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Law firm to offer free advice briefings for business

Experts at law firm Rollits will address issues ranging from how to handle serious incidents involving charities to social media threats on smart phones as part of the next series of free breakfast briefings.

The company, with offices in Hull and York, will present a series of three briefings for the charity and education sectors with some content relevant to both audiences.

The first in the new season of charity briefings will take place on Wednesday 16 October. Gerry Morrison, Partner and Head of Charities, and Senior Solicitor Harriet Wheeldon will present jointly on how charities should deal with serious incidents if they occur and what can be done in the first place to prevent them.

James Peel, Data Protection Partner at Rollits, will join the second session on Wednesday 12 February when the focus will be on the legal duties relevant to charity  trustees in respect of charities and data protection.

The third session on April 30, 2025 will look at how charities can take practical steps to avoid and mitigate the risk of serious incidents involving staff and volunteers. Gerry and Harriet will be joined by Rollits’ Employment Partner Ed Heppel to discuss the responsibilities of trustees as employers and in respect of recruiting volunteers.

MEANWHILE, the first in the series of education breakfast briefings will take place on Thursday 7 November and will bring together James Peel and Ed Heppel from Rollits’ specialist Education team, and Sarah Young, founder of Young Plus Ltd and a highly experienced education professional who works in partnership with the Rollits’ team to provide a wider range of advice and support to clients in this sector.

The first session will examine the challenges presented by the growing use of smart phones among adults and children and the implications for employers, employees, learners, parents and wider stakeholders with regard to social media use and the risks associated for schools and colleges.

The second Education Briefing on Thursday 30 January, 2025 will look at effective governance and supporting board members and trustees, with Ed Heppel and his colleague in the employment team Lucy Trynka adding an HR and discrimination dimension to the final event on Thursday April 3, 2025, which is entitled “A Positive Approach to Menopause”.

Caroline Hardcastle, Head of Rollits’ cross-disciplinary Education sector team said: “The breakfast briefings have been very popular in the past because of the variety of subjects which we’ve covered – all wide ranging yet connected in many ways – and because of our ability to draw on our in-house experts to present exemplar case studies and give a very practical strategic and operational view of each topic.

“These ‘bite size’ opportunities for continuing professional development and learning aim to give a practical training resource to sector leaders and to enable then to share their experiences and best practice with fellow professionals.”

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