Report focuses on Scotland’s legacy market [THE SCOTTISH LEGACY MARKET
is vibrant and growing, with gifts in wills transforming the voluntary sector landscape. Increasingly, Scottish charities are turning to legacies, recognising the potential and resilience they offer. Those were the conclusions of a joint report on the Scottish legacy market by Remember A Charity, Legacy Foresight, the Institute of Legacy Management and Smee & Ford. The report, Scotland: Building back stronger with charitable legacies, explores the role of legacies for Scottish charities. It features the latest market data, new survey findings, commentary from experts in the field and recommendations for legacy fundraising in times of uncertainty. Its introduction quotes a number of legacy administrors in Scotland, including Sarah Morgan, legacy development officer at Erskine, who said: “Legacies are what’s kept us going through the pandemic. Regardless of the fact that they bring in around half our income, they have been a constant cash stream when so much else had to stop; our
door-to-door campaigns and all our events. Legacies have been the one constant that we’ve been able to rely on. It’s hard to imagine how we would have survived without them.” The researchers’ analysis shows that over £90m of legacy income is donated to Scottish charities every year, forming a bedrock of sector funding. Over the past two decades the number of Scottish charitable estates has grown by over a quarter, and the value of those estates has trebled. And those trends are set to continue, the researchers found, creating vast opportunities for those charities with the ambition to convey their legacy vision to a new generation of legacy donors. In its Executive Summary, the report quotes Rob Cope, chief executive of Remember A Charity: “Legacy giving may be less prevalent currently in Scotland, but consumer studies show that Scottish people are even more willing to consider leaving a gift than those south of the border. So, there’s an even greater opportunity for growth. Scottish charities that open up conversation with
supporters about legacies are moving towards an open door.” The report is available to download from the Legacy Foresight website at legacy-link.co.uk. q
A small charity with a huge heart [
KIDNEY KIDS SCOTLAND, a very small charity with a huge heart, has for the last 20 years supported Scottish children with renal and urology conditions. The main aim of the charity has always been to enable these children to receive treatment as close to home as possible and minimise disruption to the family unit. In addition the charity helps hospitals all over Scotland, supplying them with much needed equipment and funding posts recognised as being essential. Chronic Kidney disease is a condition that has no cure and that children and their families must learn to live with. IMAGINE your child only being able to drink 400mls in one day. That’s less than two cartons of juice – a can of juice is 500mls. IMAGINE being a parent where you must be home before 8pm every single night to ensure your child gets their daily home dialysis. IMAGINE not being able to take your family abroad or too far away from the hospital because your child cannot go without their dialysis. This HAS to happen in hospital 3 or 4 times EVERY week. IMAGINE your child missing out on school education, social activities, family members’ birthday celebrations, a sibling’s sports day or a family wedding because you need to make sure they receive their life saving dialysis treatment. IMAGINE your child spending their birthday and/or Christmas Day in hospital and not being able to see their friends from week to week. q IMAGINE LIVING WITH KIDNEY DISEASE For more information about Kidney Kids Scotland please visit our website at www.kidneykids.org.uk, call 01324 555843 or email office@kidneykids.org.uk Kidney Kids Scotland can help in many ways
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