# Irish charities launch TV legacy campaign

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/07/02/irish-charities-launch-tv-legacy-campaign/
- Published: 2008-07-02T09:41:30+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Forty charities and non-profit organisations under the umbrella of Legacy Promotion
Ireland (LPI)are launching a national TV advertising campaign. The aim of this campaign–
Be the change you want to see in the world – is to encourage more people to consider
leaving a donation in their will.

Irish charities involved in the campaign include the Alzheimer Society of Ireland,
Amnesty International, Barnardos, Concern, Focus Ireland, the Irish Council for 
Civil Liberties, the Irish Cancer Society, the ISPCA and Unicef amongst others.

A review of the national and international research on charitable and legacy giving
in Ireland conducted for LPI shows 89% of the Irish population do contribute to 
charity at some point in their lives while international research on charitable 
and legacy giving shows that 60% of people who support charities are happy to consider
leaving a gift in their Will.

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Speaking at the launch of the TV campaign, Nichola Mullen, Chair of Legacy Promotion
Ireland and Corporate Development Manager, Arthritis Ireland said, “Ireland is experiencing
what is commonly referred to as a greying population, a direct result of an increasing
elderly population and in increasing life-expectancy. These older members of our
population are ‘liquid poor’ but ‘cash rich’ and therefore legacy giving is a perfect
method of giving for older people.”

The TV campaign will run on RTE1, RTE2, TV3 and SKY NEWS from Monday 7th July to
Sunday July 27th.

www.mylegacy.ie

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