# Interview with Alex McDowell, Remember a Charity

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/05/20/interview-with-alex-mcdowell-remember-a-charity/
- Published: 2015-05-20T11:50:07+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Last week UK Fundraising’s Howard Lake spoke to Alex McDowell, Chair of Remember
A Charity, and Head of Legacy & Tribute Fundraising at NSPCC.**

Alex talked about the group’s [Legacy Manifesto](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2015/04/16/incentivise-leaving-a-legacy-suggests-remember-a-charity-in-legacy-manifesto/)
in which the coalition of charities proposed four ways in which the government might
help increase the volume and value of charitable legacies.

He mentioned the research that it has commissioned into legacy giving, and its work
with other networks including companies in its efforts to make legacy giving a social
norm.

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He mentioned that [Remember a Charity](http://www.rememberacharity.org.uk) Week 
is coming up in September and once again will focus on the ordinary ‘Heroes’ who
make such a difference by pledging to leave a charitable legacy.

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