Do ye ken John Peel?
Howard Lake | 6 August 1999 | News
BBC Radio presenter John Peel is currently featuring Wills on his popular BBC Radio 4 programme “Home Truths” and the impact they have on families. A rather familiar voice appeared from one ‘phone-in contributor this morning. A “Richard Cliffe” remarked on the amusing statistic that, if you write a Will with a charitable bequest you end up living longer, on average, than someone who does not leave a charitable bequest.
“Mr Cliffe’s” tones were unmistakable. This was Smee and Ford‘s Richard Radcliffe doing his bit for educating the UK public in leaving charitable bequests. Sadly, even though Richard did introduce himself as a charity fundraiser, by getting his name wrong John Peel didn’t quite give him the recognition he deserves. So congratulations, Richard, from UK Fundraising for spotting the opportunity.
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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.