legacies Archives

Aug 12, 2024

Legacy Futures and Smee & Ford partner to offer charities ‘comprehensive’ legacy service

Gifts in wills consultancy Legacy Futures and notifications specialists Smee & Ford have partnered to bring their services together in…

Jul 22, 2024

An interactive map of legacy giving that showcases the impact of charitable gifts in Wills across the world will launch…

Jun 26, 2024

Legacy income received by Legacy Futures consortium members in the year to March 2024 reached £1.81bn, it has reported: 1%…

Jun 05, 2024

Legacy Futures has made the first financial investment from its new Innovation Fund into technology platform SenseCheck.

May 28, 2024

The next round of the Legacy Futures and The Elischer Foundation’s Future Leaders programme will see a record 19 fundraisers…

Apr 26, 2024

Smee & Ford’s annual Legacy Trends Report reveals that 38,178 charitable estates were found in wills in 2023, the highest…

Apr 16, 2024

More than one in five charity donors (21%) aged 40+ now say they have included a charitable gift in a…

Mar 14, 2024

Sector representatives have delivered evidence in Parliament on the impact of probate delays on charities, in an official hearing session…

Feb 22, 2024

Just 7% of people surveyed by law firm Shakespeare Martineau say they have formalised leaving a gift in their Will,…

Feb 01, 2024

The Civil Society Group – comprising almost 90 organisations supporting the UK charity and voluntary sector – has written to…

Jan 09, 2024

Differences in the behaviours and attitudes towards legacy giving of the baby boomer generation compared to Generation X have been revealed in new…

Dec 20, 2023

Oxfam GB saw overall revenue for 2022/23 reach £400.6mn, it has reported, with part of that – income from donations…