Our community
We have long fostered and encouraged a direct involvement in local charitable and community groups. In some cases the links have very established roots. Members of the firm at all levels play an active role in the running of a large number of local charitable and voluntary organisations.
On a wider scale several members of the firm have a direct involvement with charities providing schools and education in third world countries, particularly Africa and India. We are members of the Suffolk and Norfolk branches of the Pro-Help Group, one of many schemes created by the "Business in the Community" organisation. The aim is to provide a broad range of professional services to locally based charities and the voluntary sector free of charge and the group's members include local firms of solicitors, accountants, surveyors and a host of other professionals.
We also participate in a local pro-bono initiative with the object of providing legal assistance and support to small local groups principally concerned with the interests of ethnic minorities and the disadvantaged.
Charitable giving – the Birketts fund
Our charitable giving is focused on providing support to voluntary and community groups in Suffolk and Norfolk whose primary aim is to improve the quality of people"s lives. The Fund is administered by the Suffolk Foundation and the Norfolk Community Foundation and grants are awarded twice a year by a committee comprising a cross-section of staff and partners of the firm.