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Howard Lake | 21 April 1999 | News
The National Canine Defence League has received a record £7 million legacy. Their previous highest donation was £484,000. The bequest was made by Norah Hecksher who died in November aged 77. The charity will also benefit from the sale of her £1.3 million Chelsea house.
The National Canine Defence League has received a record £7 million legacy. Their previous highest donation was £484,000. The bequest was made by Norah Hecksher who died in November aged 77. The charity will also benefit from the sale of her £1.3 million Chelsea house.
Mrs Hecksher’s wealth stems from her family which set up the Liverpool corn and animal feed merchants J Bibby and Sons.
Although Mrs Hecksher had been a supporter of NCDL the charity had no idea that she planned to leave them a bequest.
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The bequest coincides with the lanch of NCDL’s Web site, which was featured in The Daily Telegraph’s Connected. You can find out how to adopt a dog, sponsor a dog that is too traumatised to be adopted, and buy a variety of dog products.
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.