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Can anyone help with a clear interpretation of SORP 2005 paragraph 127 (and 125). Our auditors are saying that if we have received a payment after the year...
Dear all Would anyone be interested in sharing their care programme for pledger's? With the initial thank you letter do you include list of opt in activities ...
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Jan 5, 2009 11:55 am
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Other experts from the ILM may want to comment, but my understanding is that various tests have to be satisfied before monies are brought into the main...
Iain McAndrew | Save the Children UK | Head of Legacies | 1 St John's Lane, Farringdon, London, EC1M 4AR Direct line: 0207 012 6979 | Mobile: 07825 234339 |...
Iain McAndrew
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Jan 5, 2009 3:34 pm
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Dear all, When targeting existing supporters, does anyone have any advice on the below? • intervals between Pledge Appeals (is annually too intensive!)? •...
Dear All Having attended the legacy conference toward the end of last year, and correct me if I'm wrong, but most of the speakers seemed to suggest that we...
Hi all, Answering both Niki's & Andre's points. Firstly, we aren't advocating one stops asking for pledgers more that the appeal should focus on getting your...
Iain McAndrew
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Jan 6, 2009 1:35 pm
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Happy New Year to everyone! I am in the process of creating a Will/Legacy Information Pack and thought it might be helpful to include a list of local...
Our experience is similar to Iain's but also diverges: we include the mention of the word in all our communications via tick boxes, page footers on certain...
Lynne Nesbit
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If you publish a list, I would limit it to members of the Law Society's Probate Panel. Alternatively, local members of STEP (Society of Trust & Estate...
Happy New Year to you all! I hope you can help. I work for Marie Curie Cancer Care's Legacy Marketing team and am researching the ways in which independent ...
Hospices vary enormously in their fundraising depending on their location (within NHS grounds etc whihc can be a disadvantage), age of hospice and their local...
Me again! I agree with everything Iain has said. In my mind a pledgers camapign is selfish in that it is only in existence for the benefit of the charity. A...
Hi Fay At Mencap, we have a list of legal professionals (99% being solicitors) that specialise in making wills and trusts - particularly for parents and carers...
Dear Clair Thanks very much for this comprehensive reply - it is much appreciated and is certainly food for thought. Fay Fay Dawes Appeal Administrator Royal...
Hi Natalie, It may be too late to suggest a copywriter/designer for you now but, if you haven't found anyone yet, I would strongly reccommend Navig8 who can be...
Hi, Thanks so much for your suggestion - we have already found someone now but it's always useful to have good recommendations for the future. Many thanks to...
Hello, I hope everyone is well. I had a meeting last week with the Director of Just Wills, a company that are going to be launching an online will writing...
Hi Joe, please please read the Charity Commission guidelines on Will writing schemes and the IoF guidelines on legacy fundraising becuase using "Will writers"...
Joe, this is a personal response, not an official one. I know nothing about JW. My main concern would be that a experienced full-time probate solicitor...
Joe, as someone who wrote their uncomplicated will on-line I can say that it was very convenient and at that time free. However, the view from a legacy...
Joe Can I endorse what's been said from a personal perspective. Some years ago when I made a will I worked out what I thought were simple and sensible ...
Hi Everyone The Institute of Legacy Management(ILM) of which I am a board member has over 460 members, who are more than likely your colleagues in Legacy...
Has anyone (or their colleagues in legacy admin) come across a firm in the north-east called "Family Probate & Inheritance Services". run by an accountant...
Having recently subscribed to a notification service for Discretionary Legacies we are interested to learn of the experience of colleagues. There are few...
Hi Ian, I have not heard of this firm, and can't find it on the internet. It sounds as if it could be, at one end of the spectrum, an accountant offering...
A firm by the name of Just Wills has been around for many years and is, as far as I know, the same as on the website www.justwillsplc.com. As far as I know,...
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