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New Report Explores Impact And Opportunity Of Charitable Gifts In Wills For Arts Organisations

Stuart Mitchell

A new report has been released to support arts, culture and heritage organisations in maximising their long-term income through legacy fundraising. The Art of Legacies explores the impact and opportunity of charitable gifts in Wills for the arts, sharing market trends and useful tips for organisations on how to start or develop their legacy fundraising.  Produced by Remember A Charity – a consortium of UK charities working to grow the legacy giving market and funded through the Chartered Institute of Fundraising’s RAISE programme, The Art of Legacies explores:  The impact…

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New free-to-access Data Dashboard helps charities form legacy strategies

Stuart Mitchell

A new and free to use online ‘Data Dashboard’ has been launched to keep UK charities informed of current legacy giving market trends and to provide access to important forecasts for the medium and long-term. Sharing a comprehensive range of key facts, figures and metrics, it will aid charities in making strategic decisions when planning and investing in legacy fundraising within their organisations.  The data has been made available by Legacy Futures in partnership with Remember A Charity. The statistics come from a variety of sources including Legacy Foresight’s Legacy Monitor, Remember A Charity’s consumer tracking, and public domain information from the Charity Commission.  As statistics can often change,…

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New report shows growth and breadth of Scottish legacy market

Stuart Mitchell

The Scottish Legacy Market Report 2023*, produced in partnership between Remember a Charity and Legacy Foresight, highlights the growth and breadth of the Scottish legacy market for charities and underlines the importance of investing long-term in this fundraising stream. The report brings together key statistics on the Scottish legacy market, as well as insights and recommendations from legacy experts at charities, such as CHAS, Worldwide Cancer Research, Children in Scotland, Cancer Support Scotland and SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, to help those at the start of their legacy fundraising journey. The…

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Remember A Charity calls on dictionaries to recognise new term ‘Willanthropy’

Stuart Mitchell

Remember A Charity, a consortium of almost 200 charities, is calling on dictionaries to recognise a new term to celebrate the generous acts of everyday people that are on the rise. ‘Willanthropy’, the act of giving to charity in your Will, seeks to overcome a big misconception: that you need to be wealthy to do something wonderful and make a difference for good causes in your Will.  Willanthropy comes in all shapes and sizes – from small but no less meaningful donations to sizeable gifts; anyone can be a Willanthropist. Through the Willanthropy campaign, Remember A Charity are celebrating the generosity of a growing community of Willanthropists, some of which include; a gift from Terence to Pancreatic…

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One in four professionally written Wills now include a charitable gift

Stuart Mitchell

Remember A Charity latest survey of the Will-writing sector shows that solicitors and professional Will-writers are playing an increasingly important role in legacy giving.  The annual survey, carried out by independent research firm Savanta*, reveals that almost three-quarters (73%) always or sometimes raise the option of leaving charitable bequests in Wills to their clients. Now almost a quarter (24%) of Wills handled by UK legal advisers include a donation to charity; showing steady growth and long-term change over the past decade, up from 16% in 2014. Gifts in Wills are…

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