During the Seoul ADR Festival 2024, HKA hosted a fundraising walk through the Seolleung and Jeongneung Royal Tombs located in the Gangnam district, followed by a traditional Korean breakfast. 

For every person who joined the walk, HKA donated to the Community Chest of Korea, and each participant had a tree adopted in their name through Ecomatcher.

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In October 2024, five members of HKA’s Washington, DC team volunteered with The Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, DC.

Franco Benza, John McTyre, Joann Coleman, Milton Detty and Ryan Groves packed 340 boxes of food to be distributed to local seniors experiencing food insecurity and give back to their local community.

“I am heartened by the significant impact that CAFB creates for the local community and proud that HKA encourages us to be a part of that impact.” – John McTyre

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We’re proud of our team who participated in the 20th anniversary of the London Legal Walk, walking 10km to support over 100 free legal advice charities. Like so many other colleagues, they continue to personify our ESG strategy by supporting initiatives that provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions.

It was a great afternoon to join the legal community in raising a total of over £900,000 for free legal advice services in London and the South East, which continue to support the most vulnerable in our communities.

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In September 2024, 9 members of our Philadelphia team volunteered at MANNA to prepare meals for people with serious illnesses. During their time, colleagues assembled and packaged medically tailored meals that would later be distributed to those in need.

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On Friday 6th September, we attended the annual Dubai 7s Long Lunch as part of the Dubai 7s for Good programme.

We are pleased to have help raise their highest ever total of AED 580K, which will go towards building community infrastructure at North Road Primary School, Uganda, where they have been working to improve the facilities for the last 3 years, using sport and rugby as a vehicle for change.

Funds raised from this year’s Long Lunch will address immediate community development needs, such as building a retaining wall to protect the rugby pitch from erosion and constructing a security fence to ensure the safety of children when playing sports on school grounds.

Refurbishments to the on-site living quarters will improve accommodations for boarding students, while new changing rooms will support the growing sports programmes at the school. Additionally, a netball court will be built, as the sport is particularly popular among the girls at North Road Primary.

Jude Wilson-Brown, Ben Highfield, Clare Lavin, Bill Haggart, Mark Keeton, Mark Winrow and Darren Mullins were in attendance.

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Since 2015, HKA has run and walked in the 5K. Proceeds from the race support the operating costs of the CLVS, allowing more people to be helped and ensuring the law works for everyone.

18 colleagues from our Chicago office participated in the 28th Race Judicata, to raise funds for the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (CVLS) Foundation.

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On September 7, Greg Bingham, John McTyre, JoAnn Coleman, and Milton Detty, participated in the DC Bike Ride to help raise funds to support the local community in Washington, DC.

Our colleagues biked throughout DC and briefly through Arlington, Virginia, seeing many historic landmarks such as the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, and completed the bike ride near the US Capitol Building.

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During our EMEA Partner Summit, teams of Partners collaborated in a charity bike build, alongside charity team building partners, o3e. Seven bikes were built for children that support their families in loving and caring ways. The children received their bikes three hours after the teams had built them.

The team to build the bike the fastest included Paul Cacchioli, Amanda Clack, Daniel Jackson, Colin Russel, Damian Waters and Howard Gendler.

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HKA has adopted the Othandweni Family Care Centre as to support Centre as the needs of the home are massive and they do not receive as much funding as they once did. HKA colleagues visit the home to meet the staff and children to provide aid.

In the past, we have helped to upgrade the library and to clean up the play area, so the children have safer facilities to learn, play and grow. We have also organised a Christmas party for the children including a BBQ, donating toys, and hosting festive games to give the children a real experience of Christmas.

In February 2023, colleagues visited and received a tour of the centre and brought a donation of 32 kilograms of clothes, toiletries, diapers and washing powder, as well as a monetary donation to further support the centre.

You may view our corporate video for supporting the Othandweni Family Care Centre below.

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Colleagues in Sydney, Australia, gathered in the office to make 1,000+ sandwiches to be delivered to schools across the city.

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During our Americas Partner summit in December 2022, teams of Partners, Board members and members of our Executive Committee collaborated to build a cart, make a toy and help design a blanket for charity. Following the conclusion of the two-hour session, all gifts were immediately sent to Help of Southern Nevada to be distributed to the most vulnerable.

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Chris Vagg, Pass it on Clothing & Co founder: “We know the lessons this “hands on” experience leaves with the participants are long lasting and through connecting with them after the service, we hope they go on and implement their new found knowledge and can individually better support those in need.”

Our colleagues in Oceania participated in Pass it on Clothing & Co’s five-hour “Experience + Education” Program.

This involved sorting and packing bags of clothing for men and women. Taking donated items, the team sorted them into 6-8 pieces per bag to create one outfit and deliver it to those in need in the community.

Oceania also installed a collection bin in the Sydney office. Clothes donated by colleagues were distributed to those in local communities.

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Every holiday season, American colleagues purchase and donate virtual toys by providing monetary donations to support the toy drive. HKA employees regularly over thousands of dollars’ worth of toys for this year’s toy drive to give back to financially insecure families across the United States.

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Save the Children International is HKA’s corporate charity. Each year, we commit to a minimum donation of US$5,000, but we often contribute more through urgent requests and colleague-led fundraising.

In 2023, HKA ran a competition called Master of the Grid, which was aligned to Formula One racing. The prize for each Grand Prix race winner was an HKA-funded donation to an HKA-approved charity, as nominated by the winner. Save the Children was one of the charities that received a donation.

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HKA was delighted to pledge its support and make a donation as part of a client team (Spartan Team – Allianz, Berwick Law, BLD law firm and Stephen Hodges) to co-fund a clean water well. The well is in Rembe, a very remote and impoverished area of Northern Uganda, supplying 41 households with clean and safe water in close proximity to their homes.

Kiden Italian, a resident of Rembe village, said: “We were fetching water from Gbongatulu borehole, around 2km from Rembe. It is crowded as it’s used by people from other villages. Owing to the distance, some people abandon their jerry cans on the road, hoping to return, but many suffer from fatigue, chest and neck pains. It would take around four hours to bring water back to Rembe.

“We are now very happy that water is nearby. The fatigue we suffered is no longer a concern – the water is plenty. Thank you for bringing the borehole near us. May God reward and bless you abundantly.”

Paul Mansell said: “Our HKA team has been working with our client Allianz Insurance, the legal teams of Berwick Law (UK) and BLD (Germany) and a technical expert, Stephen Hodges) for around 6 years.

“The team decided to leave a positive legacy from our time working together in the form of a permanent water facility for a village in Uganda, and we were delighted to see the difference it has made.”

In 2023, HKA ran a competition called Master of the Grid, which was aligned to Formula One racing. The prize for each Grand Prix race winner was an HKA-funded donation to an HKA-approved charity, as nominated by the winner. Habitat for Humanity was one of the charities that received a donation.

In 2023, HKA ran a competition called Master of the Grid, which was aligned to Formula One racing. The prize for each Grand Prix race winner was an HKA-funded donation to an HKA-approved charity, as nominated by the winner. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was one of the charities that received a donation.