Lee & Thompson votes in Ronald McDonald House Charities as Charity of the Year for 2026-27
Following a firm-wide vote, we are pleased to announce that Lee & Thompson has chosen Ronald McDonald House Charities as the firm’s new Charity of the Year.
Until 31 March 2027, we will plan regular team fundraising activities in aid of RMHC, while gaining a deeper understanding of the important work that the charity does.
Ronald McDonald House Charities operates programmes across the UK such as Ronald McDonald Houses, which offer free or l…
L&T doubles fundraising target for Children with Cancer UK
We are delighted to have more than doubled our £10k fundraising target for our Charity of the Year 2025/26, Children with Cancer UK, raising a total of £20,035.57 over the past year.
Children with Cancer UK, voted by staff as our chosen charity, works to fund research, support families emotionally and financially, and raise awareness of childhood cancer, ensuring that children with cancer have the best possible chance of survival with acces…
Navigating AI and IP as a freelance creative – our exclusive legal workshop for Creative Access
Last month we welcomed UK-based freelance creatives from under-represented backgrounds for a legal workshop which deep-dived into legal essentials around intellectual property (IP), AI, employment issues, contractual issues and remuneration advice.
We spoke to freelance producers, directors, designers, writers, performers, illustrators, editors, composers and marketers, some of whom sit on the 2025-26 Lee & Thompson x Creative Access f…
L&T raises over £1,300 for Children with Cancer UK with festive fundraising
At Lee & Thompson, the end of year festivities provided an opportunity for further fundraising occasions for our Charity of the Year, Children with Cancer UK.
We have recently hand-painted candlesticks in our popular Christmas Craft Workshop, we showed off our baking skills in the L&T Bake-Off competition, we organised a “Guess the Witch” sweepstake and a Christmas Tombola, adding over £1,300 to our fundraising target.
With a…
L&T welcomes the second freelancer cohort in its partnership with Creative Access
We were thrilled to welcome to our offices this week members of the second cohort in our partnership with social enterprise Creative Access in for a touchpoint brunch to mark the launch of the Thrive 2025-2026 career development programme.
The 3-year-partnership, set up on Lee & Thompson’s 40th anniversary, aims to tackle the barriers to progression often faced by freelancers from under-represented groups within the creative sectors, thro…
Reno Antoniades set to walk 330 km along the Coast to Coast pathway for Children with Cancer UK
This August, Lee & Thompson’s Managing Partner, Reno Antoniades will be setting off on a two week-long, 205 mile (330 km) trek along the renowned Coast to Coast pathway to raise funds for our firm’s Charity of the Year 2025/6, Children with Cancer UK.
The trek runs from the west coast of the Lake District crossing into the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors to finish at Robin Hood’s Bay on the east coast.
Children with …
Lee & Thompson votes in Children with Cancer UK as Charity of the Year for 2025-26
Following a firm-wide vote, we are pleased to announce that Lee & Thompson has chosen Children with Cancer UK as the firm’s new Charity of the Year.
Until 31 March 2026, we will plan regular fundraising activities for our team in aid of Children with Cancer, while gaining a deeper understanding of the important work that the Charity does.
Children with Cancer UK is a charity working to find new ways to identify cancer in children and youn…
Lee & Thompson raises over £11k for Campaign Against Living Miserably
L&T is delighted to have surpassed its £10k fundraising target for our Charity of the Year 2024/2025, suicide prevention charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), raising a total of £11,671 over the past year.
Members of L&T’s Charity Committee planned a mixture of new office-based fundraising concepts for staff, such as Christmas bauble making, Olympics Mini Games and Movember, in addition to favourites such as rooftop ice-…
L&T wraps up first year of Thrive partnership with Creative Access
After a year of supporting the delivery of social enterprise Creative Access’ freelancer career development programme, Thrive, we welcomed back some of the Thrive cohort into our office to a wrap event for the first year of our three-year Creative Access partnership.
The partnership, set up on Lee & Thompson’s 40th anniversary, focuses on addressing the barriers to progression often faced by many mid to senior level individuals from under…
L&T completes sixth Walk for Walker
Earlier this week, the sun came out for us as we took on the annual Lee & Thompson Walk for Walker in aid of Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM).
The walk is held annually in memory of our colleague, James Walker. The Lee & Thompson team collectively covered 56.1 miles outdoors by foot (and then some!) over a single lunchtime, in our own local areas and around Fitzrovia for those in the office.
We managed to collectively hit our comb…