A guest blog from Cathy Pharoah, Visiting Professor of Charity Funding, Cass Business School The growing value of legacy fundraising Legacy income is increasingly vital to charities’ work, worth almost one-third of voluntary income to major UK-wide charities, and a quarter amongst Scottish and Welsh charities, as shown in new research from Remember A Charity. […]
My Great Aunty I recently found out my Great Aunty used to sew stoma bags over 80 years ago. I bet while she was sat at her machine she would never have thought her future Great Niece would be wearing one… I’m Andrea and I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016, aged 37. I […]
The Institute of Fundraising received a response from Lucy Frazer MP. The reply explains why the government will not include a charitable exemption. Rob Cope, Director of Remember A Charity, commented on the reply: “We disagree that the planned probate fees will not be a substantial impact on individual beneficiaries. “Cancer Research UK have calculated […]
A guest blog from Katie Wimpenny (pictured below, far-left), Legacy and In Memory Manager at St Mungo’s. Highlighting women’s homelessness Many of us take our homes for granted, but for someone who is homeless, it can mean the difference between life and death. Sleeping rough is dangerous for everyone, but women sleeping rough carry the […]
A guest blog from Gary Kelly, Gifts in Wills Manager at Brain Tumour Research A personal perspective Having suffered the loss of a close friend and work colleague to a brain tumour, I know first-hand how important our world-class research is. Since joining Brain Tumour Research 18 months ago, I’ve seen how hard our […]
A joint letter from Remember A Charity, Institute of Fundraising, Institute of Legacy Management and NCVO was sent to Lucy Frazer MP, alerting her to the negative impact of the planned changes on charities and requesting a meeting to discuss a proposed alternative approach. The Telegraph reported on the probate fee ‘stealth tax’ and its impact […]
A guest blog from Matt Smith, Legacy Manager at London’s Air Ambulance. A call to action The call comes in. Somewhere in London, someone needs urgent and critical help. On the 17th floor of the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel a klaxon sounds. The medical and operational teams leap into action, readying and boarding […]
Original article can be read on CharityComms. Talking about death and money are two of the biggest taboos for Brits. It poses an inevitable hurdle when planning the annual awareness campaign, Remember A Charity Week, with our core goal being to normalise gifts in wills and to lay the foundations for a world where everyone […]
Original article can be read on the Institute of Fundraising blog. The last year was a great one for legacy fundraising, says Rob Cope, Director of Remember A Charity, but there are still some key questions that will need to be addressed in 2019. The legacy market continues to grow, with more charities than ever […]
In keeping with the festive time of year, we wanted to do a quick round up of how some of our members have used seasonal marketing to raise awareness of gifts in wills amongst their supporters. We have highlighted four below, contributed by our members. Brooke – Christmas Update We all want to feel appreciated […]
