News ReleaseOctober 2013

DWF take part in Sponsored Skydive for Children’s Charity

A team of partners and paralegals from business law firm DWF have raised over £6,800 for Leeds

Children’s Charity through a sponsored skydive at Bridlington, East Yorkshire.

The team, which included Sean Casey, Ben Green, James Haddleton, Sorelle Hartley, Amanda He-

witt, Ryan Hinnells, Nazia Iqbal, David McCracken, Philip Middleton and Megan Williams, took on the

challenge, diving from 12,000 feet and reaching speeds of around 120mph. Inspired by the work done

by Leeds Children’s Charity, the teams nominated charity, they raised a significant amount of money

which will be used to provide holiday schemes for children from the most deprived areas of Leeds.

With a personal connection to Leeds Children’s Charity, the team was motivated to raise as much

money as possible through a daring and exhilarating challenge. The charities projects are supported

and endorsed by families, school teachers, social workers and youth workers.

DWF’s executive partner in Leeds, James Haddleton comments: “At DWF we empower our people to

develop professionally through actively participating in CSR activities and projects, they are encour-

aged to transfer their skills and expertise to those who need support”.

A representative from the charity commented on the donation, “We are very appreciative for the dona-

tion as this money is vital to the charity. We are grateful to the many people from DWF in Leeds who

have donated their time, labour and resources to us and we look forward to doing more projects to-

gether in the future.”

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Notes to editors:DWF LLP is one of the fastest growing law firms in the UK. It offers a full range of services to both

businesses and private clients with teams specialising on all aspects of law, as well as providing spe-

cialist advice across a range of sectors including education, energy and infrastructure, food, health,

public sector, retail, outsourcing and technology, and transport.

It has 1,800 people based in Birmingham, Coventry, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London,

Manchester, Newcastle, Preston and Teesside and has an international reach through its relation-

ships with law firms around the globe.

DWF was ranked second in the 2011 Legal Week Client Satisfaction Survey and was also voted ‘Na-

tional Law Firm of the Year’ in the 2011 Legal Business Awards.

Media enquiries to:

Kate Dixon or Cerys Wason at Tangerine PR

Tel: 0161 817 6600

Email: dwf@tangerinepr.com

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