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The Solicitors’ Charity wins Charity Collaboration of the Year at the ACO Annual Awards 2025
The Solicitors’ Charity is delighted to announce that it has won Charity Collaboration of the Year at the ACO Annual Awards 2025, for its long-standing partnership with LawCare.
The award recognises the two charities’ outstanding work in delivering tailored support to the legal community. Since 2012, The Solicitors’ Charity has partnered with LawCare, the mental health charity for the UK legal sector, to provide vital emotional wellbeing services including direct support (via phone, email and chat), training, information, research and advocacy.
Through over a decade of collaboration, the two organisations have built a complementary partnership which ensures solicitors can access timely and specialist support when they need it most. The Solicitors’ Charity provides core funding to LawCare, enabling it to deliver frontline services and special projects such as the Life in the Law research.
The ACO Annual Awards celebrate excellence across the charity sector, showcasing the achievements of grant-making and benevolent charities that provide vital financial and wellbeing support. The awards are sponsored by Family Fund Business Services.
Nick Gallagher, CEO of The Solicitors’ Charity, said: “We are honoured to receive this prestigious award for our collaboration with LawCare.
This recognition highlights the dedication of our team and our valued partner in supporting solicitors through some of life’s most challenging circumstances. Since 2012, we have helped nearly 3,700 solicitors in England and Wales through LawCare.
At The Solicitors’ Charity, collaboration is at the heart of what we do, and we are proud to stand alongside LawCare in making a real difference to people’s lives.”
The judges’ feedback was: “This longstanding partnership continues to innovate and modernise the support offered to its beneficiaries, setting the standard for contemporary thinking across the sector.”
The Solicitors’ Charity’s recent Big Report highlights the scale and impact of its work, revealing how tailored support is helping solicitors overcome emotional, professional, physical, and financial challenges. This life-changing assistance is only possible thanks to the generosity of donors and the dedication of the charity’s case managers.
