Keystone Heroes : Keystone Law

Skylarks
In aid of Skylarks, a charity providing activities and therapies for autistic children, members of Keystone’s marketing team Niamh Courtaux, Paris Jones, Eimear Quinn and Tessa Shaddock took part in the MD Communications Legal 5K run in Regents Park, London. We were delighted to support in their fundraising.
Share Enough
Keystone proudly supports Rupert Casey and his wife Sophie's charity, Share Enough, a children's clothing bank aiding over 70 children in need. Every first Friday of each month, they host an Open Morning for parents and children to exchange items they no longer need for those they do.
Shelter
Keystone employment partner Ilana Swimer will be running the London marathon on Sunday 21st April 2024. Ilana is raising money for Shelter, a charity who defend the right to a safe home for those devastated by the housing emergency. Donations to Ilana specifically will help Shelter pay for legal advice so that a family in crisis can keep their home. Keystone is delighted to support her in her fundraising.
Make a Difference Foundation
Ed John finished the JLL Property Triathlon in aid of the MAD Foundation, raising over £600.
Breast Cancer Now
In aid of Breast Cancer Now, a team of Keystone lawyers and staff took part in the Tour de Law, a static bike challenge, in October 2023. Typically held over two days, we completed the challenge in just one day and were crowned the star fundraisers for raising just under £24,000 for the cause.
World Wide Fund for Nature
Our Operations and Knowledge Manager Hannah Doherty ran the Royal Parks Half Marathon in October 2023. She raised £370 in aid of WWF. We were delighted to support her in her fundraising.
Cancer Research UK
Keystone supported property partner Katie Cohen and her sister in fundraising for Cancer Research UK as they took on the Full Marathon Shine walk, in memory of their dad. They raised £2,100 for the charity.
Level Water
Our trade mark solicitor Will Sander swam the length of Windermere beach, raising £2,000 for Level Water, a charity that gives children with disabilities the opportunity to learn to swim. We were delighted to support him in his fundraising.
Make a Difference Foundation
Our CEO James Knight teamed up with Make a Difference (“MAD”) Foundation and assisted with their Operation Safe Drop initiative by joining a small convoy of three vehicles taking supplies from Poland to unloading spots 1,000 km inside Ukraine. The firm raised just over £20,000 for the MAD Foundation.
Help for Heros
Dispute Resolution partner Louise Abbott has been fundraising for Help for Heroes by completing a 150-mile weighted walk and summitting three 4500m+ peaks. We were delighted to support her in her fundraising.
Alzheimer’s UK
Keystone supported Dispute Resolution partner Annabel Clark to raise over £1,500 for Alzheimer’s UK after she ran 10k through the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew.
Bowel Cancer UK
We were delighted to sponsor our Senior Marketing & Business Development Executive Niamh Courtaux who ran the Great North Run raising over £1,200 for Bowel Cancer UK.
Shines Children’s Foundation
Our corporate partner Caroline Graham attended the 10th-anniversary celebrations of Shines Children’s Foundation, the Ugandan charity supported by Keystone and many Keystone lawyers to raise funds to build and operate a primary school in the community they serve.
Tommy’s
Our commercial partner Rupert Casey completed the London Landmarks Skyscraper Challenge in under 20 minutes in total and raised over £1,900 for Tommy’s, the baby charity. We were thrilled to help him with fundraising.
Macmillan Cancer Support
Keystone supported our IT Support Manager Rebecca Gray in fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support when she ran the London Marathon in 2023.
VICTA
Keystone is pleased to sponsor commercial lawyer Nicholas Tall and his son James who are running the London Marathon in April 2024. Nicholas and James are raising money to give back to VICTA (a charity for visually impaired children), who supported Nicholas's youngest son Ben who is visually impaired. Good luck Nicholas and James!
Bevan Rodd
Keystone sponsored up and coming rugby player Bevan Rodd in his journey to becoming a professional rugby player. He is now part of the England squad – well done Bevan!
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity
We were delighted to support our Billing Assistant Callie Fuller who climbed the 896 steps of the Walkie Talkie in 2023 to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Mind
Our disputes resolution partner Jason Kallis took part in the 2023 UK Three Peaks challenge to raise money for mental health charity, Mind. We are thrilled to help the group raise over £30,000.
