Since joining the scheme and with the help of our Clients, Hodgkinsons have secured pledged gifts in Wills amounting to £344,616.00. Every gift helps to make a huge difference and therefore even the smallest gift will help Cancer Research UK beat cancer for future generations.
Residuary gifts, that is a share of your Estate rather than a specific amount of money, are often considerably more beneficial to the charity and to your loved ones. This is because it is more likely to keep pace with the cost of living rises over time which future proofs the charity’s ability to invest in future research, and can help, in certain circumstances, to reduce the IHT payable for your loved ones. This is something we would always be happy to discuss with you.
Right now, gifts left in Wills are funding pioneering breakthrough research that could save millions of lives in the future. In fact, last year Cancer Research spent over £4m on life-saving research in Leeds alone.
Leeds is home to one of Cancer Research UK’s Clinical Trials Units (CTU), which deliver innovative and practice-changing clinical research that impacts the care and outcomes for cancer patients in the UK and across the world. A Senior Research Nurse in Leeds supports the delivery of high-quality clinical trials and studies, getting new treatments into the clinic sooner.
Their Leeds Paediatric Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) is a partnership between CRUK and the National Institute for Health Research in England. It brings together lab scientists and cancer doctors to speed up the flow of ideas and new treatments from the lab to the clinic.
If you have been thinking of making a will or have been putting it off like many people do, then now is the time to act to find out more about the Cancer Research UK Free Will Service. Simply telephone our offices on 01754 897150 and ask for Tina Hill or Travan Chandler in our Wills and Probate department. We want to help you put your affairs in order and give you peace of mind that after you have gone, your loved ones and your chosen charities are all taken care of. That will be your legacy.