Mayo Wynne Baxter raises money for Sussex mental health charity Heads On with village walk

A team from leading Sussex law firm Mayo Wynne Baxter raised £535 for Sussex mental health charity Heads On by walking 5km when they set off from Glynde Place. 

Heads On is the charitable arm of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and is Mayo Wynne Baxter’s chosen company charity until 2023. 

The team joined the fundraising walk, organised by Heads On at the 16th century manor house on Saturday 11 June, after it was postponed because of the pandemic. 

Samantha Dickinson, Equality and Diversity Partner at Mayo Wynne Baxter’s Brighton office, said: “It was fantastic to be able to finally take part in this wonderful fundraising event after it was delayed by the pandemic.

“We’re so proud to support Heads On as our chosen charity and back the important work they do in looking after people’s mental health in Sussex, especially as we all know what an impact the pandemic had on everyone’s mental resilience.  

“Exercise is such an important part of caring for our wellbeing and a walk or run in the South Downs in the picturesque surroundings of Glynde is definitely good for the soul. It’s even better when you can raise money for such a great cause too.”

The team included marketing executive Lorna Gietzen, who works out of the Eastbourne office and her daughters Isobel and Sophia Gietzen, Samantha Dickinson, equality and diversity partner, together with her daughter Scarlett, as well as solicitor Kirsty Grimley from the Brighton office and Clare Smith, HR director, who works in the Eastbourne office.

Mayo Wynne Baxter has been working with Heads On since April 2021 and had already raised £2,000 for the charity and helped to raise its profile locally.

Participants had the option to run or walk a 5km or 10km course around the rural estate and raise money for Heads On or other Sussex NHS charities.

Marketing executive Lorna said: “It’s fantastic to add this new amount to our fundraising for Heads On and we’re really proud to have walked 5km with the team and our children.

“It is an absolute joy to be able to restart in person fundraising events like this again now the pandemic is behind us.

“It has been a challenge to fundraise because of the restrictions but now that society has opened up again and we’re back in our offices we have been organising raffles and bake offs with many more events planned for 2022.”

To donate to Heads On please visit Mayo Wynne Baxter’s JustGiving Page for Walk For Wards at: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/the-mayo-wynne-baxter-team-walkforwards

For more information, please visit: www.mayowynnebaxter.co.uk/

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About Mayo Wynne Baxter

Founded 150 years ago in Lewes, East Sussex, today Mayo Wynne Baxter LLP (MWB) is considered one of the best law firms in the South East. The award-winning and progressive law firm has seven hubs across Sussex, in Brighton, Crawley, Eastbourne, Storrington, Lewes, Seaford and East Grinstead. The firm recently joined the Ampa group and is the group’s anchor brand for the South East, with ambitious plans to grow further into Kent and Surrey.

With more than 170 staff, the firm’s experts support clients across property, corporate and commercial law, employment, litigation, international, private client and family law.

Mayo Wynne Baxter’s long-standing reputation has been built on providing exceptional service, achieved by employing outstanding people. 

For more information please visit: https://www.mayowynnebaxter.co.uk/

About Ampa

Ampa is a group of legal and professional services companies with a shared purpose: to unlock potential.

Ampa creates opportunities and provides businesses within the group with the infrastructure needed to enable and accelerate growth. The group encourages abundance mentality, distinct brands with personality, empowerment with accountability, and autonomy with transparency. It believes in fostering trust and honesty with authenticity.

Current brands within the group include full-service law firm for life and business Shakespeare Martineau, consumer champion law firm Lime Solicitors, planning consultancy Marrons Planning, uninsured loss recovery experts Corclaim, cyber security consultancy CSS Assure, and Sussex law firm Mayo Wynne Baxter.

Placing people first, the group has been listed in Best Companies 2022 as one of the top 100 best large companies to work for in the UK. It also ranked as a top 25 law firm, top 75 East Midlands company, top 75 West Midlands company, and top 50 large London company to work for.

The group is proactively seeking mergers, acquisitions, team recruitment and lateral hires that share the group’s culture and values, with the ambition to double in size by 2023. 

For more information visit: https://ampa.co.uk/