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  • FRU is charity partner for prestigious The Lawyer Awards 2022
    Thu, 07/14/2022 - 14:36

    We were delighted to have been chosen as the charity partner for The Lawyer Awards 2022. The Lawyer is a legal magazine and website that mainly covers commercial law in the UK. Each year The Lawyer runs an awards programme that culminates in a prestigious ceremony in a top London hotel. The awards celebrate and recognise legal excellence in law firms and chambers.

    The awards ceremony was held on 12 July and hosted by comedian Jason Manford. Over 1200 attendees from the shortlisted legal teams and individual nominees heard about FRU's work in a presentation by Jason Manford. FRU was also the beneficiary of a silent auction to win 70 amazing lots. FRU Chief Executive David Abbott was also invited to present the award for pro bono initiative of the year.

    FRU CEO David Abbott said " this is the third year that we have been in partnership with The Lawyer magazine. We are immensely grateful to Dr Catrin Griffiths and the whole team at The Lawyer for working with us, raising funds and giving our work amazing exposure to the commercial legal sector. The awards ceremony was a wonderful occasion with so many deserving winners".

     

    [picture Awards host Jason Manford tells attendees about FRU's work]

  • Bar Council publishes FRU blog for Justice Week
    Wed, 06/29/2022 - 16:36

    The Bar Council has published a blog about FRU's work written by our Chief Executive
    David Abbott. The blog is part of the Bar Council contribution to the Annual Justice Week.

    David Abbott said " The Bar Council is one of our principal supporters. We were pleased to be invited to contribute to the objectives of Justice Week, which are to emphasise the important of the rule of law, legal services and access to justice. The blog describes the importance of our work and how we would like to do more to meet the enormous unmet legal need in our society".

    To read David's blog please follow this link https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/resource/free-legal-representation-justice-week-2020.html?dm_i=4CGD,1CHJN,6TJZOF,6854F,1

  • FRU welcomes our latest colleague Alice Wafer
    Wed, 06/29/2022 - 16:35

    We are delighted that Alice Wafer joins us today as our Admin Support Officer. Alice joins us from being a student and working in industry. Our Admin Support Officer is our main point of contact for members of the public, clients, volunteers and other stakeholders. Welcome Alice!

  • Ride London Complete - Donate £50 for 50 years
    Tue, 05/31/2022 - 09:39

    We are extremely grateful to this years' rider, Jose Almeida, who had five weeks’ notice and rode his single speed bike on the Ride London course for 100 plus miles in support of FRU on Sunday 28th May.

    Jose completed the challenge in 6hrs 49 mins. We would like to give a huge thank you to Jose for his hard work and dedication.

    You still have time to make a contribution to congratulate Jose on his acheivement and to make a difference to FRU.  Why not join our 50 for 50 campaign. Donating 50p per mile will mean that you will donate £50 for FRU’s 50th Birthday.

    Help FRU celebrate 50 years.

    Make a donation here https://ridelondon.enthuse.com/pf/jose-alme

  • FRU launches '£50k for 50 years' appeal
    Thu, 05/26/2022 - 19:35

    The Free Representation Unit is celebrating our 50th anniversary this year. We've launched a new a new fund to enable people to celebrate with us by supporting our future service. Money raised from the '£50,000 for 50 years' fund will be used to pay for our team of legal officers who supervise legal cases.

    FRU Chief Executive David Abbott said " Over the last 50 years we have helped tens of thousands of people to get access to justice, and we've trained several generations of lawyers. We need to secure our service for the next 50 years and raising £50,000 would be a big help to us. It would be fantastic if people donated to the fund or organised fundraising events to push the fund towards its target."

    Donations can be made to the fund via this link justgiving.com/campaign/50kfor50