Community investment
& pro bono
We believe that everyone at Linklaters should
have the opportunity to participate in community and charitable
work. Our programme offers projects to suit everyone and we run
regular events to promote different initiatives, keeping voluntary
activities front-of-mind.
Generally speaking, our volunteering work
concentrates on causes that are local to the firm because we
believe we should be a positive influence in our local communities
– wherever in the world we happen to be. Our strategy also sets out
three other criteria: our work must be focused on achievement (in
other words, helping emerging talent to achieve its potential),
enterprise (doing everything we can to help enterprising and
entrepreneurial people to flourish) or access to justice (helping
others to assert their legal rights and know their legal
responsibilities).
Linking Work With
Learning
A great example of our work can be found in
our flagship community investment programme, Linking Work With
Learning. Over a period of three years, we’ll be investing over £1
million in time and money to help raise levels of literacy and
employability throughout our local community – the borough of
Hackney in East London. By sharing our thinking, the programme
enables us to deliver new opportunities and a different learning
experience to pupils of all ages, while helping them develop a
whole range of work and life skills.
To date, almost 2,500 students from over 50
schools have benefited from the Linking Work With Learning
programme. Each student has been exposed to tasks that help improve
personal and interpersonal skills. Many have developed skills for
the workplace or future study too. Importantly, through the
interaction with these students, we hope they will develop a more
positive attitude towards learning, establish knowledge and
understanding of the workplace, heighten career awareness and
encourage the fulfilment of their aspirations.
Our efforts have been recognised too. In 2008,
Linking Work With Learning was a finalist in the Law Society’s
Awards for Excellence.
Why no freebies?
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discover how our freebie budget is being used to help share our
thinking on programmes such as Linking Work With Learning.