This blog is NOT an economic forecast (nobody really knows what is going to happen to the stock market or property prices in the next 12-24 months). This blog is all about what legacy fundraisers should focus on in 2024 to make legacieshappen. This blog is focused on very recent focus groups throughout the UK (and
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14 November 2023
Forecast: legacy fundraising 2024
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20 July 2023
This was the first ever national review of legacies. Help the Hospices is now HospiceUK.
Results of a survey into hospices legacy fundraising carried out in May 2003 as part of a Help the Hospices/PROMARK review into legacy fundraising among hospices.
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4 July 2023
The Obsession with Free Wills
The Obsession with Free Wills
Do not get me wrong: I am NOT against free Wills (only the ones which do not comply with the regulations!).
But I am not for them for most prospects or all charities.
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26 March 2023
Can you repeat that please?
Can you repeat that please? “Sorry I can’t remember” “To be honest I get so many communications. They all merge into one” “I just don’t have time to read most stuff” “I might open an email but then I think – I will read it later but I don’t” Houston, we have a problem. All
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12 October 2022
Where’s the water?
How not to build relationships It is lunchtime and I have arrived to speak at an event for legacy fundraisers. I am helping myself to a coffee. A legacy fundraiser is next to me and says, “Where’s the water?” Please note no “Hi” or smile. I reply, with a smile, “In front of you in
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5 May 2022
Legacies: The truth the whole truth and oops!
Legacies: The truth the whole truth and oops! Donations and appeals: You send them out. You get a response. You know ROI. You measure success. Legacies: You send the appeals out. The response is true unknown: there is no hurry and it is private and there is no transaction. And the contact/engagement maybe only with
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4 January 2022
What is the role of a charity in a legacy campaign?
2022 – make this the year your leaders really understand the simplicity of raising a fortune through legacies And do your prospects realise they can be part of the solution? Richard Radcliffe FCIoF Cert. Founder Radcliffe Consulting. Feel free to email me: richard@radcliffeconsulting.org and I will send a copy of this blog for you to
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13 August 2021
Is the legacy revolution over?
When lockdown first happened, nothing was certain. The world came to a halt. The future is now fascinating. And possibly holds more questions than answers: Older generations had time to review their Will during lockdown but is that now a “job done”? And will they now ignore making any future adjustments? Wills are updated every
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19 May 2021
Reflections
Bear with me. Kierkegaard the 19th Century theologian and Philosopher said “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards” It was 38 years ago when I was sitting at my desk as Director of Fundraising and Public Affairs at the Order of St John that I got a call from the
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10 May 2021
So many “why’s?”. Are charities wise?
Why 1 Why do so many charities seem to “copy the big ones”? It is interesting to note that many of the largest charities in the UK have NOT witnessed growth in legacy income in the last five years. And yet legacy income has almost doubled in 13 years for the sector with a doubling
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