• Renting a residential property

*Subject to eligibility - low-income earners, aged 18 and over, geographical location, personal circumstances (including mental health or disability).

Contact TASC today to see how we can assist you.

Acknowledgement

TASC Legal and Social Justice Services acknowledge the Traditional Custodians throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay respects to all First Nation’s peoples and to their elders past, present and emerging.

We acknowledge the Jagera, Yuggera and Ugarapul people of Ipswich, the Jagera, Giabal and Jarowair people of Toowoomba, the Mandandanji people of Roma, the Bigambul people of Goondiwindi and the Kambuwal people of Stanthorpe.

We acknowledge our staff and volunteers that contribute to supporting our communities, their legal rights and continuing to enable justice.