Legacies / planned giving

Alex McDowell, Head of Legacy and Tribute Fundraising at the NSPCC, is to become the new Chair of legacy fundraising campaign Remember A Charity.

The Salvation Army has begun its first legacy campaign aimed at Salvationists, members of the church, and has developed a video to support it.

The Co-operative Legal Services is joining the Cabinet Office and Remember A Charity to encourage people to leave a gift to charity in their Will.

Dementia research charity Alzheimer's Research UK has chosen marketing agency TDA to conduct a comprehensive review of its legacy fundraising activity.

HMRC is inviting comments and ideas on the National Statistics for Tax relief on charitable giving with the aim of improving them.

A report analysing charities' legacy marketing will be published next week featuring reviews and analysis of available data about the volume, value and types of charitable legacies, including trends s

The Institute of Fundraising is adding a new 'Platinum' level of Quality Mark to its Payroll Giving Quality Mark Awards in order to recognise the very best employers who are promoting payroll giving t

The Chancellor's Budget announcements today have been described as "disappointing" and "not a charitable Budget" by sector organisations and representatives.

The three major London Mayoral candidates, Boris Johnson, Ken Livingstone and Brian Paddick, are supporting the Legacy10 campaign by committing to leave at least 10% of their estates to charity in the

The leaders of the three main political parties at Westminster have confirmed their support for the Legacy10 campaign: The Rt. Hon David Cameron MP, Rt. Hon Nick Clegg MP and Rt.