Solicitors take to the road
SOLICITORS TAKE TO THE ROAD
Nine brave solicitors from regional heavyweight law firm Freeth Cartwright, are taking to the road on 24th September to raise funds for law centres and other legal advice charities based in the Midlands.
Elizabeth Wildhaber, Claire Tomkins, Rachel Fletcher, Gavin Carr, Mark Keeley, Robert Hill, Robert Nieri, Chris Golland and Felicity Fisher are hoping to complete a 10k walk.
The idea of the walk is to raise money for advice agencies that are under threat to enable them to provide services to enable ordinary people to have access to justice. In the Midlands there is an existing trust that is extremely well run and which has already raised funds for a law centre in Birmingham and another in Chesterfield.
In September 2008 the first 10k Midland legal walk took place, based on the hugely successful 10k London Legal Support Trust Walk. The Midland walk raised over £12,000. The walk attracted over 200 walkers from across the legal profession.
The funds raised have been distributed to support a number of agencies in the voluntary sector, including a project to assist those individuals who face repossession of their homes.
This year two legal walks are going to be held to raise funds for the Midland Legal Support Trust, one in Birmingham and one in Nottingham. Both walks will take place on 24 September 2009 at 5.15pm.
The walks will be two of a number taking place around the country. The recent London walk was led by the Lord Chief Justice and raised around £450,000.
A webpage has been set up for Freeth Cartwright by Midland Legal Support Trust where people can make donations:
www.justgiving.com/Freeth-Cartwright-MLST-2009
ends - 22 September 2009