Press Release
Eversheds Gives and Gains for the second year running
8 July 2010
For the second year running, on 9 July 2010 international law firm Eversheds is participating in the volunteering event, Give & Gain Day.
Sponsored by Eversheds, Business in the Community's annual employee volunteering event Give & Gain Day 2010 is dedicated to getting thousands of employees out of the workplace to volunteer their time in their local community. The event will see more than 6 000 volunteers from 200+ companies volunteering their time to help communities.
Eversheds employees from twelve countries across the world, from London through to South Africa will take part in activities to benefit their local communities. Over 350 Eversheds employees in total will be out in the community completing close to 30 community projects.
Volunteers from the Johannesburg office have donated seeds and gardening tools. On 9 July they will plant a vegetable garden at The Villa of Hope, a children's home in Eldorado Park, and teach the residents how to maintain it.
Says Lavery Modise, deputy chairperson of Eversheds South Africa: “Social responsibility and making a difference to the people in our community has always been high on the firm’s agenda. Not only do we as a firm believe it is our responsibility to contribute to the social upliftment of people in the community in which we operate, but our staff always participate enthusiastically.”
In the UK staff will be working alongside residents from a mental health scheme to complete a gardening project, others will be carrying out renovation projects and creating a science garden for a nursery school.
Meanwhile, in the Eversheds’ Poland office, staff have been collecting books to help children affected by the recent floods. On 9 July the books will be transported to a library in Borki, one of the areas most damaged by the floods. The office will also be helping to rebuild the library which is attached to a local primary school.
Other activities being completed by Eversheds’ staff include a clothing donation project and the preparation of a meal for young homeless people by the Paris office, and the making of cheese in the Swiss mountains with underprivileged children with staff from the Switzerland office.
Bryan Hughes, chief executive of Eversheds LLP comments: "Businesses that take part in Give & Gain Day 2010 show that they are really committed to their communities, and give their employees the opportunity to have fun, feel good and help change lives for the better. Part of Eversheds ethos is to give back to the many communities around the world in which we live and work. We have a longstanding relationship with Business in the Community and are proud to be sponsoring Give & Gain Day again this year."