Leave a Gift in your Will, set up Legacy & Memorial Funds

Make a lasting impact on your community

Our specialist team can work with you or your loved ones to provide support to the causes that matter to you.

Set Up A Legacy Fund

An everlasting gift to the county and communities of Herefordshire.
Give in perpetuity to the causes you care about by making a single gift that keeps on giving, i.e. an endowment fund.
Work in confidence with our specialist team to fulfil your wishes.
With your solicitor’s advice, write the details of your Legacy Fund into your will, including details of the specific causes and/or geographic areas you wish to support.

Make a positive long-term difference.
Remove burden on family and friends regarding legal & fiscal responsibilities
A brilliant way to invest in the county for future generations.
Avoid the administrative burden of setting up a separate charitable legacy trust/foundation with the Charity Commission.

Leave a gift in your will

Alternatively, you could leave a cash gift to HCF in your will, e.g. cash, shares or assets.
Ensures your gift is spent locally.
It’s easy to include instructions, if desired, on how you wish your gift to be used, such as identifying key causes.

Enables us to keep on helping Herefordshire’s communities.
Ensures it is easy for family and friends to follow your wishes.

To have a fund managed by HCF makes perfect sense to us. Starting a charity from scratch takes a huge amount of work and due diligence which as well as working full time would have its added pressures. This way we can solely focus on raising money and know that it is in the safest possible hands and going to the causes that matter to us as a family
Laura Hughes, George’s Fund

Tax-efficient giving

Charitable gifts and Legacy Funds are free of inheritance tax and reduce the taxable portion of your estate.

Remember someone special with a Memorial Fund

Honour the memory of a loved one in a beautiful, long-lasting way.
Make a difference to a cause that would be close to their heart.
We work at your pace, making arrangements as quickly or slowly as you wish. If needed, we can set up a fund in a matter of days.

Create a positive, personal focus for family and friends.
Decide if you would like to invite donations, we are on hand to advise how to maximise Gift Aid.
Avoid the administrative burden of setting up a separate charitable memorial trust/foundation with the Charity Commission.

This is amazing! I really don’t know what to say. It will help my son to pursue his career without the worry of how he’s getting to college.
Mother of education bursary student, October 2023 (Herefordshire Education Fund)

I am writing to thank you for your very generous support of £1,081 to fund the work of the Ormiston Families’ YouCanBe project in Norwich. We are incredibly grateful for your support, which will make a huge difference to the lives of the young women we work with to improve their self-esteem, relationships, and sexual and reproductive health.
Ormiston Families, Sept 2023 (Joanies Fund)

Thank you so much for your generous funding of our trip to Hay Festival…it meant that we could take extra staff to take some of the pressure off crowd-managing the students. We were able to take nearly 90 students and they described it as ‘the best day ever!’.
Aylestone School, May 2023 (Herefordshire Education Fund)

Thank you so much for the geo laptop, we have set it up and used it at our warm space cafe today. I’ve helped a parishioner with his online banking and another to apply for their blue badge. It was such a help.

Marden Links, Iron Fund (2023)

Your grant of £3,500 will fund the Savvy & Successful Project, which will empower 70 young people to escape the cycle of poverty and make a new life for themselves. The project Savvy & Successful will teach these young people to make success of themselves on their own merits, regardless of what happens at home. It will empower them with the knowledge that they deserve, employment opportunities so they can succeed. On behalf of our staff and users, we express our deep appreciation for partnering in empowering young people to succeed.

Young & Inspired, June 2023 (Joanies)

We are so grateful for Herefordshire Community Foundation’s generosity. The team shelters, or dugouts, give the facility a much more professional look and give players and coaches a space to keep equipment dry and safe from the elements. Each shelter is also an area for a team to be managed at the start and end of each session, thereby providing a space to consolidate learning and make sure practical sessions become more meaningful.
The Royal National College for the Blind, 2023 (Iron Fund)

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