As more and more charities strive to seek legacies, more charities are energetically trying to find solicitors to help run a free or discounted Will service for their supporters. At the same time, new providers are knocking on charity doors saying “We can come to your home to help make your Will” or “you can
Why promote legacy giving for supporters of the arts and culture sectors? It’s quite simple really: if you make every one of your stakeholders know you need legacies you will get them. And this blog is going to give you some really easy stuff to do which will cost only a peanut or two. But
http://bit.ly/2lZX3i4 Here is the link and it is all you need! I hope you find this book not only iconoclastic, but also practical and a fun read and full of really useful and good value tips. It is aimed at every fundraiser, anywhere in the world, who is raising money from individuals. The contents list is
A summary of this article was published in Fundraising magazine this month The legacy feature in last month’s Fundraising magazine was great and showed that year on year legacy income is growing. However, I found the title of “Will Wars” and “Still Battles to be done” infuriating. We are witnessing a celebratory legacy explosion which
The world of legacy giving is all over the place – but going up. I have been saying for some time it is like dancing the Hokey Cokey but it seems to be dancing in a fascinating direction. It seems strange to note that the number of medical research legacies has actually decreased over the last
Stop for a moment. Forget any fundraising crisis. This might be hard considering recent blogs which have included headlines such as: “When fundraising hurts” “relationship fundraising: It’s complicated” “Have we reached boiling point?” “The price we pay for losing sight of the donor” Headlines to do your head in. Fundraising is under the microscope; because fundraising was
OK, so everything changed in fundraising on 6th July when the Daily Mail hit out at fundraisers and the way they were treating donors. In my view the ensuing tirade of criticism means this is the best opportunity to promote legacy giving in my lifetime. In my view this is the best time to re-balance investment
So dear readers, tell me why 95% of all the donors I met last week have a Will but when I met some high net worth individuals only 50% (yes really) have a Will. Blow me down with a feather, it just proves you will never know at which stage anyone is in their testamentory
A great session at the IoF convention: The Great Legacy Debate. Fiona Campbell-White from Wilsons solicitors indicated that the number of contested wills might well fall due to the new legal aid rules: legal aid cannot now be used to contest a Will. The bad news was that she believes that lack of testamentary capacity cases
In only the last two days I have met so many people who have had really bad experiences with Wills, families and charities it is enough to make me cry. These are examples of really insensitive charity communications without any regard for families. Then a few hours later I meet a truly lovely older female