Ellis-Fermor & Negus Solicitors annouces Will Garvey Trust Foundation as their Charity of the Year for 2025/6

Charity of the Year Scheme

We began our Charity of the Year scheme in 2002. We were keen to support charities working in the communities around our offices and we realised that nominating a charity as our Charity of the Year could help raise their profile as well as providing financial support. Over 20 years later, our Charity of the Year scheme is an established programme for the firm. We are proud to have been associated with so many excellent local charities and to have been able to play a small part in promoting their causes, in building relationships and in giving back to our local communities in this way.

Each charity is formally welcomed at our annual summer dinner event, and is promoted throughout the year in each of our five offices. In the past staff have joined with the charities in fundraising and in supporting their work including redecorating flats in Lenton, holding car boot sales, taking part in a firewalk and running the Robin Hood Marathon.

Charity of the Year 2025-26:

Our Charity of the Year is The Will Garvey Trust Foundation

The Will Garvey Trust Foundation was created by Will’s parents following his death by suicide at 20 years old. The foundation’s goal is that no-one else should experience suicide or the loss of a loved one to suicide. Their main aim is to prevent suicide through the development of early intervention projects and campaigns, working primarily with young people and the people who care for them, including families and friends.

Based in Ilkeston, some of the foundation’s initiatives include; Wellbeing Libraries in schools and colleges, running workshops with local sports clubs/youth groups and apprenticeship training organisations and a scheme for ‘Wellbeing packages’ to be presented to young people in need of support and guidance.

You can learn more about the brilliant work the charity is doing on their LinkedIn and Facebook pages.