We are delighted to announce that Big Voice London (BVL) has been selected as our Charity of the Year for 2024.
About BVL: In 2011 a group of law students worked together to design an outreach project called 'Big Voice London'. The project helped students from non-fee-paying schools in and around London to explore the UK legal system. Since then, BVL has worked with over 2000 young people and grown into a social mobility charity operating across England and Wales.
BVL aims to:
- Engage our students in law and legal policy
- Inspire them to pursue legal careers
- Improve diversity in the legal profession
They believe that a person's background should not be a barrier to entering the legal profession and that the legal system can only benefit from the profession better reflecting the society we live in.
Each year at BCL, we ask our members of staff to nominate a charity that they would like us to support. Our Charity of the Year aims to support a cause that could be local to our firm or one with a personal connection to our members of staff, and as our Charity of the Year, BCL will give a financial donation and hold fundraising events to raise further funds and awareness throughout the year.