Charity

Tier 1: Our Global Charity Partnership
We have a two-year global charity partnership whereby our people can vote on their preferred charity from a shortlist curated by our Responsible Business Team. This partnership allows global fundraising across all our offices for a shared mission.

Tier 2: Local Charity Partnerships
In addition to our global charity partner, we have local charity partnerships that align to each of our offices. We’re mindful that each of our offices operate in different regions, with each having their own passions and priorities based on the immediate communities that surround them. These partnerships are more flexible in length and the type of support varies too, for example, these partnerships might entail gifts in kind, pro bono or workshop support, allowing us to target efforts where most needed.

Tier 3: Individual Volunteering and Fundraising
RPC encourages all our people to pursue individual volunteering and fundraising opportunities. The firm provides support through one paid volunteering day per year, matched fundraising and ‘give as you earn’ through our benefits team for those who want to sign up to more regular donation.

Our current Global Charity Partner is WWF-UK and their wider global mission. This partnership reflects the enthusiasm and engagement of our people, with WWF-UK chosen as our global charity partner through a firmwide vote involving colleagues from all four of our offices. WWF-UK, together with its partners, is working towards four ambitious goals to be achieved by 2027: 

• ending deforestation
• creating a sustainable future for the UK 
• restoring nature and preventing species decline 
• inspiring public action to champion and protect nature.

We are excited to support the WWF mission and deepen our commitment to climate action – especially through SDG 13, which focuses on tackling climate change and protecting our planet for future generations. Partnering with WWF-UK is a natural extension of our environmental programme, especially in advancing climate resilience. This partnership further underpins our net zero ambitions, ensuring our strategies remain science based, effective in reducing emissions and dedicated to fostering a healthier planet. 

Locally, we have a number of charity partnerships that align to each of our offices. Over the last few years, our Bristol office has undertaken fundraising challenges and volunteer opportunities for St Peter's Hospice, and our partnership with Hands on Hong Kong has seen a number of collaborations to support different communities across Hong Kong, from advancing gender equality and youth empowerment through mentoring initiatives, to making and delivering soup to elderly residents or organising and hosting a dog adoption day for Kelly Animals Shelter.

We have also have strong relationships with a number of charities that closely align with our DEIB Communities such as Carers UK and their Employers for Carers platform, SeeAbility, and LawCare., and have continued to strengthen our relationship with Hestia, working closely to support and develop their Modern Slavery training and awareness-raising – providing pro bono advice, and collaborating on volunteering opportunities throughout the year to support their Empowered Voices programme. 

As part of our commitment to supporting wider societal causes through the communities and industries we operate in, we are also proud to be a founding member of Law Beats Cancer - a first-of-its-kind, profession-wide initiative that brings together the legal community and Cancer Research UK through shared networking, challenges and events to help fund life-saving research. This sits alongside our existing charity partnerships and enables us to collaborate with peers across the sector to support world-leading research, from laboratory studies through to clinical trials and the analysis of large datasets, helping accelerate progress and improve outcomes for people affected by cancer.

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