Legacies / Planned Giving

Its a revelation when Marty Mcfly finds his mother in 1955 smoking and drinking. They didnt do that, did they?

Richard Hick, Head of Legacy at Great Ormond Street Hospital, has shared a fascinating example of a full page legacy advert from 1856.

Third Sector magazine's front page story today reports that 'Failure to claim Gift Aid 'cost sector £1bn in 2007'.

Suddenly, everyone in the United States is talking about "time for change". No presidential hopeful can utter a sentence without the word. Not that anyone quite knows what they mean!!

Nonetheless, we could do worse than to adopt the mantra ourselves for fundraising in 2008. Time to do things a bit differently, time to be bold, time to make mistakes, time to lead rather than follow.

Writing in Professional Fundraising magazine, Becky Slack reports that "Commercial suppliers and consultants have been barred from HMRC's gift aid consultation events following complaints that they ha

Stephen George is the Development Director for Legacies at the NSPCC.

It is particularly apt that Remember a Charity, the consortium of charities that campaigns to encourage more people to leave bequests to charities in t

HSBC Bank made a welcome change to its cashpoint machines last year, enabling users to choose to make a donation via the screen to BBC Children in Need.