Public Legal Education and Information for Non-Profits: Community Survey

People’s Law School and Artists’ Legal Outreach are seeking to identify, gather and make available public legal education and information for not-for-profits, charities and cooperatives. Not-for-profit leaders and administrators are invited to participate in this survey to inform the next phase of this project.

The goals of the project are:

• to create centralized access to legal resources and information for non-profits and charities in British Columbia, and
• to set the foundation for an integrated response to the sector's legal needs.

Your input will help to build a clearinghouse that has the tools and resources to meet the unique and complex needs of a sector that has over 26,000 societies in BC alone. This project will link together a range of material in 5 areas of law: governance, finance / risk management, employment / human rights, privacy and leasing / property.

They are particularly interested in the kinds of issues you understand non-profits are struggling with and what, in your experience, is missing in terms of resources that might prevent common legal pitfalls.

For more information about this project or for survey assistance please contact Terresa Augustine, project manager at 604.331.5406 or nonprofits@publiclegaled.bc.ca, or email Martha Rans at martha@artistslegaloutreach.ca.