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National Pro Bono Week 2010

This year, National Pro Bono Week will start on November 8th and end with the LawWorks Student Conference to be held in Birmingham on Saturday November 13th.

2010 LawWorks Student Pro Bono Conference

The 2010 LawWorks Student Pro Bono Conference which will take place on Saturday, 13 November at The College of Law, Birmingham.

National Pro Bono Week

Week beginning November 8th

Student Conference

Saturday November 13th

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Charity and community group advice session

An increasingly popular way to support local communities is to capacity build by helping local charities and community groups on a pro bono basis.

What?

An advice session for local charities and community groups covering legal structures.

Why?

  • Addressing a number of charities and community groups dealing with the same issues simultaneously is an efficient and time specific way of doing pro bono
  • There are opportunities for professionals of many kinds to collaborate to meet a broad range of the organisations’ needs and network with one another
  • Local community groups and charities attending are provided with advice and support on key issues at no cost, find out about further pro bono support which may be available and have the opportunity to network with peers who are addressing the same issues

Who?

The presentation should be delivered by qualified professionals or by law students with appropriate supervision to the relevant stakeholders of local charities and community groups including managers and trustees. The size of the audience is to be determined by the presenters and can be adjusted to reflect the size of the venue, the number of presenters and the local demand.

Specialist pro bono brokerages such as LawWorks and ProHelp have considerable experience in delivering presentations of this kind so it’s always worth contacting them if they have local operations. You can see where there are local operations on the matrix of key pro bono stakeholders in the regions and Wales.

How?

Local community groups and charities can be identified and contacted through local voluntary sector councils and forums which can be found through the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA) website.

Use this presentation which explains some of the key governance issues and available structures.

Collaborating with other professionals offering complimentary pro bono advice on issues such as business planning and marketing, not only depends the impact enabling the audience to have a wider range of their professional needs met but also provides a networking opportunity. You could use existing ProHelp networks or approach partners and associates directly.

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