The Shoosmiths Foundation is a grant-making body working to help address societal issues, to empower sustainable change and to improve the lives of the people and the environment in the UK.
The Shoosmiths Foundation is now inviting applications for funding.
Key criteria
£25,000 to £50,000 grants are available for UK registered charities undertaking work in the UK.
Funding is at the discretion of the Shoosmiths Foundation Grants Committee.
The Foundation builds on Shoosmiths’ existing community investment programme which continues to support local charity partners through staff fundraising and firm donations, staff volunteering and provision of legal advice pro bono.
UK registered charities may apply.
Eligible expenditure
The Shoosmiths Foundation offers grants in the following categories to:
- Advance social mobility in the legal sector, and across the UK, in line with the Shoosmiths social mobility action plan. Particular focus on charitable organisations which share the belief that ‘talent can come from anywhere’, and which align their interventions with local socio-economic analysis and need
- Advance a carbon net zero UK
- Advance access to justice in the UK
N.B. Applications for this round must relate to the social mobility aim.
Deadline: 24 June 2022, 5pm