Ways to give
Planned & Legacy Giving
A gift that outlives you, funding the patient work that annual budgets struggle to reach.
How this works
What it involves
A legacy gift is one of the few ways to fund genuinely long-horizon work. Savings groups mature over years. A child's schooling runs for more than a decade. Reconciliation between divided communities is measured in a generation.
Legacy income lets us commit to that kind of timeframe with confidence, and to keep funding the unglamorous things — post-handover review visits, mediator training, committee refreshers — that never attract an emergency appeal.
We are also conscious that a legacy is a significant decision made at a significant moment. We will not pressure you, we will not chase you, and your first obligation is to the people who depend on you.
Step by step
Provide for your family first
This is genuinely our advice, not a formality. Make sure those who depend on you are properly provided for before considering any charitable gift.
Take independent professional advice
Speak to a solicitor or qualified will-writer. We cannot advise on tax or estate law and would not attempt to.
Decide the form of the gift
A fixed sum, a share of the residue of your estate, or a specific asset. A share of residue keeps its value over time; a fixed sum does not.
Ask us for our details
Your solicitor will need our full legal name and registration details. Contact us and we will provide the exact wording they require.
Tell us, if you would like to
You are under no obligation at all. If you do tell us, it helps us plan long-term commitments — and we will not contact you about it again unless you ask us to.
Questions
Common questions
What wording should my solicitor use?
Your solicitor will need our full legal name, registered address and registration number. Please contact us and we will send the exact wording. Do not rely on a name copied from this website, as registration details are still being confirmed.
Should I leave a fixed amount or a share of my estate?
That is a decision for you and your adviser. A share of the residue keeps pace with the value of your estate over time, whereas a fixed sum gradually loses value to inflation. Many people choose a share for that reason.
Can I change my mind later?
Yes, entirely, at any time and without telling us. A legacy pledge is not binding and we will never treat it as though it were.
Will you contact me repeatedly if I tell you?
No. If you let us know, we will thank you once, confirm our details, and then leave you alone unless you ask to hear more. Pursuing people about their wills is not something we are willing to do.
Can I restrict my gift to a particular ministry?
You can, and we would ask you to talk to us first. Programme priorities can shift over decades, and a very narrow restriction may become difficult to honour. A designation to a broad area such as education is usually wiser than something highly specific.
Talk it through with us
We can explain how this works mechanically. For tax and legal questions, please take independent professional advice.