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05 September 2018

Charles Russell Speechlys Community Fund for Surrey

Are you a business interested in philanthropic giving? Learn about our approach through the relationship we have formed with Community Foundation for Surrey, an organisation helping businesses to support their local community. Here, partner Sally Ashford shares how we got involved through our own Community Fund, what it means to us as a firm and the projects we have been particularly proud to support:

www.cfsurrey.org.uk/blog-post/charles-russell-speechlys-community-fund/

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