York Legal Walk 

21st May 2019

The York Legal Walk 2019 is now over!
A huge thank you to all who came! Thank you to the Yorkshire Law Society for their support and in particular Chief Executive Paul Tennant for starting the walk off.
The event was organised by the Yorkshire Legal Support Trust, which helps the poorest and most vulnerable people in the UK gain access to free legal advice.

Although the event is now finished, online sponsorship pages will be open for another four weeks so there is still time to fundraise!
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Every penny counts in our fight to give the vulnerable access to justice!

The York Legal Walk is a 10km sponsored walk around York to raise money for local advice services.


Yorkshire Funds for Access for Justice in Yorkshire!


Why do we walk?

The need for free legal advice centres has grown in the past few years. The recession has increased poverty and reduced support services. Meanwhile funding for the advice centres themselves has reduced.

The organisations we support:
  • Prevent families being made homeless
  • Prevent destitution
  • Help older people gain the support to which they are entitled
  • Help women and children who have been trafficked for domestic servitude or prostitution.

Why should you take part?

We simply can’t overcome the effects of the huge reduction in government and local authority funding over the past few years.  What we can do is to ensure that many of the people most in need get help who would otherwise have been denied.

By taking part in the York Legal Walk and seeking sponsorship from your friends, family and colleagues, you will be helping to secure vital funds needed for this important cause.

What will happen on the day?

Registration will be open between 5.00pm and 5.30pm and we ask that all participants report to register before having a photograph taken with our lead walkers. Once this has been done you are ready to set off on the 10km walk and we wish you the best of luck!

We will be running a photography challenge and encourage you to enter by tweeting your photographs from the event @YorkshireLST using the hashtag #legalwalk.

The post-walk celebration will begin upon your arrival at Kennedy's Bar and we would like to invite you to join us for a complementary drink to celebrate your enormous success!
Our Supporters
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