Community

With our roots firmly in the Sydney and Illawarra region, we recognise that it is important to nourish and support the environment and community to which we owe our prosperity.

At Kells, we have always understood that our business is part of the community in which we operate and are conscious of giving something back whenever we can.

Each team member has 1 day of paid leave every year to undertake volunteering work in a local not-for-profit organisation of their choosing.

The diverse backgrounds, interests and passions of our people see us supporting a range of not-for-profit charities and fundraising initiatives within the Sydney and Illawarra regions.

Over 2023 these have included:

• Legal pro bono work: Providing hundreds of hours of pro bono legal services to individuals and charities across the Illawarra region.
• Thirroul Family Law Clinic and Shellharbour Family Law Clinic: providing a free monthly family law information clinics on Saturdays in our Shellharbour and Thirroul premises.
• Dapto Defending and Challenging a Will Clinic: providing a free monthly clinic on defending and challenging an Estate/Will on a Saturday in our Dapto office.
• RUOK Day: Supporting suicide prevention.
• Movember: Raising funds for men’s health.
• Southern Youth & Family Services: The annual Christmas Giving Tree and sponsoring the annual Ride 4 Rotary family fun cycling event.
• Kiama Sevens Rugby: Naming sponsor for the premier sevens rugby event in Australia.
• Red Cross Blood Service: Various blood donations by all the staff. .
• Disability Trust: Lawn bowls days raising funds for sport and recreation services and the annual Ray White Illawarra Charity Golf Day.
• Cancer Council: Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea and Stars of Wollongong Dance for Cancer.
• Wollongong Homeless Hub: Monthly food donations.
• Salvation Army: Two lawyers assisting at various Charity Wills Days throughout the year.
• Meals on Wheels Port Kembla: Donating vital funds to assist the organisation in continuing to  help people across the Illawarra.
• Sponsorship: Supporting One Door Mental Health, Kiama Kingfishers Nippers, Kiama Junior Rugby Knights, Kiama Sevens,  Kiama Beach Tag, Robotics Wollongong and both the boys and girls Dapto Cricket Club teams.