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Duncan Lewis Solicitors raised £4,300 for the Gaza humanitarian aid appeal and the Medical Aid for Palestinians charity with a charity football tournament at Wembley Stadium on 15th August 2014.

Duncan Lewis is the largest Civil Legal Aid provider in the UK. Some of the key areas of law that we specialise in are Immigration and Human Rights. With this, we are committed to “upholding the Rule of Law and the rights of vulnerable people in the UK.”

As a firm, we expressed our deep concerns at the humanitarian crisis currently happening in Gaza and announced that we will be holding a charity football match at Wembley Power League to raise funds for the relief effort and Humanitarian Aid for the people of Gaza in a press release on the 8th August. We also announced that all proceeds were to be donated to MAP, who operate a 100% donation policy.

The population of Gaza is 1.8 million. The population of Gaza live in a space the size of the Isle of Wight making it one of the most densely populated places on earth. With no safe place the entire population has been affected by the recent bombardment and more than 10,000 people need medical treatment – over 3,000 of which are children.

Medical Aid for Palestinians is on the ground coordinating aid and evacuating the severely injured.

The work of MAP would not be possible without widespread support. MAP expressed their gratitude to our team for organising a “highly successful charity football tournament at Wembley stadium on Friday 15th August.”

Jo O’Neil, the director of MAP released the following statement of gratitude to Duncan Lewis Solicitors;

“It was a great turn out and everyone was well informed of the need and helped raise funds which will make an immediate and vital impact in Gaza. It means a lot to our team in Gaza when they hear of People in the UK are doing so much to help. So a big Thank you to everyone at Duncan Lewis for making this happen”

We belive that the event was a “great success” with over 100 people attending and would like to would like to wish their own congratulations to YagaBs ladies team and the mens TeamMalcolmX who were crowned as champions.

We would also like to thank all of the other legal firms and Chambers who participated and donated, including; Howe & Co, 1 Pump Court, Oracle Solicitors, Neumans LLP; the Duncan Lewis Board of Directors for covering the costs of the pitches and a special thank you to everyone who made a donation.

Our Public Law Director and participant of the tournament Toufique Hossain added;

“We are proud to have been able to do our bit in raising money and awareness for such an important cause. It was heartwarming to see so many of us wanting to help those that are suffering in Gaza. We felt it was important for us as a firm to try and do something.

The reaction from our staff was incredible. We are all very proud and from Josh, Ahmed and I, we thank the Board at Duncan Lewis for its support and are grateful to our colleagues for making this a success. We continue to fight for the most vulnerable in society”.

We have released photos of the event on our Facebook account, which can be accessed by clicking here.