Carry forward your commitment to CAT

The impact CAT supporters have made over the past 50 years will go on and on, for years, decades and beyond. While the predictions for the future can look bleak, we have in our hands the power to make positive change happen.

By choosing to leave CAT a gift in your Will, you can act now to give hope for future generations. With you by our side, we will continue our vital work to educate and inspire people from all walks of life and do everything we can towards our vision of a safer, fairer, more sustainable world.

Leaving a gift in your Will is a deeply personal decision. It can seem daunting, complex and emotional. We are here to listen and answer any questions you have about supporting CAT in this important way. Contact Freya by email: freya.randall@cat.org.uk or phone: 01654 523015, or write to us.

Every gift left to CAT in someone’s Will is incredibly special for us too. At our visitor centre, you may have seen memorials where some people have chosen to leave memories behind for loved ones. This is a testament to the deep connection people feel to CAT and our shared compassion for the natural world and everyone in it. CS

“We first heard about CAT more than 30 years ago. We remember visiting for the first time when our boys were young teenagers, on a Welsh holiday. We were already aware of Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful and the need for a more sustainable way of living. CAT was clearly doing things differently. We were all fascinated by the practical ideas we saw on our visit, including alternative energy sources and building materials. We have been supporters of CAT ever since, choosing to offer annual monetary contributions.

We were and still are incredibly impressed by CAT’s work, researching and communicating alternative technologies. The work you do to involve and support local councils in their efforts to address sustainability; the dissemination of practical solutions for a zero carbon future; your focus and expertise in education and research – we knew we wanted to help secure this work in the future.

So when we reviewed our Wills in 2012, we decided that we wanted to name our two favourite charities as beneficiaries, one of which we’re proud to say is CAT. We have chosen to leave small percentages of our estates to CAT as the simplest way of ensuring our legacies retain their value.

Our legacy gifts carry forward our commitment to the work you do, particularly the educational aspect that helps secure ongoing development towards sustainable living for future generations.

We love reading Clean Slate when it arrives and take the opportunity to attend webinars and visit CAT when we are in the area. Sadly, we live too far away for visits to be more than occasional. CAT is at the forefront of research and education to ensure future generations will benefit from a better understanding of sustainable living and the practical solutions needed to achieve this. And we are so grateful for the work you do.”

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