| It's easy to support a charity through a legacy gift. | | | | You can also make a specific gift, but this is usually |
| This is done through your will. If you haven't made a | | | | more applicable to an object rather than money. Of |
| will yet, this is the time to start. A legacy gift can be | | | | course, if you want to leave a mansion in the |
| made in several ways. You can make a pecuniary | | | | country to your charity, or your private Caribbean |
| gift. This is just a fancy name to an amount that you | | | | island, this would be one way to do it. |
| specify. For example, if you want to leave exactly | | | | We all support a charity from time to time. When we |
| £10,000 to a particular charity, say so in your will | | | | see the collecting tin with a familiar charity name on |
| and that will be a type of legacy gift known as a | | | | the side of it, we are usually willing to dig into our |
| pecuniary gift. | | | | pockets and find some loose change to drop into the |
| If you are not sure of exactly how much to leave | | | | slot. It all adds up of course, and giving in this way is |
| your favourite charity in your will, a residuary gift is | | | | definitely a good thing. In fact, seven out of ten of |
| probably the best option to use. This means that | | | | us will cheerfully give to charity in this and other |
| after all your family and friends have received the | | | | ways while we are still alive. |
| amounts you want them to get, and after all the bills | | | | When we are no longer around most of us don't |
| due have been paid, whatever is left will go to your | | | | support a charity. That may seem reasonable to |
| favourite charity. | | | | expect, but it isn't really. You can leave a legacy gift |
| This option can be a bit of a hit and a miss; the | | | | to your favourite charity so that after you are gone |
| charity may get very little when all has been finally | | | | they can continue to reap the benefits of your |
| paid out. On the other hand, if you want them to get | | | | money. It's easy to do, just include the charity in |
| the lion's share of your worldly goods, and if you | | | | your will, or if you already have a will, have a codicil |
| have a lot to leave, this could maximise the way you | | | | made up to include a reference to a charity of your |
| support a charity of your choice. | | | | choice. That's it! |