Month: March 2021

Watch this recent news article from ITV detailing our need for storage space.

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Did you know March is Free Wills Month? You can ring a local solicitor to see if they are participating or use this link to find one near you. You can also choose to leave a legacy or gift to a charity of your choice in your will, read on for some info from our website.

A legacy donation is a charitable contribution left to us in somebody’s Will, and they are our single most important source of funding. In fact, without them we could not survive. Legacies to charities are tax-efficient as they are exempt from inheritance tax and could bring the estate below the inheritance tax threshold.

The most common ways to leave a gift:

• Monetary gifts: specify a fixed amount
• Residuary gifts: whatever is left of your estate, or a share of it.

If you have already written your Will, you can add a Codicil including a gift to us.

It is important to have your Will made properly by a professional.How to set up a legacy donation If you’d like to leave a legacy donation to us, you can discuss this with your solicitor, or just phone us on 01202 712865.

Visual impairment varies greatly from person to person and it is sometimes difficult to demonstrate what people with the various conditions experience – until now. For the first time ever the sight loss sector can show how the world looks through the eyes of people with vision impairment, thanks to a new video from Thomas Pocklington Trust.

The video, produced with assistance from RNIB and Glaucoma UK, focuses on the six most common sight conditions in the UK today: Cataracts, Diabetic Retinopathy, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Hemianopia, Age-related Macular Degeneration and Glaucoma. I’m sure most of our members will recognise their view of the world in the video below. Please share to your friends and family.