Our community

Everyone who works at Cripps is given ‘be the difference days’. This is paid time off to allow us all to support causes that matter to us. The commitment we make to our people is to give them meaningful options enabling them to give back as a fundamental part of their working lives and well-being. We have also found that regular short volunteering enables charities to rely us for some on-going support that helps them plan ahead.

By working together, we know that we can have a greater impact. That’s why each year our people vote to select a charity to fundraise for throughout the year (Charity of the Year). In recent years charity partners have included Demelza, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Myeloma UK, CLIC Sargent and Rethink Mental Illness. Our current Charity of the Year until 30 April 2025 is Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) . Our people are passionate about fundraising and engage in a number of activities each year to raise funds and awareness for our charity partners, including; the Three Peaks Challenge, the South Coast Challenge, Boat Races, Quizzes, Bake Offs and Comedy Nights. To double the difference our people are making, we match-fund the amount they raise throughout the year.

As a firm we are committed to having an impact through the sharing of our expertise. As lawyers we utilise our core legal skills and undertake legal work, on a pro bono basis, for causes that are important either to us as individuals or to the business. We support and encourage an ever increasing number of our people to make a difference by taking on roles as trustees and board members for purpose-driven enterprises.

We are committed to supporting our local Citizens Advice Bureau both financially and through pro bono advice, corporate support and membership on their board. We also have an on-going pro bono project with the charity Carers First. We take away the burden of form filling, to  help unpaid carers across the UK access the financial support they are entitled to and so need.