Hogan Lovells launches 2025 Nicholas Cheffings Para Athlete Bursary

Global law firm and ParalympicsGB’s Official Legal Services Provider Hogan Lovells has announced the launch of its 2025 Nicholas Cheffings Para Athlete Bursary applications.

The Nicholas Cheffings Para Athlete bursary will support ten Para athletes on their journey towards the next Paralympic Games as the focus turns to the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games and Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games.

Eligible Para athletes who are recognised by ParalympicsGB and their National Governing Body can apply for a one-off bursary to help with any aspect of their sporting development. This includes purchasing or replacing vital equipment, paying for travel to training camps and competitions, or additional coaching and training support services.

Hogan Lovells partner Richard Welfare, who leads the firm’s partnership with ParalympicsGB, commented: “We are delighted to support our next cohort of Paralympians and aspiring Paralympians on their sporting journeys, demonstrating our firm commitment to responsible business practices and making social impact with our clients. We look forward to receiving new applications and awarding the bursary to ten inspiring individuals who can benefit directly from the opportunity.”

UK Managing Partner, Penny Angell, added: “We, alongside ParalympicsGB, seek to promote a better world for people with disabilities and are proud to support its mission to make the UK the leading Paralympic nation, and to challenge perceptions of disability in wider society. At Hogan Lovells, delivering on our commitments to diversity and inclusion and responsible business is a strategic priority and improving disability inclusion is a core strands of our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy globally.”

Launching the bursary for the seventh consecutive year and having been a longstanding Gold Partner to ParalympicsGB since 2008, Hogan Lovells is pleased to continue its support of the team, helping it to achieve successful performances at every Paralympic Games since London 2012.

ParalympicsGB athlete, Paris 2024 bronze and silver medallist and 2024 bursary recipient, Zac Shaw, commented: “After missing out on the previous two Paralympics I was really focused and determined to make the team in Paris. The Nicholas Cheffings Para Athlete bursary ensured I was supported so I could go above and beyond to make the team. The team at Hogan Lovells are really supportive and I’m very grateful to have been part of it. To go to Paris and come back with two medals is more than I could have ever dreamed of.”

Athletes can apply for the Nicholas Cheffings Para Athlete Bursary here. Please submit applications to paralympics@hoganlovells.com by midnight on Friday 13 December 2024. For a word version of the form, please contact Hogan Lovells using the email address above. Recipients will be announced by February 2025.