Regional Alliance West is a non-profit organisation providing services to people experiencing disadvantage in the Mid West, Murchison and Gascoyne regions of WA. Towns within these regions experience hardship due to long term drought, lack of employment opportunities, housing shortages and the rising costs of living such as basic food items and fuel prices. Most communities within our service area have a regional price index between 4 – 8% higher than that of the Perth metropolitan area, a situation that is generating increased strain on families and communities already experiencing hardship. Our organisation has expanded rapidly since 1998 and today includes 11 individual and diverse services with up to 33 full time staff and volunteers working to provide our community with access to information, advice and support. RAW’s outreach service area extends from Geraldton north to Exmouth (838kms), south to Leeman (153kms) and east to Wiluna (717kms). This area is about the size of the United Kingdom in terms of land mass. We have a strong history of advocacy and law reform and we are or have been participants within several associations and networks including; National Association of Community Legal Centres Financial Counsellors Association Financial Counsellors Association of WA National Network of Indigenous Women’s Legal Services Women’s Legal Services Network WA Tenancy Network Mid West Emergency Relief Network Western Australia Council of Social Services (WACOSS) Mid West Community Services Network (MWCSN)