The Solicitors Benevolent Association - SBA, Solicitors' Charity

A letter from one solicitor to another…
“The SBA confirms my professional standing as a lawyer”
“No one should feel their life is in such a state that they can’t ask for help”
“You know that there are people there to support you and that you are not alone”

No solicitor unsupported in times of need or crisis

SBA The Solicitors’ Charity is an independent charity working for solicitors both past and present and their families. Every year we help hundreds of people of all ages who are in serious financial need as a result of illness, accident, redundancy or other adversity.

We determine ‘serious financial need’ by using research produced by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s ‘Minimum Income Standard’.

We provide welfare grants, support with career transition and access to advice on welfare benefits and managing personal debt.

How can we help you today?

How to apply

We help colleagues and their families when they face serious financial hardship...

helping you

We rely on the generosity of solicitors, law firms and local law societies to be able to continue...

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Dedicated to helping solicitors past and present, and their families, in times of need...

about us

beneficiaries' stories…

Vanessa

When Vanessa completed her law degree in 1994, the plan was to become a criminal lawyer...
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Lorraine

Lorraine is 48. She has a daughter aged 17 whom she has brought up single-handedly...
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John

John spent more than 10 years working as a senior prosecutor with the CPS but last worked more than two years ago...
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Justine

Justine qualified in 1990 and worked as a family practitioner in private practice. In 2015, she was unexpectedly diagnos
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Jenny

Jenny* first approached the charity for help at the beginning of 2018. She had experienced a series of life-changing eve
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Clive

Clive was a late entrant, admitted in 1983 after working his way up from legal executive roles. He was in private...
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