Here at St Mary’s Church we welcome all gifts in wills, however large or small. We promise to use your gift to make a difference to our parish.
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, mission or charitable work) and the Church’s priorities at the time. Where possible, we will aim to use gifts to help fund significant projects, whether buildings, equipment, or staff.
You can be confident that your gift will be used to make a real difference to our future mission and ministry.
When acknowledging gifts, we will consider the way you and/or your executors feel is most appropriate. Equally, if you would prefer to remain anonymous, we will respect this as far as our statutory reporting requirements allow.
If you would like to talk to someone in confidence about the sorts of purposes your gift might fund, and how/if you would like your gift to be acknowledged, please contact the vicar on 0113 264 5790 or e-mail [email protected].
Alternatively, if you are managing someone’s estate and would like to make a gift to the church in their memory, please come and discuss this with us too. It can be a wonderful and appropriate way to remember a loved one.
You can find more information about leaving a legacy on the Church of England website: www.churchlegacy.org.uk, and you can view our PCC Legacy Policy here.