LawCare extends online chat service

LawCare

Legal mental health charity LawCare has extended its online chat service for legal professionals from one to four days a week from Tuesday 10th May. The charity, which offers free, confidential, emotional support to anyone working in the law, has been operating a helpline and peer support programme since 1997 and has supported over 10,000 […]

Loneliness in the legal sector

loneliness

Humans are hard-wired to connect – we are tribal and social animals. We are biologically programmed to need other humans, and a feeling of belonging and connection drives our happiness. Despite this, many of us will know what it’s like to be lonely, especially after living through two years of reduced social interaction. Loneliness arises […]

LawCare: the value of peer support

We all know the phrases “a problem shared is a problem halved” or “it’s good to talk”, but the benefits in talking about how you are feeling go far beyond this. When we are in a difficult situation we lose our problem-solving abilities. It can be impossible to focus and it can seem overwhelming to […]

Conveyancing Foundation’s Ukraine appeal nears £20,000 in donations

Conveyancing Foundation

The Conveyancing Foundation recently launched an appeal for Ukraine by opening up its monthly Charity Lotto to members of the public for the first time. The appeal raised £15,000 in 24 hours and is now nearing £20,000 in donations. The zero-profit Foundation hopes to raise thousands of pounds to help Ukrainians in desperate need in […]

Access to Justice Foundation calls on firms to make risk-free donations using residual funds

Access to Justice Foundation

Over the last two years, conveyancers have been working tirelessly under unprecedented pressure. They have strived to ensure that their clients were able to complete their home purchases whilst dealing with the impact of COVID on their own lives, and working under increased pressures brought on by massive transaction increases experienced during the pandemic, due […]

LawCare hits milestone number of people helped

Legal mental health charity LawCare has published its 2021 impact report, detailing the support it gave to the legal sector last year. The charity, which was initially set up to help solicitors with alcohol problems, has now grown to support everyone working in the legal profession on a range of issues from stress to bullying […]

Conveyancing Foundation helps to raise over £10,000 for Yorkshire youth homelessness charity

A youth housing charity has received over £10,000 from private fundraising and with assistance from the Conveyancing Foundation’s Charity Lotto. Over £4,400 has been donated by the Foundation to Roundabout, which is committed to preventing youth homelessness in Yorkshire, from funds raised by the team at Convey Law in October. The Conveyancing Foundation enables legal […]

The Conveyancing Foundation donates vital funds to SANDS and the Epilepsy Society

The Conveyancing Foundation has donated funds from its innovative Charity Lotto to help two national charities, the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society (SANDS) and the Epilepsy Society. Both charities have received £1000 each after they were nominated by staff at Convey Law, whose clients raised the funds by taking part in the Foundation’s Charity Lotto. […]

Mental health and wellbeing best practice discussed in latest Conveyancing Foundation webinar

Companies in the legal, property and conveyancing sectors who have all been commended for their work in boosting wellbeing and supporting mental health have been sharing best practice with The Conveyancing Foundation. In the Foundation’s second major webinar as part of its groundbreaking ‘Be Kind We Care’ initiative, the charity welcomed six speakers including Richard […]

Charity trek aims to raise £15,000 for Mindstep Foundation

CONVEY Law Managing Director Lloyd Davies has set out on an intrepid summer challenge along Britain’s longest ancient monument – Offa’s Dyke – to raise £15,000 for a cause very close to his heart – the Mindstep Foundation, set up in memory of his son Max.  Lloyd and his wife Tracey set up the Foundation to fund mental health research, awareness and support after their eldest son Max […]

The Conveyancing Foundation’s “Be Kind we Care” Initiative Wins Industry Sponsorship Backing

Digital onboarding platform Thirdfort and industry leading training provider the Conveyancing Academy have become the latest companies to back the Conveyancing Foundation, the not-for-profit organisation serving the conveyancing, legal and property industries.  The Foundation has raised nearly £1 million for charity since its launch. It has also won plaudits for its ‘Be Kind We Care’ initiative which launched this year to […]

The Conveyancing Foundation helps little girl’s wish come true

The Conveyancing Foundation helps little girl's wish come true

The Conveyancing Foundation has donated £1500 to help improve a little girl’s life from funds raised entirely through its innovative Charity Lotto. The charity gave the funds to an appeal for a new prosthetic foot for the four-year-old from South Wales who was born without a right foot. Little Scarlett Davies currently uses a basic […]

Conveyancing Foundation Be Kind We Care Initiative

The Be Kind We Care initiative has been launched by the Conveyancing Foundation to promote kindness and wellbeing within the property industry. With the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the pressure cooker environment that many in the property industry find themselves in, mental wellbeing and support has become a key issue for many professionals. […]

Take part in Lawcare’s ground-breaking research study

Take part in Lawcare's ground-breaking research study

Legal mental health charity, Lawcare is urging legal professionals to join over 1,350 fellow colleagues to make their voice heard and tell their story in a ground-breaking research study. Only four weeks to go until the deadline of 31st December, LawCare is urging legal professionals to take part in their study ‘Life in the Law’ […]

Lawcare Launches Ground-Breaking Research Study ‘Life In The Law’

Lawcare Launches Ground-Breaking Research Study ‘Life In The Law’

Legal mental health charity LawCare has announced a new ground-breaking research study ‘Life in the Law’ ahead of World Mental Health Day on 10th October. The charity has teamed up with leading academics in the field Dr Emma Jones (University of Sheffield), Professor Richard Collier (University of Newcastle), Caroline Strevens (Reader in Legal Education, University […]

LawCare Announces New Chair & Trustee Recruitment

LawCare Announces New Chair & Trustee Recruitment

Legal mental health charity LawCare has appointed a new chair to its board of trustees. Andrew Caplen replaces outgoing chair Bronwen Still as of this month. Andrew is a Solicitor, Notary Public and a former President of the Law Society of England and Wales (2014/2015), Chair of the Law Society’s Management Board (2010- 2012) and […]