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Just to say I thought your workshop on funding raising was extremely good and although, so far, I haven't even tried to fund raise, the things brought up at the meeting has prompted a complete re-think on the way our group is run. I know that was not the aim of the day and I wonder if anyone else has had the same reaction. Just looking at new ways of funding makes you look at new ways on everything. Absolutely great. Many thanks for the inspiration. I have been asked to be a trustee of a school fund raising group - your workshop will help with ideas for this.
Muriel Parkinson
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Ten tips to begin legacy marketing
 

 

LEGACY MARKETING – GETTING STARTED WITHOUT SPENDING ANY MONEY

The following 10 tips we would recommend for any cause not yet having begun to market legacies to their supporters. This TOP TEN for beginning work on legacies is just the start, but doesn't cost a penny -

  

  1. Audit your current publications and add a mention wherever you can 
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  3. Include tick boxes for people to ask for more details of your legacy vision 
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  5. Talk about your vision for the future a lot 
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  7. Thank people who include a gift in their will publicly as a group 
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  9. Make them honorary friends for life or something similar 
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  11. Include details of why you need legacies on your website 
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  13. Have a statement on your letterhead stressing how important they are 
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  15. Use the language ‘a gift in your will’ rather than ‘legacy’ 
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  17. Mention how transformational the gifts will be 
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  19. Make it easy to let you know and thank pledgers a lot, making them feel special
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If you would like to learn more, we run a full-day legacy and in memoriam fundraising training course in many locations around the country, usually in Spring. Use the form below to ask for more, or information about our bespoke legacy fundraising training, advice or mentoring service.

 



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