We are proud once again to be supporting Remember A Charity Week as a 2025 Charity Champion.
Remember A Charity Week, which this year runs from 8-14 September 2025, is an annual celebration of the power and impact of legacy giving. Throughout the week, partners, solicitors, will-writers, charities and others will be championing the legacy message, encouraging people across the country to help build a brighter future by leaving a gift in their will.
For many people, a gift to a charity in their will is likely to be the largest single donation they will make. But the impact goes far beyond gift size; many charities find that they can plan confidently for the future when they know that supporters have made legacy gifts in their favour.
And it’s great for the donors and their families too, thanks to the generous tax incentives. Charitable legacies are free of inheritance tax. In addition, if you leave at least 10% of your estate to charity, the rest of your estate will benefit from a reduced Inheritance Tax rate of 36% rather than 40%.
There is a great deal of joy to be had from identifying charities that are making a difference in the causes that you’re passionate about and then arranging gifts in your memory. Around £3 in every £10 donated to charity comes through gifts in wills¹, amounting to over £4 billion for good causes each year². These donations make a huge difference and some of the nation’s most loved charities simply wouldn’t exist without such gifts.
Join the ‘Willanthropy’ movement in three simple steps
The UK ‘Willanthropy’ movement continues to grow with more than 100 people a day now choosing to leave a gift to charity in their will. You can join them by following these three easy steps create your legacy:
- Decide how much you want to give.
- Ask your solicitor to add a gift to your Stewardship account in your will.
- Complete our Expression of Wishes form so we can make sure we have everything we need to honour your requests.
Remember, you can easily update your wishes at any time, free of charge, without having to involve your solicitor.
Get started on leaving your legacy
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1 Legacy Foresight Data Dashboard, 2023 (Based on top 1,000 legacy charities in England and Wales)
2 Smee and Ford 2024 Legacy Trends Report, 2024
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Ruth Jackson
Ruth is leading the PR and Communications for Stewardship, which she joined in April 2022.
She has over 25 years’ marketing communications experience across a range of sectors, including higher education, technology and the arts, both business- and customer-facing.
Ruth worships and serves at C3 Church in Cambridge where she lives with her husband, two teenage daughters, a dog and a cat. When she’s not at her desk, you might find her rowing on the River Cam, in a ballet class or out for a walk.
She supports causes that are focused on alleviating global poverty and injustice, with a particular interest in supporting vulnerable children.
