Social & community

Our commitments make real differences

Supporting the communities in which we live and work.

50+

Charities and causes supported.

£150k

Raised for our charity partner 2020-24

900

Christmas cards sent to care home residents.

Care, our charities committee

Care, our charities committee, is intrinsically linked to our values. Colleagues from across the firm are committed to making a difference to our charity partner, CHAS, and the communities in which we live and work, through fundraising activities, raising awareness, or by donating time and support.

"Care is a brilliant platform to positively impact charities, schools and individuals and to help support colleagues who undertake charitable activities. I like to explore ways to do things that doesn’t just involve donating money – whether it’s volunteering our time, offering our expertise to assist our charity partner or even donating blood!"

David Bales, Care member

Key contacts

Stuart Murray

Chair of Care & Partner

David Bales

Associate

Laura McMillan

Partner & Director of Advocacy

PRIME

We are founding members of PRIME which encourages greater diversity in the legal profession by offering quality work experience and continuing support to school students from economic and social backgrounds not well represented in the profession.

Over 285 students have taken part with an extra 80 participating in our cold spot project. To date, 30 of our PRIME 'alumni' have gone on to study law at University and we continue to provide them with mentoring support, work experience and we encourage and support them in applying for 2 year traineeships at Brodies. This now includes two, who have completed a traineeship and have qualified into solicitor roles, two who are current trainees and two who are joining us as future trainees.

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Key contacts

Kirstie Maclennan

People Engagement Director & PRIME Board Member

Wendy Murphy

Graduate Engagement Manager

Career Ready

Career Ready is a UK-wide initiative linking employers with schools and colleges to give students the opportunity to prepare for the world of work. The two-year mentoring programme includes a four-week internship at the firm. So far we have supported 10 Career Ready students.

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RSA Schools Art Awards
Back to Tennis
Battle of the Brits
Brain Health Scotland

RSA Schools Art Awards

Brodies has sponsored the RSA Schools Art Awards every year since 2016. Recognising creativity and originality, the awards aim to be inclusive of all mainstream and special secondary schools and attract entries from pupils across Scotland. Our colleagues have the opportunity to get involved by voting for the category shortlists, and our Chairman, Christine O'Neill KC, is a member of the judging panel.

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Back to Tennis with Brodies

In collaboration with the Judy Murray Foundation, we launched the 'Back to Tennis with Brodies' programme. The brainchild of Judy Murray, it is a free resource designed to give tennis players, or those new to the sport, a series of fitness and skill building exercises that can be done at home or in clubs or parks while staying within the safe distancing guide.

Some of Scotland's finest tennis players and coaches have rallied behind the project, including Andy Murray, Jamie Murray and Colin Fleming who share some of their favourite exercises across three 30-minute programmes. The sessions can be delivered anywhere and can be recreated at home using household objects, making it accessible for everyone.

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Battle of the Brits in the Community

We have partnered with Battle of the Brits in the Community, an initiative designed by Judy Murray, to bring tennis to schools and charities across Scotland. The programme was launched with a tennis session for Primary 5 children at Mile End primary school in Aberdeen and training with children from the Chrysalis tennis group, based at the Aberdeen Tennis Centre, which helps young people with Down’s syndrome learn to play and enjoy tennis. Similar sessions were rolled out across other schools and charities. Over the years Brodies has worked closely with Judy and her programmes to encourage participation in tennis, and we have seen at first hand the legacy they leave and the future talent they nurture.

Brain Health Scotland

Our charities committee, Care, is supporting our charity partner by funding the pilot phase of the Brain Health Scotland primary schools programme. Brain Health Scotland is an innovative initiative launched in collaboration with Alzheimer Scotland and the Scottish Government. One of its aims is to inspire every Scottish young person to create good habits that will have a life-long impact on their brain health. In our support of the pilot scheme, we aim to help Brain Health Scotland create an evidence-based and impactful programme through research and focus groups. The programme will start with primary schools but the longer-term aim is for it to cover all school-aged children.