Community
We care about our Community. We have been associated with numerous professional and business organisations and government bodies at Local, State, Federal and International level. We have used our involvement to learn, network, advise and influence. We have also striven towards making our community a more just place, through voluntary contributions in several areas.
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERING
Circle of Friends Refugee Support
From 2004 visiting Baxter Detention Centre at Port Augusta, South Australia with Uniting Church Circle of Friends (http://www.artsa.net/cof/), to support refugees incarcerated in immigration detention. This led to providing long-term accommodation and support to refugees after their release.
Feeding the Needy Project (LCF)
Connolly & Co co-ordinates and organises a group of volunteers (judiciary, lawyers, legal staff and their families) who donate, cook, prepare, serve and host a dinner for up to 150 needy and often homeless people at the Magdalene Centre at the rear of St Mary Magdalene's Anglican Church in Moore Street, Adelaide (http://www.anglicare-sa.org.au/magdalene_centre/).
Flinders University Mentorship Scheme
For some years, at the invitation of the University, mentoring law students during their undergraduate years.
The Smith Family
Under a scheme managed by the Smith Family (www.thesmithfamily.com.au) to support disadvantaged children and students, mentoring law students throughout undergraduate years, by providing support and friendship.