Activities in London

‘Our volunteering programme in London is designed to make a real difference to our local communities. Our office is situated in an extremely wealthy city, but homelessness is a problem. Poor skills and low aspirations are also common issues in the boroughs near our office. Poverty can also make access to justice difficult. These are some of the things we are tying to address through our programme.’
Tim Jones, partner, chairman London management group and member Business in the Community/Business Action on Homelessness London and South East leadership team

In 2006/7, 736 (35 per cent) of our people in London took part in one or more community and pro bono activities, contributing over 12,300 hours to pro bono legal advice and over 7,100 to community activities.

During this time, we estimate our volunteers gave advice to around 1,000 people at legal advice centres; redecorated two centres for homeless people; created three gardens; encouraged, supported and informed around 450 children at Redlands Primary School and 1,000 pupils at Haggerston School for Girls; and provided support and advice to over 100 homeless people and work experience to over 20 people, including homeless people, teachers and pupils at local schools and colleges.

Find out more about our programmes in London:

• Working with young disadvantaged people
• Working with homeless people
• Promoting access to justice
• Promoting human rights
• What we give in London
• Community Challenge