Policies & practices
Corporate social responsibility
Pro bono work
Valleys kids
Darwin Gray are steadfast supporters of Valleys Kids, a charity working with disadvantaged children and their families in South Wales. We are a member of their corporate support program, Kids Count, and provide regular pro bono legal advice. We are particularly proud of Donald Gray and Sarah McGivern's work on the acquisition by Valleys Kids of Soar Chapel which after four years of fund raising and a year of renovation is now Valleys Kids' Soar Centre, a wonderful and versatile community centre serving the needs of the people of the Rhondda. www.valleyskids.org
Asylum justice
In 2007 Fflur Jones, one of the associates in our employment team won the Law Society's Young Lawyer Pro Bono award for her work with Asylum Justice which provides legal advice for asylum seekers based in Cardiff, Newport and Swansea. Fflur provides free legal advice in her own time to asylum seekers who often have no access to the justice system.
Cardiff law centre
The members of our employment team are regular volunteers at the Pro Bono Evening Employment Law Clinics at Cardiff Law Centre in Adamsdown.
The Prince's Trust Cymru
Partner Kempton Rees has been actively involved in voluntary work for the Prince’s Trust in various roles over the years. He now regularly sits on a panel responsible for awarding grants and loans to budding young entrepreneurs from under-privileged backgrounds. Find out more about the excellent work of the Trust www.princes-trust.org.uk
Charity
Partner Jason Smith loves a sporting challenge in the name of charity. So far he has;
- Cycled 250 miles off-road from Holyhead to Cardiff in 4 days raising over £2,000 for the Noah's Ark appeal.
- Run the Pumlumon Challenge (fell marathon) raising over £1,000 for Wales Air Ambulance.
- Cycled 120 miles of the South Downs Way raising over £750 for drinking water wells in India.
