Law firm Furley Page has celebrated its 300th anniversary with a £30,000 donation to Pilgrims Hospices, after the firm’s staff spent the milestone year staging a range of fundraising activities.
The firm was founded in Canterbury in 1725, making it one of the oldest law firms in the world. Throughout the anniversary year, Furley page staff have raised cash by competing in the Canterbury 10-mile race, the Whitstable 10K and the Chatham Maritime 10K.
Two of the firm’s lawyers completed the National Three Peaks Challenge, and a team was entered into Medway Sunlight Rotary’s annual Dragon Boat Challenge in Chatham.
The team have also taken part in community events through the year, including volunteering with Demelza children’s hospice, Age UK and in the Pilgrims Hospices charity shop, and taking part in a beach clean near the firm’s Whitstable office.
The donation was handed over to the hospice, which provides end-of-life care and support for patients and their families, at an event held at Canterbury’s Gulbenkian Arts Centre. The evening also included a screening of a short film: Furley Page: 300 Years and Counting.
“This has been an extraordinary year for Furley Page,” said managing partner Jeremy Licence.
“We are so pleased to have shared our celebrations across the community and I’m very proud of our fundraising efforts for Pilgrims Hospices, an extremely worthy cause.
“The final event, held at the Gulbenkian Arts Centre, rounded off a wonderful year in our history. We are now equally excited as we look to the future and continue supporting our clients with their legal affairs.”
Furley Page partner and head of private client Aaron Spencer chairs the Furley Page Foundation’s Board of Trustees. He said:
“To mark the firm’s 300th anniversary, the trustees of the foundation chose to support the fantastic work being done by Pilgrims Hospices, the largest local hospice charity.
“The charity relies on donations to fund its exceptional care to local people. I was delighted to hand over a cheque for £30,000, a staggering amount that will hopefully make a big difference. A huge thank you to the Furley Page staff and all the donors who helped us achieve our fundraising target.”
“To receive such a significant donation is amazing and we’d like to thank all the team at Furley Page for their commitment to supporting local hospice care in East Kent,” Leila Ilkhan, corporate and trusts partnerships manager at Pilgrims Hospices, said.
