Staffing, Resources and Premises
RLC employs 17.7 FTE paid staff including a Chief Executive Officer, an Administrator, seven solicitors, four tenancy workers, a Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service Co-ordinator, a Volunteer Co-ordinator, and an Administration Assistant. From time to time the Centre employs appropriately qualified project workers and locums.
RLC operates from premises at the old Redfern Town Hall - the building is owned by City of Sydney, which subsidises the rent. The Centre is near a train station, on numerous bus routes, and is fully accessible to people with mobility difficulties.
RLC also has branch offices for students at Sydney University Post Graduate Representative Association and at Sydney Institute of TAFE.
Recurrent funding sources include:
- Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department Community Legal Services Funding Program
- Commonwealth Department of Families Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Financial Counsellors Program
- NSW Department of Justice and Attorney-General - Community Legal Centre Funding Program
- NSW Department of Justice and Attorney-General - Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service Program
- NSW Fair Trading Tenants' Advice and Advocacy Program and Credit Counselling Program
- NSW Department of Human Services Community Services Grants Program
Other sources of funding include the Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association (SUPRA) , the Sydney Institute of TAFE and the City of Sydney.