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Dear All, Books of Remembrance work well for modest numbers of legator acknowledgements. However, we are currently considering what works best for In Mem...
Dear All I have just started (a month ago) as In Mem and Legacy Officer at North West Air Ambulance. I previously worked on individual giving with the Royal...
Hi Niki, I've been in my role for about a month too at Diabetes UK as the Legacy & In Memoriam Campaign Manager. We have a Tribute Fund scheme that has been...
Hi Joe Thanks for the insight and glad to know that someone else is new to the job too. As there isn't a tribute fund set up yet, I'm doing quite a bit of...
Hello everyone, We are looking to appoint a Legacy marketing co-ordinator who is passionate about fundraising - have outstanding communication, presentation...
Dear All Do any of you know the contact details for the magazine the Funeral Times. Thinking of advertising in there. Many thanks Niki P.S For those of you who...
Hi Niki Their phone number is 01206 767797, I spoke with a guy called Alan Rennard. Many thanks Dan Carter Legacies Marketing Manager St Dunstan's 020 7616...
Dear All, An octogenarian has recently included the charity in their Will. However, they live alone and their relationship with neighbours is problematic and...
Richard Does Help the Aged not have local befriending services or perhaps another charity for the elderly? Age Concern etc. What about Social Services? Sue ...
Susan Berrington
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Sep 4, 2008 3:56 pm
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Richard, I hope that one of our local Age Concerns will be able to help this man to improve the quality of his life generally. We have a range of befriending...
Richard There are various services which provide elderly and/or disabled people with a personal alarm backed up by friends or relatives who hold a key and will...
Afternoon All, I'm in the process of developing a training course for our volunteer fundraisers to get them promoting legacies at a local level. I was...
This concern has crossed my mind many times, especially where we are the executor and they do ask me - how will you know when I'm gone? Some people live such...
Lynne Nesbit
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Sep 5, 2008 12:59 pm
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Hi Stacey and the rest of the group. This is something that I would be very interested in. As some to you know I have recently (2 months now) been appointed to...
Niki, I assume you're coming to our Institute of Fundraising North legacy conference on Sept 16 in Manchester? You're bound to pick up a lot of new ideas and...
Just to say I have trained about 12000 volunteers of every type age etc if you want to contact em direct (mobile 0777 189 6680) i will happily give some...
Training volunteers was an important part of my initial legacy fundraising strategy eight years ago and first I wrote to all our group leaders introducing them...
Lynne Nesbit
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Sep 8, 2008 8:01 am
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Hi Graham Yes I will be at the conference. Looking forward to it. May see some of the group there too. Niki From: Legacymarketing@... ...
Hi Stacey We too are working on this. Starting point - has there been any useful activity - can you make a link between any previous volunteer activity...
Over the past 6 years or so a lot of charities set up or commissioned In Memoriam schemes, in the wake of Whitewater's "Our Lasting Tribute". Some used...
Dear Graham I have been employed by the North West Air Ambulance to set up a tribute fund and expand on their in mem and legacy giving. We are in the initial...
Hello All, At Barnardo's we have just appointed two new regional legacy marketing officers - one working in the Midlands and one in London and the South East. ...
Hi Graham, We launched Tribute Funds at the end of last year but have found it difficult to really give it the attention it needs. It always plays second...
Thanks for your comments Ginny. Your experience seems to match mine at the Hospice I worked in. They seem to need constant energy being pumped in to make them...
Hello everyone, The British Red Cross is about to start rolling out its successful regional legacy fundraising strategy nationwide and there are exciting ...
