Trinity Winchester have been carrying out critical work in our local community since 1986, providing advice and support to socially deprived people in Winchester. 

Their services are broad, including laundry facilities, access to hot meals, residential placements, rehab and access to medical and dental care.

We have been working closely with Trinity and it has been invaluable to our team to meet the service users and Trinity team whilst volunteering at the centre and see first hand how we can support their work. For our Family and Crime teams, this is especially poignant, their work in legal aid cases shows them a different facet of the lives of vulnerable people in our community. People living in poverty, with insecure housing or in abusive homes are unfortunately much more likely to come into contact with our justice system or care system. They often don’t have the luxury of spare funds to instruct a solicitor or to pay for support services. It is central to our values to help marginalised people access the justice they deserve.

We have sponsored Rotary Organised events such as ‘An Evening with Dan Snow’ at the Winchester Royal and ‘The Firewalk’ where Olivia from our Family Team and I braved the flames and walked over 15ft of 500º coals! These events were in aid of both Trinity’s Women’s Service and Hope Street, an organisation piloting a new approach to working with justice involved women. We also hosted our own fundraising event, welcoming guests from all over the criminal justice system and holding a silent auction in aid of Trinity.

Over the last 6 months, Trinity has welcomed Shentons team members from across the firm to help in their kitchens under the careful tutelage of their brilliant chef Luke. Our Family Team have worked with the Women’s Service, attending some of their coffee mornings to answer questions and provide legal information to the group.

Now we look to the future, our Probate Team have been speaking to the Fundraising Team at Trinity to expand the information they can provide to supporters about charitable donations within Wills and our Family Team are continuing to forge a fantastic relationship with the Women’s Service to ensure that they all know what their rights are and what the court can do to protect victims of abuse.

With many of our staff chomping at the bit for their turn to volunteer in the kitchen or beyond, we are extremely grateful to Trinity for giving us the opportunity to help and see how we can work together to make a difference.

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