We’re delighted to announce the winners of the Crispin Ellison Awards 2021. This is the fifth year of the Crispin Ellison Bursary and the first of the wider Legacy Futures Awards. Crispin Ellison Bursary Award WINNER Carolyn Jones, University of Liverpool Carolyn’s application demonstrated a real commitment to developing her knowledge in legacy administration. We were particularly impressed by her …
Investing in the future of Legacy Giving
We’re pleased to announce the launch of the Legacy Futures Awards. Designed to support those working in the legacy and In-Memory sectors, the winners will receive packages created to support and enhance their fundraising and professional development. There are three Award schemes now open for applications, with some available to Australian fundraisers too. Find out more about the Awards on …
Applications for the Crispin Ellison Bursary 2020 now open.
We are delighted to announce that the Crispin Ellison Bursary Award is back for a fourth year and applications are now open. The award is open to anyone working or volunteering for a UK charity in a legacy giving role, and will fund 3 through ILM training or through the CiCLA professional qualification. We are pleased to be extending the …
Leanne Beaton, International Fund for Animal Welfare
Legacy Link are proud to have recently awarded the Crispin Ellison bursary award to two very worthy recipients, providing funding to enable them to complete the ILM Certificate in Charity Legacy Administration (CiCLA). Leanne Beaton was one of the bursary award recipients and we’d like to share a bit of her background and how receiving the award will impact her …
Jessica Thompson, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Legacy Link are proud to have recently awarded the Crispin Ellison bursary award, launched earlier this year, which aims to support the professional development of the recipient by providing funding for them to complete the ILM Certificate in Charity Legacy Administration (CiCLA). We’d like to share a bit about our recipients and how the bursary award will impact their work …
How will Brexit affect legacy income for UK charities in the short term?
A month on from Britain’s decision to leave the EU and are we any clearer on the impact Brexit will have on our charity sector? The first in a two-part blog series, we look at the short term consequences of Britain leaving the EU on legacy income. Legacy income plays a huge role in our charity sector, contributing an estimated …
Join the Legacy Link team
Legacy link are growing and looking for experienced Legacy Administrators to join our team. Would you like to work as a freelance legacy administration consultant for three or more days a week? Competitive rates, hours to suit you and the freedom of being your own boss. At Legacy Link, we are passionate about helping charities raise more money from legacy …
Legacy Link consultants really add value
Legacy Link has calculated that its consultants added £1.25m of value to the legacy income of client charities each year through efficient and pro-active legacy administration. Examples include asserting correct treatment of taxation, persuading solicitors to bring forward distributions where possible, effective management of contentious claims, ensuring the use of brokers, surveyors and others offering preferential rates to charities, maximising …