Lasa has been commissioned to carry out some research, in partnership with the advice networks, looking at the support and infrastructure needs of London advice agencies. See the rightsnet policy news story Calling London advice agencies - survey of your support needs for more information.

Closing date for completion is Monday 20 March, all responses recieved by this date will be entered into a draw for a prize of £250 worth of training from participating networks (advice UK, Age Concern, Citizens Advice, Law Centres Federation, Lasa, Youth Access).

For agencies outside of London, there will be a similar project taking place from April, headed up by advice UK. To register your interest in this project, contact Phil Jew, Head of Policy, or Chilli Reid, Head of Development, at advice UK, 020 7407 6500, Chilli.reid@adviceuk.org.uk / phil.jew@adviceuk.org.uk

The closing date for completing the online survey has been extended to 31st May 2006, so if your agency has not completed a copy of the survey so far, please try to find some time to let us know your support needs - it takes about 10-15 minutes in total.

Remember this is aimed at London-based advice agencies only - there will be a similar project for the rest of England being lead by Advice UK very soon.