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Who is eligible for support?

Eligibility

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After you’ve got in touch, we’ll start with a confidential conversation tailored to you, to understand your needs and find the best ways of helping you. We’ve put this in place to ensure we’re offering you the most suited support to help you get back on your feet.

 

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Step 1.

 

After a conversation with one of our Case Managers, your support package could include emotional, physical, financial, or professional wellbeing. The Solicitors’ Charity can also signpost you to a range of partners and specialist organisations.

 

Step 2.

 

If we believe you are eligible for financial support, we will ask you to complete the next stage of our process, which is to make a full application. Please note, if you have submitted an online enquiry, do regularly check your junk and spam folders for our acknowledgement and for further correspondence.

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Eligibility

 

We can only help you if

 

You are a solicitor (current or former) on the Roll for England & Wales.

 

You are (or have been) financially dependent on a current or former solicitor.

 

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Eligibility

 

We may be able to offer financial support if

 

Your total household income is below our thresholds. We use Households Below Average Income (HBAI) as our baseline for establishing eligibility.

 

You do not have access to liquid assets of more than £16,000.

 

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Find out more from solicitors like you we have helped along the way. Read our case studies

Words from solicitors like you.

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"The Solicitors’ Charity gave me breathing space at a time when I was struggling to make ends meet" – Sarah
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"I don’t know how I would have survived without the kindness and support of The Solicitors’ Charity" – Naomi
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"The first thing I probably said when I contacted The Solicitors’ Charity was that I don’t think I’m the sort of person you can help" – Clive

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