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Will to Give

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £23.7K

  • Spending

    £26.0K

Charity no. 102633 Date registered. 15/07/2015

Public benefits

To promote research into legacy giving to assist the effectiveness of all charitable organisations in Northern Ireland, with the ultimate benefit going towards any person supported by charitable activity undertaken by charities operating within Northern Ireland. The benefit from an increase in knowledge of legacy giving within the charitable sector

in Northern Ireland is anticipated to be an uplift in charitable legacy income. Such benefits can be demonstrated through evaluation of research undertaken or commissioned by Will to Give. Minimal harm is anticipated through the provision of advice, training and information on legacy fundraising to charitable organisations that operate within Northern Ireland. This will be mitigated through commissioning experts in the field of legacy giving and robust event risk assessments where required. The ultimate benefit of Will to Give will go towards any person who makes use of charitable activity undertaken by charities operating within Northern Ireland. A private benefit is that voluntary organisations e.g. ‘Sector Matters’ will benefit financially from the undertaking of commissioned research. This private benefit is incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to the charitable sector. To advance education amongst the general public in Northern Ireland in relation to charitable giving in an effort to increase legacy income across the sector. The ultimate benefit will go towards any person supported by charitable activity undertaken by charities operating within Northern Ireland. The direct benefit includes an increase in understanding and awareness of legacy giving amongst the general public in Northern Ireland and ultimately an uplift in legacy income across the sector. Such benefits can be demonstrated through research undertaken or commissioned by Will to Give. Will to Give is aware of the sensitivity that exists around will making; that leaving charitable gifts in wills can cause difficulties with familial relationships. Will to Give is committed to ensuring all activities will be undertaken in an appropriate manner. The ultimate benefit of Will to Give will go towards any person supported by charitable activity undertaken by charities operating within Northern Ireland. A private benefit is that some private bodies such as ‘The Belfast Telegraph’ will benefit financially from undertaking marketing activity. This private benefit is incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to the charitable sector. To provide advice, training and information on legacy fundraising to all charitable organisations who operate in Northern Ireland, to support an increase in legacy income across all such organisations. The ultimate benefit will go towards any person supported by charitable activity undertaken by charities operating within Northern Ireland. The direct benefit from this purpose includes improvements in skills and knowledge of legacy marketing and more efficient administration processes within the charitable sector in Northern Ireland. A subsequent benefit is anticipated to be an uplift in legacy income across the sector. These benefits can be demonstrated through evaluation of the training and information provision delivered or commissioned by Will to Give. Minimal harm is anticipated through the provision of advice, training and information on legacy fundraising to charitable organisations that operate in Northern Ireland. This will be mitigated through undertaking event risk assessments where required. The ultimate benefit of Will to Give will go towards any person supported by charitable activity undertaken by charities operating within Northern Ireland. A private benefit flowing from this purpose is that voluntary organisations or private bodies such as ‘Radcliffe Consulting’ will benefit financially from the delivery of commissioned training. This private benefit is incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to the c

What your organisation does

Will to Give is made up of an ever growing group of Northern Ireland charities who have come together with the one aim - to promote gifts in wills to all charities, right here in Northern Ireland. Member charities cover a broad range of causes and are of every size and scale. We have grown considerably from our inception in January 2011 and today

we are delighted to have over 40 active charity members whose representatives meet on a monthly basis. Here at Will to Give we are utilising our collective strength and skills to influence key audiences in our community. We want to ensure that charitable giving through wills becomes much more of a social norm here in Northern Ireland. We simply want more people to have the Will to Give to help Northern Ireland charities achieve even more. We undertake marketing and promotional activities, deliver and commission training and research, hold supporter stewardship and information sharing events all with the aim of increasing charitable legacy giving to assist the effectiveness of all charitable organisations in Northern Ireland.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of citizenship or community development

Who the charity helps

  • General public
  • Voluntary and community sector

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Education/training
  • General charitable purposes
  • Research/evaluation

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Charitable purposes

The Association’s Objects are to promote the following purposes for the public benefit: The efficiency and effectiveness of organisations established for charitable purposes as defined in Section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008, in particular but not exclusively by the advancement of education in relation to legacy donations and giving throughout Northern Ireland by associating the statutory authorities, community and voluntary organisations and private sector bodies in a common effort to advance education and in particular: to promote and undertake research into legacy donations and giving in order to assist the efficiency of the charitable sector and to publicize the results of such research; to advance education amongst the public in relation to charitable donations and legacy giving in an effort to increase legacy income in the charitable sector; to provide advice, training and information on legacy fundraising techniques appropriate for charitable organisations; and such other exclusively charitable purpose according to the law of Northern Ireland as the Trustees may from time to time decide.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • 8 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 10 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Will To Give, C/O Cleaver Fulton & Rankin, 48-50 Bedford Street, Belfast, BT2 7FW

Trustee board

Trustee
Mrs Nicola Kelly
Mr Jonathan Smyth
Mrs Sarah Leeman
Mrs Anna Morton
Mr Mark Mcmahon
Mr Brian Grzymek
Mr Elliot Hogan
Ms Samantha Coleman

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland