LawWorks to feature in BBC Radio 4 pro bono appeal this Sunday
updated on 16 January 2017
Legal pro bono charity LawWorks is set to feature in a BBC Radio 4 Appeal fronted by the presenter and comedy writer Clive Anderson this Sunday, 22 January.
LawWorks supports pro bono work by solicitors, law schools and students through a network of over 220 advice clinics, which also connect lawyers with small charities needing free legal advice. The charity is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and the radio appeal is designed to raise funds to help it continue its vital work. The appeal will examine the case of a grandmother who has been caring full time for her severely disabled, blind, autistic and epileptic 18 year old grandson since he was three, and the additional respite care that she was able to secure only through the help of a lawyer working pro bono through LawWorks – shockingly, cases such as this are not eligible for legal aid.
The appeal will be broadcast twice on BBC Radio 4 on the morning of Sunday 22 January and will also be repeated on the afternoon of Thursday 26 January.
Clive Anderson, the award-winning broadcaster and writer who will be presenting the appeal, said: “LawWorks is a charity that brings together lawyers to give their time for free to help people who need legal advice. Finding volunteer lawyers giving their services for free requires organisation, and organisation requires money. If someone’s life is in turmoil and they can get over a legal hurdle that might be them set up for life. That’s why I am doing the appeal – and I like to improve the image of lawyers as well, because they sometimes get a bad press!”
Find out more about the appeal on the LawWorks website.
