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awCare is there as ever to provide you with emotional support. You can contact them on 0800 279 6888, email at support@lawcare.org.uk or access live chat via the homepage www.lawcare.org.uk. The COVID-19 hub continues to be updated regularly with new resources including tips on returning to the office, acknowledging difficult feelings, how to future-proof your career and also includes links of our recent webinars for junior lawyers, sole practitioners and small firms and leaders. New Chair to board of Trustees LawCare has appointed a new chair to its board of trustees. Andrew Caplen replaces outgoing chair Bronwen Still as of this month. Andrew is a Solicitor, Notary Public and a former President of the Law Society of England and Wales (2014/2015), Chair of the Law Society’s Management Board (2010-2012) and Chair of the Law Society’s Access to Justice Committee (2008-2012). He has written and spoken widely on a range of justice and legal issues. Andrew is based in Hampshire and was a previous Hampshire Law Society President and a great supporter of the law profession locally. As President, Andrew particularly focused upon Access to Justice together with issues relating to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Whilst President he also supported and highlighted the work of LawCare. He has considerable experience within the charity sector and is currently Chair of Spurgeons’ Childrens Charity and a past Chair of Southampton YMCA. He has been a trustee of LawCare since 2018.
Andrew Caplen its work in providing awareness, support and that so needed ‘listening voice’.” Trustee Recruitment LawCare is recruiting up to four new trustees to strengthen the board and develop their work in supporting and promoting mental health and wellbeing in the legal community. It is an exciting time to join the LawCare board as the engagement about mental health in the legal community is significantly growing. For a role description and the recruitment process visit www.lawcare.org.uk. ■
Andrew said: “I am excited and honoured at the opportunity to chair LawCare’s Board of Trustees as it seeks to continue its soimportant work. Mental health and addiction issues sadly affect so many and the legal profession is by no means immune. It is difficult to underestimate the importance of LawCare and
Wanted – A Solicitors’ take on ‘back to work’
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s we look towards returning to some normality, it’s crucial we take time to understand solicitors’ experiences over the last few months and ask what challenges might lie ahead, to be able to shape our support moving forward. The Solicitors’ Charity’s new survey looks at what you’ve experienced during the pandemic but also how the future looks to you and what concerns you may have.
www.sba.org.uk/covid-19/back-towork-survey
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Please could you take ten minutes to complete this survey and also please share with your colleagues to help them to provide the most accurate and widest view possible. ■
