Our work is only possible thanks to the generous financial support from all of our donors, as well as the expertise and support from our pro-bono partners and grant funders. Our small team at APPEAL are only able to work on cases, campaign for reform and provide holistic support and guidance to those directly affected by miscarriages of justice with your contributions.

Grant-Giving Organisations:

Grant-givers’ support on particular projects enables APPEAL to bring targeted challenges to injustices in the system, and unrestricted funding supports our core casework and enables our organisation to keep operating.

Grant-givers’ include:

• Big D’s BBQ
• Garden Court Chambers
• Highway One Trust
• Humanade
• Lloyds Bank Foundation
• Nimogen Ltd
• The AB Charitable Trust
• The Baring Foundation
• The Funding Network
• J Paul Getty Jr General Charitable Trust
• The Jomati Foundation
• The Meadowbrook Trust
• The Michael and Shirley Hunt Charitable Foundation
• The Miranda Fund
• The National Lottery Community Fund
• The Network for Social Change
• The Roddick Foundation
• Universal Music Group (Taskforce for Meaningful Change)

Law Firms:

We couldn’t offer wrongfully-convicted people the depth and breadth of investigation and litigation that they deserve without the additional support provided by commercial law firms through our pro-bono scheme.

Pro bono partners help us with casework by ensuring that all prisoners that write to appeal can have their case properly assessed. In addition to helping challenge wrongful convictions and unfair sentence, APPEAL can provide opportunites for partners to assist with strategic litigation or reform projects. Some examples of our work include the exoneration of Andy Malkinson in 2023 and the end the use of imprisonment for the non-payment of council tax.

The work undertaken by pro bono partners on potential miscarriage of justice cases is varied, and opportunity for learning and development, and most importantly, rewarding and directly contributes to the outcome of a particular case.

Partners include:

• Cooley LLP
• Dechert LLP
• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
• Latham & Watkins LLP
• Linklaters LLP
• Mishcon de Reya LLP
• Morrison Foerster
• O’Melveny & Myers LLP
• Ropes & Gray LLP
• WilmerHale

Universities:

We want to inspire the next generation of social justice lawyers to join the fight for an equitable and accountable justice system. We work with law departments in universities to offer specialist training to aspiring solicitors and barristers.

• City University
• Sheffield Hallam University
• University of East London
• University of Nottingham

 

We would also like especially to thank all of our individual donors including those who have donated directly to support the lives of the people we represent.

If you would like to discuss becoming a partner or donating to APPEAL, please contact operations@appeal.org.uk.