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LLST supporting the regions - Regional walks on September 25 2008
“Following the huge success of the London Legal Sponsored Walk, the development of regional walks on September 25th is exciting. I shall be walking with colleagues in Brighton and hope that lawyers in all regions will join in their local walk. To do so would be good for you and good for justice.â€?
The Rt. Hon – the Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers – the Lord Chief Justice
There will be sponsored walks on September 25 in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Cardiff and Brighton to raise funds for legal advice charities in those regions.
LLST is helping the organisers of these walks and helping to set up Trusts similar to the LLST for each region.
To enter a team in any of the walks just contact Bob Nightingale at bobnightingaleuk@yahoo.co.uk and he will arrange everything for you.
“This is a very worthwhile cause which deserves maximum support. It will be a great event and much more fun than a fast track trial.�
His Honour Judge Richard Holman, Designated Civil Judge for Manchester
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Benefit Concert July 10th
Fulham Camerata are performing nature folksongs at the chapel in Lincoln’s Inn on July 10th at 7.30.
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4th London Legal Sponsored Walk
On May 19th, 3,500 lawyers and their friends and colleagues took part in the 4th London Legal sponsored walk. 3,300 walked in London with 200 more in Guildford and Newbury.
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2008 London Legal Sponsored Walk
The 4th London Legal sponsored walk will be held on May 19th at 5.30.
The walk is a 10 km circle round London’s legal landmarks which starts at the Royal Courts of Justice at 5.30 and ends at the Law Society .
For details and to enter a team please click on the “2008 Sponsored Walk” menu item on the right.
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London Legal Support Trust 2007 Newsletter
Our newsletter is now available to download (PDF).
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November 2007 - Lord Chief Justice becomes President
The London Legal Support Trust is delighted that The Rt. Hon. The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the Lord Chief Justice , has agreed to become our President.
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The 3rd London Legal Sponsored Walk
The 3rd London Legal walk was held on 14 May 2007. Over 1800 lawyers registered to walk and they raised over £200,000 for London’s legal advice charities.
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2007 Sponsored Walk
The 2007 sponsored walk will be held on Monday May 14th starting at 5.30 at the Royal Courts of Justice and once again ending at the Law Society. Both premises are being provided free of charge and the walk will be sponsored by Sony Ericsson.
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For further details of the walk and of how you can support the Trust please contact Bob Nightingale:
chair@Londonlegalsupporttrust.org.uk.
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2006 - Fundraising Overview
2006 was a good second year for the Trust. The sponsored walk finally raised over £95,000 for London’s legal advice charities while the donations from Allen & Overy’s ‘client account interest’ scheme amounted to over £90,000.
Other donations, including £15,000 from Lovells and sizeable donations from Dechert and Blackstone Chambers brought the Trust’s fundraising to over £200,000 .
Sponsorship of the walk by Holman Fenwick & Willan and Weil, Gothsal & Manges as well as free facilities and administration provided by Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy, Lovells and Simmons & Simmons meant that the outgoings accounted for less than 1% of fundraising.
The largest grants out were made to keep services running while sustainable funding could be found. These included grants to Springfield Law Centre (£20,000), Lawworks mediation (£10,000), Release’s London outreach services ( £6,785) and Hackney Marshes (LAW) project (£5,000).
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New Legal Services Planned in East London
The London Legal support Trust has committed £145,000 for three years to develop new free legal services in East London.
The Project, due to start in April 2007 will be led by Tower Hamlets Law Centre. The aim is to develop new Law Centre type services in Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Waltham Forest while ‘joining up’ services in Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Newham.
Trust Chair, Bob Nightingale says that ‘The Trust is delighted to support the initiative. In East London, there is exceptionally high need in the inner Boroughs and very little in the way of quality social welfare legal services in the outer Boroughs. Tower Hamlets Law Centre will lead an organisation of new and existing services that will enable the area to lever new resources.’
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