Legacies are a lifeline for our parishes. Each year around 5,000 people leave a gift in their will to a Church of England parish. In total, parishes receive around £50 million in legacy gifts each year – gifts to finance mission projects, maintain beautiful church buildings and grow faithful communities.
At St Mary’s and St Bridget’s, we welcome all gifts in wills, however large or small and we promise to use your gift to make a difference in our parishes. Our PCC Legacy Policy is to use gifts to help fund significant development projects, whether buildings, equipment or staff where appropriate.
Since needs change over the years, we encourage you to leave a gift in your will for the general purposes of the parish rather than for a restricted purpose. We will discuss possible uses of your gift with your executors when the time comes, bearing in mind your known areas of interest in the church (e.g. music, buildings, children and youth, overseas mission or aid) and the church’s priorities at the time.
You can be confident that your gift will be used to make a real difference to our future mission and ministry.
If you would like to make a gift in memoriam, please come and discuss this with us too. It can be a wonderful and appropriate way to remember a loved one.
For more information please have a look at our Legacy Policy
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