Charities and Community Support

ifferent local communities and nationwide charities have helped shape the firm’s activities over the last forty years. Our aim - to make a difference wherever possible. We are proud of our work and proud to be able to support so many amazing individuals and community support groups which really do make a difference to peoples’ lives.

At Hodge Jones & Allen we think differently and do differently to achieve success for our clients.

We integrate with support groups to help as many people as possible with their problems. Current programmes include working with local CABs, nationwide charities and local community support groups.

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More about our Charities and Community Support

Community Support

We have been one of the most successful law firms to raise money via JustGiving coming in the top 5 percent of fundraisers and supporting hundreds of different groups over the years.

We run, walk, bake, quiz, cycle, play sports, present pantomimes, hold talent nights, raffle, auction – all and any good activities that will help us raise money for those who are doing so much to support individual groups within our society.

Those we currently support include:

Age UK
AvMA
Black Lives Matter
Brake, The Road Safety Charity
Centre for Women’s Justice
Child Brain Injury Trust
INQUEST
Headway
Limbless Associations
Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People
Solace
Southall Black Sisters
Z2K

“The Housing Team at HJA have provided their expert advice to many of our service users in housing crisis, and have handled their cases with respect, care and determination. They have worked with women, often at the most difficult moments in their lives, to give them confidence in their rights to safe rehousing, which is a crucial foundation for the journey of recovering from abuse. Many of the women accessing our service would not have access to legal representation or advice, were it not for HJA going the extra mile to ensure the rights of survivors to housing justice.” Solace

The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights

Hodge Jones & Allen is proud to be a benefactor of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford at Mansfield College Oxford. The Institute was formally opened by Mr Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations at a ceremony on 15th June 2018 . The launch was attended by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Principal of Mansfield College, Chris Patten, Chancellor of Oxford University and Kate O’Regan, the first director of the Institute and many guests from academia and the law.

Its purpose will be to foster research and scholarship in human rights law and to improve the understanding and application of human rights law.

The Institute is named after the Bonavero family whose trust has provided the Institute with an endowment to fund the Director and core staff.

This joint initiative between the Faculty of Law and the College at Oxford has been led by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, principal of Mansfield College and a barrister well known for championing civil liberties and human rights. Helena has worked tirelessly for the last 6 years to raise the funds, and has supervised every aspect of the planning, design and construction of the Institute. The completion and formal opening of the Institute is a magnificent achievement and a tribute to Helena’s passion and commitment to human rights.

“I want to express my gratitude to you and all at Hodge Jones & Allen for contributing to the Institute of Human Rights, here at Oxford. It is a wonderful project and one I know you will enjoy being associated with. The world needs well-rounded lawyers – you are all examples of that”

Responding to Helena’s kind words Patrick Allen, Senior Partner at Hodge Jones & Allen said:

“I was inspired by the Institute’s plans. The protection and enforcement of human rights has been core to the work of Hodge Jones & Allen from the very start of the firm in 1977. The 1998 Human Rights Act was a major milestone in the development of human rights law in the UK but the very concept of human rights has remarkably come under sustained attack in recent years, fuelled by ill-informed comment in the media and by the government.

Therefore it has never been more important that we protect these hard won rights and we are delighted to be involved with a project that will make a unique contribution to the field by research and education and improving the understanding and value of human rights law for all citizens.”

London Legal Walk

Every year HJA employees take part in a sponsored 10k walk organised by the London Legal Support Trust to raise funds for free legal services in London and the South East.

Club Inégales

Hodge Jones & Allen is delighted to host Club Inégales for their rehearsals and performances and also provides financial support.

JFK Football Tournament

Since 2012, HJA has been a proud sponsor of the JFK/HJA 5 a-side Football Challenge Cup! The tournament helps raise funds for children and young people who access legal support from Just for Kids Law.

Asbestos Team fundraisers

Our Asbestos team just love cycling for hours on end. In 2018 they cycled from London to Bath to raise money for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres and in 2019 they cycled from London to Paris to raise money for the British Lung Foundation. Both charities help people suffering from a lung condition.

Personal Injury Annual Charity Quiz

Every year our personal injury team organise its annual quiz to raise much needed funds for charities that help people who sustained an injury and need further support through specialist charities. In 2023, we raised money for the Child Brain Injury Trust and Brake, The Road Charity.

AvMA charity Quiz

Similarly, like the PI team, our medical negligence team raise money for AvMA, a charity that supports people affected by avoidable harm in healthcare.

INQUEST Festive Quiz

At the end of each year, our Civil Liberties & Human Rights team organise INQUEST Festive Quiz to raise much needed funds to support INQUEST in their vital campaigning work, and for their provision of support for bereaved families.