Local charity Amber Foundation plays its part in legacy campaign

Amber, based in Ockley, is one 140 charities taking part a series of events around the UK urging people making a Will this week to take a moment to consider including a gift to charity. Amber will be supporting the week by encouraging staff and visitors to its centre to take a moment to think about including Amber in their wills as the munch on Remember a Charity bite-sized chocolates!

Sue Crawford-Condie, PR and Fundraising Director at Amber said: “Gifts in Wills are so important in allowing us to continue to provide the services and support we currently do. This Remember A Charity week, we’d like to ask everyone making or amending a Will to take a moment and think about including a donation to a charity like us, once they have looked after family and friends.”

“I’ve supported a number of charities during my lifetime, and it’s something I want to continue to do as part of my legacy. Around 40,000 people will make or amend a Will this week alone, raising £40 million for good causes”, explains Angela. “If just 6% more people included a gift to charity in their Will, we could raise an additional £40m this week, providing essential funding to help charities to continue their good work.”

“Gifts in Wills are the foundation of many of Britain’s charities, creating almost £2 billion each year.” Rob Cope, Director of Remember A Charity, added. “Without this income, many charities simply would not exist and others would be forced to cut the vital services so many of us rely on.”

During Remember A Charity Week 150,000 chocolate bars will be handed out by charities including Shelter and Save the Children at over 1,500 charity shops nationwide, as way of encouraging people to take a moment to consider a charity in their Will.

The week will also see the launch of a humorous online video which can be viewed and shared via social media, depicting what can happen should you pick the wrong moment to think about including a charity in your Will, as well as a series of print adverts appearing nationally on 60,000 bus shelters. UK charities will also spreading the word on the importance of gifts in Wills across Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday 10th September.

Three quarters of Britons regularly give to charity in their lifetimes, yet only 6% include a charity in their Will. UK charities rely heavily on gifts in Wills: two out of three guide dogs and six out of ten life boat launches paid for by gifts in Wills, as is over a third of Cancer Research UK’s life-saving work.

For more information about how to leave a gift to charity in your Will visit

www.rememberacharity.org.uk.

Pictured here are Amber staff and residents