SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY & WEIL FOUNDATION: YEAR IN REVIEW 2025 VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 75 74 Building on this commitment, the WEIL Work Experience programme welcomed 20 students aged 16–18 for a week-long paid internship delivered in partnership with PRIME. Over the course of the programme, more than 58 lawyers and administrative staff facilitated 14 interactive workshops. Students were selected through fantastic social mobility charities and organizations including The Brokerage, The Linacre Institute, Mayor’s Fund for London and PRIME, ensuring access for young people from underrepresented backgrounds. Empowering Every Generation Community impact also remained central through Empowering Every Generation, the London office’s five-year charity partnership with three local charities Drive Forward Foundation, In-Deep and The Magpie Project. The partnership is dedicated to boosting youth engagement, tackling poverty and supporting older people. The London office hosted an insight day for 16–25-year-olds with Drive Forward Foundation, a charity helping young people leaving the care system to gain meaningful employment and independence. The young people participated in speed networking, CV writing sessions, mock interviews and a LinkedIn workshop hosted by Weil lawyers and administrative staff. At The Magpie Project, which provides support for women and pre-school children in temporary accommodation, London volunteers assisted at the Clothes Club and Shop, ensuring families had access to much-needed clothing. Meanwhile, Melissa Rowland, Human Resources Director in Weil London, took on the Kew Gardens Half Marathon, raising over £2,000 to support the charity’s work. Colleagues also got involved with In-Deep, a charity supporting older people facing isolation and young people living with SEND (Special Educational Needs & Disabilities). London volunteers helped run their quarterly community dinners, including a Remembrance Day and Christmas special, which provides three course meals and entertainment to older people at risk of isolation throughout the year. Colleagues have also participated in In-Deep’s Drama Therapy sessions for young people, where the group rehearsed and performed an adapted version of Shakespeare’s: The Tempest. Throughout the festive season, London colleagues have supported all three charity partners through a variety of volunteering and fundraising initiatives including writing 275 festive cards for mothers and children at The Magpie Project, gift wrapping for In-Deep’s older people, sponsoring 100 vouchers for Drive Forward’s young people and a fundraising 4km run through the capital in full Santa regalia.
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