Dordrecht Advice Office

The Dordrecht Advice Office was initially established to empower farm workers who faced unfair dismissals, wage disputes, unlawful evictions and even assault at the hands of farm owners. The Advice Office’s ability to mediate labour disputes has earned them respect from both farm workers and farm owners. They have also played a pivotal role in assisting the police with regard to specific crimes affecting the community, and this is seen as a major strength of the Dordrecht Advice Office.  In the past, they’ve received funding from the Department
of Labour to run workshops on labour rights for farm workers in neighbouring farms. 

The LDA had one of the most successful youth bank programmes where they supported young entrepreneurs with funding raised locally which were incentivised by SCAT through the Fundriasing Incentive Scheme.