Maurice Blackburn in the Community
At Maurice Blackburn, we believe in honesty and fairness, a
commitment to social justice and the rights of working people.
Community involvement has always been a part of the firm's
heritage. To give structure and focus to our commitment in this
area, we developed a corporate social responsibility program. It
involves volunteering, pro bono work,
participation in community and fundraising events, and corporate
giving.
Focused efforts
Each of our offices has chosen a specific organisation to
support, based on research that showed our staff are particularly
keen to help homeless people, people with disabilities, refugees
and youth at risk. For each of these organisations, we provide
financial assistance, volunteers and support in the areas they find
most useful.
The firm is currently working with the following organisations
around Australia.
A generous team
Our staff regularly participate in community activities in their
own time. These activities include support of the Royal Talbot
Rehabilitation Centre skiing events, and Bicycle Victoria
fundraising activities such as the Around the Bay in a Day and
Murray to Moyne bike races.
Maurice Blackburn staff also contribute to other fundraising
events during the year including:
- Jeans for Genes Day
- SIDS for Kids Red Nose Day
- Daffodil Day
- Australia's Biggest Morning Tea
- LIV Charity Fun Run
- Movember (raising money for men's health issues).
Other financial contributions
In addition to supporting the office-nominated organisations,
Maurice Blackburn makes contributions to other groups.
For example, we made a donation to Get Up, a lobby group that
mobilises people at a high level to promote causes and influence
policy. Get Up has been active in seeking increased funding for the
ABC, establishing the conscience vote in relation to the RU 486
Bill concerning reproductive choice, and protesting against the
Migration Bill that would have reinstated the detention of
children.
We have also made a donation to Per Capita, a left-wing think
tank that involves high profile, high quality people including Evan
Thornley and Therese Rein.