Amnesty International
Keystone supported our banking and finance partner Tony Watts and corporate partner Catherine Williams who took part in the old Prudential Ride London 2023, cycling 100 miles to fundraise for Amnesty International.
Royal British Legion
Keystone supported our Technical Support Engineer Mark Painter in raising money for the Royal British Legion by participating in the Poppy Ride 2023.
World Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships 2023
We are thrilled to sponsor our commercial partner Toby Ward who represented Team GB in the Mixed Team Relay at the World Sprint Distance Triathlon Age Group Championships in Hamburg.
MacMillian Cancer Support
We were delighted to host 'The Great Keystone Law Bake Off', which saw over 20 cakes being baked by our lawyers and staff to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Young Racer Driving Academy (YRDA)
Our commercial partner Jamie Horner runs a motorsport-specific programme focusing on developing the best young talent up the hugely competitive motorsport ladder. We were delighted to become the new kit sponsor.
The Anne Frank Trust
Our commercial property partner Adam Cornbloom has been raising funds for The Anne Frank Trust UK, an education charity that uses the life of Anne Frank to educate young people to challenge prejudice and discrimination. We helped him reach 100% of his fundraising goal.
St. Vincent’s Catholic Primary School
Keystone were delighted to help our commercial partner Laurence Relton in raising funds for St. Vincent's Catholic Primary School Association by supporting a private screening of the film 'The Mirror', which was written and directed by Laurence at the Marylebone Theatre, London.
Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
Our commercial partner Carolyn Bane participated in the Run 100km event in May 2022 and we helped her to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.
TJ Teare
TJ Teare was born with Amniotic Band Syndrome which caused him to lose his fingers and thumb, Keystone Isle of Man have been supporting him in his quest to become a Motocross World Champion.
The National Brain Appeal
Our commercial partner Carolyn Bane ran the London Marathon to raise funds for The National Brain Appeal and we were delighted to help her raise over £5,000.
Helping Dress Medics
We supported our business crime solicitor Claire Shaw in raising funds for Helping Dress Medics during the 2020 Coronavirus lockdown, delivering over 100 sets of scrubs to those key NHS workers in need.
Ariana Smiles
Our commercial partner Christopher Gabbitas has been busy raising funds for Ariana Smiles, a charity which raises money to fund research into precision oncology medicine for children with leukaemia. We have been thrilled to help him raise over £3.000.
Walking with the Wounded
Our IP partner Alexander Carter-Silk took part in Walking Home for Christmas, Walking with the Wounded's annual walking challenge to support its work helping wounded veterans and we helped him to raise £43,000.
Cancer Research UK
We supported our Administrative Assistant Ava Murray in fundraising for Cancer Research when she walked the London Shine Night Marathon.
Little Princess Trust
We supported our finance partner Martin Brown and his son in raising money for Little Princess Trust.
The Light Fund
Our IP partner Ian Down joined a group of relay swimmers to cross the English Channel in aid of The Light Fund raising over £285,000 in total.
Sienna Dunn
Our Isle of Man team sponsor the budding hockey star Sienna Dunn who plays for Valkyrs Hockey Club and has been selected to play for England's U16 squad.
Savsim
Keystone is proud to support Savsim, an incredible non profit organisation who focus on wildlife conservation projects and mental health for veterans.
WMUK
Keystone supported our corporate property partner Lisa Raymond in raising money for WMUK, a charity dedicated to offering support, information and research for people living with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia.
London Legal Walk
Keystone brings together a large team of lawyers and Central Office staff to fundraise and take part in the yearly London Legal Walk in aid of the London Legal Support Trust.
Alice Casburn
Equine lawyer Rachel Flynn has sponsored the British Eventing rider, Alice Casburn, who was the youngest rider at Burghley and Badminton horse trials in 2022 and recently won the FEI rising star award.
Secret Santa appeal
Keystone’s lawyers and staff were delighted to support the campaign, raising over £7,000 with the firm donating a further 50p for every £1 raised, taking the donation to over £10,000, which could provide more than 1,000 presents to children in need.
Cook for Good
A team of Keystone lawyers and Central Office staff supported the social enterprise, Cook for Good and together created 50 meals for those in need.