The Conveyancing Foundation shares in the sympathy of the whole conveyancing community for those are going through a difficult, uncertain and stressful time after losing their livelihoods and incomes.
As a charity dedicated to supporting the lives of those working in the property community, we want to lend our support to all those affected. You may well be entitled to interim support, and we have signposted some resources below which may be helpful:
- Claim for loss of notice pay – https://www.gov.uk/claim-loss-notice
- Universal Credit – https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit
- Mortgage payment holidays: Many mortgage providers now offer short-term payment holidays. The government’s Money and Pensions Service provide details (https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/homes/buying-a-home/a-guide-to-mortgage-payment-holidays) and you can contact your own lender for more information:
- Nationwide – https://www.nationwide.co.uk/mortgages/existing-mortgage-members/payment-holidays/
- Santander – https://www.santander.co.uk/personal/support/loans-and-mortgages/mortgage-support
- Halifax – https://www.halifax.co.uk/mortgages/existing-customers/take-a-payment-holiday.html
- Barclays – https://www.barclays.co.uk/help/products/mortgages/repayments—rates/
- HSBC – https://www.hsbc.co.uk/help/money-worries/mortgage-payments/
Wellbeing support
Should anyone require it, legal charity LawCare is open 9am-5pm daily to support people going through challenging times. Their freephone contact number is 0800 279 6888.
Networking, job vacancies and application support
Organisations within the conveyancing community have pulled together to provide a series of resources and support to those affected. The list below is by no means exhaustive, but we hope that it is helpful:
- Bold Legal Group: Affected members can contact Rob Hailstone (rh@boldgroup.co.uk) to provide personal email addresses to continue to receive the weekly bulletins and access to the online forum; complimentary BLG membership is also offered to all 600+ former employees.
- Job vacancies: Many firms are actively recruiting conveyancers and conveyancing staff. VacantC can assist.
- Today’s Conveyancer has launched a temporary jobs board which currently hosts 30+organisations looking for conveyancers and wider legal roles. More are being added daily: https://todaysconveyancer.co.uk/job-vacancies/
- SLC jobs board: https://www.conveyancers.org.uk/job-search/
- SRA jobs board: https://sra.tal.net/vx/appcentre-SolicitorsRegulationAuthority/candidate/jobboard/vacancy/2/adv/
CV and application support
Chat GPT offers a great complimentary service helping to reword and update your CV as well as services such as; TopCV, PurpleCV and CV Writings UK
In extreme financial circumstances The Conveyancing Foundation may be able to consider grant funding on a case by case basis. All requests will be treated in strict confidence. Please email help@conveyancingfoundation.org.uk
The Conveyancing Foundation stands together with those affected by the events of the last week. Please don’t tackle this alone, we are here to help.
