Giving back.

Over the years, I have become increasingly aware that financial success on its own is not really enough. Wealth can create opportunity, freedom and security, but I also believe it brings a responsibility to contribute positively where possible.

Giving back is something that matters personally to me, particularly when it comes to supporting families, children and individuals facing genuinely difficult circumstances.

Whilst much of my professional life revolves around helping clients build, protect and transition wealth successfully, I think it is equally important to maintain perspective and recognise that not everybody begins from the same position in life.

For me, success should not simply be measured financially, but also by the impact we have on the people around us and the values we choose to live by.

Such support includes, but is in no means limited to:

Embrace the Middle East

Embrace the Middle East is an ecumenical Christian charity working to help marginalised and vulnerable communities in the Middle East.

Prisoners Abroad

Prisoners Abroad

Prisoners Abroad is a human rights and welfare charity providing humanitarian aid, advice and emotional support to people affected by overseas imprisonment. They assist British citizens during incarceration, support resettlement on return to the UK, and provide help to family and friends throughout the trauma.

Kiva

Kiva

Known as providing loans that change lives, Kiva is a non-profit organisation with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty.

Iraqi Christians in Need

Iraqi Christians in Need

This charity was established to help Iraqi Christians who, as a result of the war, have been suffering through displacement, destitution and persecution. Many of those in most desperate need are widows and orphans — those least able to help themselves.

Open Doors

Open Doors

Open Doors strives to raise awareness of the global persecution of Christians, with particular attention given to the ‘secret children’ of persecution — children left to fend for themselves after losing one or both parents as a consequence of persecution.

New Foundations

New Foundations

Since 2003 New Foundations has served in a very difficult environment. What started as a visiting boat clinic has evolved into four established medical clinics and twenty-five fully trained indigenous Health Care Workers, treating around 6,000 patients across remote communities each year.

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    Russell Hammond

    Russell Hammond

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    Russell advises UK residents and internationally connected individuals on investment management, retirement planning, inheritance tax mitigation and long-term family wealth structuring.

    His work focuses on helping clients coordinate wealth thoughtfully and tax efficiently across changing life stages, family priorities and international circumstances.

    Russell is a Chartered Fellow of both the Personal Finance Society and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, placing him amongst a small group of advisers to hold Fellowship status with both professional bodies.

    With over 20 years’ experience in financial planning, his work today centres around helping successful individuals and families structure wealth for long-term financial security, retirement and intergenerational planning.

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