Norton Rose Fulbright is a key partner of Save the Children. They are an invaluable supporter of our Emergency Fund and flexible funding, a founding member of our Humanitarian Network and our primary provider of essential pro bono legal advice.
Since the partnership began in 2021, Norton Rose Fulbright has also supported programmes around the world. This has included the Safe Back to School initiative, helping children across the globe to return to learning after the pandemic, and Catch Up Clubs in Myanmar, allowing kids who missed out on education to get back up to speed. In Cambodia, the Green Project helped children protect their environment, and in Ethiopia, children were able to keep reading and learning through the Digital Mobile Camel Library.
Emergency Support
Norton Rose Fulbright is a longstanding supporter of Save the Children’s emergency response work across the globe. With their support, Save the Children and our local partners have been able to help children and families caught up in crises including Ukraine, Türkiye, Syria and Gaza to survive, recover and build resilience.
Norton Rose Fulbright is a dedicated supporter of Save the Children’s Emergency Fund, helping children and families before, during and after disasters.
This global fund means Save the Children and local partners can be by children’s side within hours of an emergency. It also helps families on the road to recovery as they rebuild their lives, and enables communities to prepare for future shocks. In 2024 the Emergency Fund helped more than 23.8 million people, including almost 12.8 million children, in 71 countries.
To better understand the vital work the Emergency Fund makes possible, Norton Rose Fulbright’s Lesley Browning visited Kenya in November 2024. Alongside other corporate partners, she was able to see first-hand the invaluable work Save the Children can carry out in collaboration with local partners, health professionals and communities.
Seeing the impact of the borehole sunk by Save the Children and powered by solar energy was amazing. It not only supplies local villagers with clean water but runs a pipe for 12km providing water to a school and clinic which we were lucky enough to visit. The trip has made me reflect on everything we take for granted - portable water on tap, a decent education up to age 18 and access to health screening and immunisations. I am delighted we are continuing our partnership with Save the Children, enabling work to continue in this area which is suffering from five years of drought.
Lesley Browning, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright.
The Humanitarian Network
In March 2025 Save the Children launched its Humanitarian Network, with Norton Rose Fulbright as an integral founding member.
This powerful collective of partners is dedicated to driving faster, smarter and more effective responses to emergencies. Through collaboration, innovation and life-saving humanitarian support, NRF and other members stand together with children and communities before, during and after disaster strikes.
Employee Engagement
Every year we are delighted by the team at Norton Rose Fulbright’s energy to support Save the Children personally. Through a variety of events carefully orchestrated by their dedicated team, employees can come together and collectively raise vital funds. One of those events is Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day. In 2024, the team went above and beyond, providing their staff and offices for a photo shoot, used to promote Christmas Jumper Day online and on billboards up and down the country.
In 2023, Norton Rose Fulbright were awarded the Eglantyne Jebb award for “extraordinary individual or team contribution in support of a partnership” at the Save the Children UK Partnership Awards. The award recognises the incredible contributions of individuals from the core partnership team and those who have provided invaluable legal pro bono support across a number of projects.
Pro Bono support
Norton Rose Fulbright continue to play an invaluable role in Save the Children’s operations by providing essential legal advice and support across a range of matters. This ranges from large, public-facing issues – such as supporting Save the Children’s participation in the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, to put children’s rights and wellbeing at the centre of government decision making – to other legal advice on specific issues. As part of this support, we are delighted to welcome secondees from the firm to our Legal team. As an organisation working in over 100 countries, having the support of leading global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has proved crucial to enable us to work more effectively for children across the world.
“We are proud to continue our partnership with Save the Children for a further three years by supporting the Emergency Fund and providing strategic pro bono advice, advocacy and volunteerism, as we seek to make a real difference for the prospects of children and young people internationally.”
Farmida Bi, Chair, Europe, Middle East and Asia
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