# 140 charities to take part in Remember A Charity Week

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/07/14/140-charities-take-part-remember-charity-week/
- Published: 2010-07-14T11:00:22+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**This year’s Remember A Charity Week is being promoted by 140 charities. The campaign’s
organisers say that the week, which runs from 13-19 September, could be one of the
biggest cross-charity campaigns in the UK.**

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The [Remember A Charity](https://www.rememberacharity.org.uk) consortium was set
up in 2000 to encourage more people to consider leaving a gift to charities in their
Will once they’ve looked after family and friends.

This year’s Remember A Charity Week will see member charities running their own 
PR activities, using branded materials including teabags and ribbon to help promote
the campaign. For example The Salvation Army will be branding their 800 corps nationwide,
and The Children’s Society will be giving away free teabags with purchases in their
charity shops.

The campaign will also feature a “Legacies through a Lens” photography exhibition
to be held at the Oxo Tower in London. The exhibition will showcase photographs 
taken by various celebrities, capturing the work of legacies and the difference 
that they can make to a charity.

The campaign could make a substantial difference to charities: the UK legacy market
is currently worth more than 25 times the annual amount raised by Comic Relief, 
yet just a 4% change in behaviour would raise a further £1 billion for good causes
every year.