Our Giving

Our giving

Along with our regular staff-led fundraising as part of our Lovewell Blake Community Fund, we also support local and national good causes on both a firm-wide and individual level.

Staff across our offices have, amongst other things:

• Held an annual golf day

• Hosted a black tie ball

• Hosted a rounders tournament

• Competed in a muddy run

• Arranged a ten-pin bowling evening

• Became quiz masters at a quiz

• Held various mini-office competitions

• Completed the three peaks challenge

• Cycled from London to Amsterdam to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK and Future Stars

• Ran a succession of races of varying lengths for a number of different charities

• Taken part in various charity golf days

• Supported OpenChristmas in Great Yarmouth

• Collected donations for local foodbanks

• Grew a wide range of moustaches for Movember

• Supported the Christmas Stocking Campaign in Great Yarmouth

Lovewell Blake Community Fund

In 2008, we launched our own fund so that we could benefit the many community organisations operating around our local offices. The fund is administered by the Norfolk Community Foundation but applications can be made through the Suffolk Community Foundation.

Each year, a staff led panel chose the causes who the funds raised will benefit. Despite the pandemic putting a hold to our regular events, in May 2025, our grants panel were able to share over £32,000 with the following organisations:

• 13th Norwich Brownies

• 231 Norwich RAF Air Cadets

• 2nd Old Catton Guides

• 6th Norwich Rainbows

• Breckland Childrens Clothes Bank

• Brundall Mens Shed

• Exchange 2

• First Steps Norwich CIC

• Gorleston Lawn Tennis Club

• Great Massingham Village Hall Institute

• Hardingham Memorial Hall

• Harpley Village Hall

• Ketteringham Hall Cricket Club

• King Lynn Monarchs

• North Norfolk Surf Life Saving Club

• Reepham Methodist Church

• St Olaves Village Hall

• Taverham and Drayton Litterpickers

• Norfolk Charitable Trust

• 4th Bungay Guides

• Cransford Village Hall

• Mid-Suffolk Rotary

• Norfolk and Suffolk 4x4 Response

Our fund is still going strong and to date we've raised over £420,000.

Pro Bono

Our local community is important to us and we are proud to play an active role in supporting it. As well as raising money for our own community fund, we support over 100 local groups and charities with free or discounted fees on our professional services.

These groups receive the same expert service as any of our clients.

Our staff and partners are just as generous with their own time, a survey revealed that between them they give almost 4,000 hours a year to various organisations on a voluntary basis. Among other roles, they act as governors in schools, town councillors, trustees, children’s group leaders and sports club officers.

Supporting young people in the community

We feel strongly that as a firm committed to our local community we have a responsibility to support our young people.

One of the ways that we do this is through supporting local schools and colleges to bring young people and businesses together. We attend many careers focused events each year, reaching out to thousands of young people in our local area.

Some of the activities that we have been involved in include, careers fairs, enterprise days, CV and interview tips workshops and speed networking. All of these help the young people we speak to decide on their short term next steps such as choosing the subjects to study in the next stage of their journey and also provide them with information to think about what their longer term career goals may be.

Being a part of a network that works closely with schools and colleges is not just about giving back to the community, through the programme we are able to offer personal development opportunities to our staff helping them to develop new skills. We are also able to attract school leavers, graduates and apprenticeship scheme applicants through our involvement in education.