Charity offers holistic wellbeing support for solicitors
updated on 25 June 2024
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The Solicitors’ Charity offers more ways than ever to support solicitors in England and Wales. The charity has revamped its support approach in favour of holistic wellbeing with an aim to improve the wellbeing of solicitors by assisting them in overcoming life’s challenges.
Solicitors can receive help from the charity for various challenges, including cost of living, money management, debt, ill health, disability, domestic violence, and anxiety related to work or life experiences.
The charity uses the following four wellbeing pillars:
- Emotional: offers initial assessments and sessions with qualified therapists. The charity also part-funds LawCare, a mental health and wellbeing charity with a peer support helpline.
- Financial: helps solicitors struggling with finances by offering budgeting and practical money management plans as well as Debt Respite Scheme and Debt Relief Orders for serious financial situations.
- Professional: supports solicitors returning to work, changing legal sectors, or transitioning away from law and funds career transition counselling sessions and practising certificates.
- Physical: offers occupational health assessments and funds specialist equipment for solicitors with physical illness or disabilities.
The charity extends its support services to both current and former solicitors, as well as their dependents. Most wellbeing support doesn’t require financial eligibility checks; proof of current or previous registration with the Solicitors Regulation Authority suffices.
The CEO of the charity, Nick Gallagher, highlighted a shift in perception: “You may not have thought of ‘wellbeing support’ and ‘The Solicitors’ Charity’ in the same breath. However, things have changed.”
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