# A legacy for legacies

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/06/14/legacy-legacies/
- Published: 2007-06-14T13:04:06+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

It is particularly apt that [Remember a Charity](http://www.rememberacharity.org.uk),
the consortium of charities that campaigns to encourage more people to leave bequests
to charities in their wills, has itself received a legacy of nearly £1 million.

Appropriately the gift of £940,502 from an anonymous woman who, according to Third
Sector, wrote the will in 2003, was to be used to encourage people to include charities
in their wills.

It is the first legacy that the 140-member Remember a Charity campaign has received.

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Unless the donor was simply a donor who had been impressed by the campaign, it does
seem likely that she was a former fundraiser who was keen for the full potential
of legacy fundraising to be realised.

Are there any other fundraisers out there who have included Remember a Charity in
their will? I admit I haven’t, but it’s an intriguing idea.

 * **[Next week's National Will Week to promote making a will](https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/07/25/next-week039s-national-will-week-promote-making-will/)**(
   25 July 2007)
 * **[Guide Dogs elicits supporters’ opinions on legacy marketing messages](https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/07/31/guide-dogs-elicits-supporters-opinions-legacy-marketing-messages/)**(
   31 July 2007)
 * **[Corrie's Sue Nicholls urges pet lovers to 'Gift Aid it' today!](https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/10/04/corrie039s-sue-nicholls-urges-pet-lovers-039gift-aid-it039-today/)**(
   4 October 2007)