Tag: Remember A Charity

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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Legacy giving up 43% in the past decade

Stuart Mitchell

Remember a Charity’s latest consumer benchmarking study, carried out by independent research firm OKO, shows that legacy giving has risen by 43% over the past decade, with 20% of UK charity supporters aged 40+ now saying they have left a charitable gift in their Will, compared with 14% in 2013. The study* surveys more than 2,000 charity donors aged 40+ to track legacy giving attitudes and behaviour year-on-year, and found that one in five supporters said they had already included a charity in their Will (20%), with just over one…

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Free resource launches to champion & inspire legacy fundraising

Stuart Mitchell

A free resource has launched sharing inspirational legacy campaigns from charities and nonprofits around the world. The Legacy Showcase – Campaigns We Love! is from Legacy Futures in collaboration with SOFII and the UK’s legacy consortium Remember A Charity. Created to champion legacy fundraising, and inspire and encourage legacy fundraisers in their own work, it aims to provide an online collection that will grow over time. Commenting on the initiative, Ashley Rowthorn, CEO of the Legacy Futures group, said: “The legacy market is growing fast with more charities than ever recognising the value of this…

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