Leducate Explains: What is furlough?

This article explains the legal background to the UK’s furlough scheme in response to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The piece discusses the background to the scheme, what the term means, the various discrepancies involved around who can work and who can’t, who can claim it and who has to pay it, and what it means for wider employment law. It also explains the future impact of furlough leave on the economy and businesses more widely. This article was written by Hannah Carpenter, a Leducate volunteer for Leducate Explains, a series explaining complex legal terminology used in everyday life.

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Debt Awareness Week

On 23rd March, Leducate is supporting Debt Awareness Week, run by StepChange.

Debt Awareness Week aims to open up the conversation around debt and encourage those who need help to seek it out. Leducate’s work goes hand in hand with the week’s theme for this year to ‘change your debt story’. Our core curriculum has included teaching young people about the legal ramifications of taking on debt and how to manage them, which we believe is more important than ever in the current economic climate.

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Justice Week 2020 – Best Bits

This February, Leducate has been proud to support Justice Week, providing a week’s worth of exciting events and material to highlight the important role of public legal education and showcase some of the work we do all year round.

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Human Rights

On the 10th of December the U.N. celebrates Human Rights Day, so designated to mark the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1984. This year’s theme is Youth Standing up for Human Rights, and so it seems appropriate to discuss the right to education. Read more here…

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Pro Bono Week 2019 #wedoprobono

This November, we celebrated Pro Bono Week across the legal community. So Leducate asked some of our fantastic volunteers, partners and ambassadors what pro bono meant to them and why they were getting involved in Leducate’s mission to empower young people with a legal education. Read what they had to say below! 

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Seen and Heard

Those of you who receive a copy of the Law Society Gazette may have noticed an article featuring Leducate’s Director Adam. It is only in the printed version, but please see below for a quote from the article.

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Running for Leducate

As a charity, Leducate is always pleased to support volunteers keen to raise money to support our goal to teach children in schools about the laws around them in everyday life. So, on 20th October, Leducate is proud to share that we will be represented by runner Beth Evington, who will be donning an orange t-shirt at the Amsterdam Marathon. We asked Beth to put together a few words on her preparation for the big day.

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