To help raise much needed awareness of the importance of gifts in Wills, Livability joined forces with Remember A Charity in your Will Week, which concludes tomorrow.
What is Remember a Charity in your Will Week?
Remember A Charity is a consortium of 200 of the UK’s favourite charities. Together, we’re encouraging more people to remember a charity in their Will, once they’ve looked after their family and friends.
Remember A Charity week is a campaign focused on increasing charitable will-giving, working with charities and partners in the legal sector, government and private sector. This year Remember A Charity in your Will Week brought the world it’s first charity powered search engine.
What is the HUMAN search engine?
During the week, we’ve seen over 200 charities, as well as some well-known celebrities, come together to launch HUMAN. The search engine brings together the expertise from 200 charities to answer some of the world’s toughest questions
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Livability asked ‘How can Communities help disabled people in the future?’
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We’ve been inviting our valued supporters, staff, volunteers and people we support to share some truly inspiring thoughts on how gifts in Wills can help answer some of life’s biggest questions.
Helen England, Livability Chief Executive answers the question Livability posted on the HUMAN search engine:
“Communities can help disabled people in the future by working really hard to see the person. We’ve all got different abilities and disabilities, so let’s celebrate everybody’s uniqueness and let people participate in community life.
It is often said that ‘the best things in life are free’. I think we could all make a huge difference to somebody else’s life, just by doing something as simple as befriending them over a cup of tea.”
Fighting social isolation
Right now, in our society, people are facing social isolation. It’s a major health risk and disabled and vulnerable people are often hardest hit. Quite simply, many disabled and vulnerable people are not given the opportunity to become fully included and valued members of community. And as a result, around 50 percent of disabled people are lonely on any given day. It’s a staggering statistic that demonstrates why good support, innovative care and establishing positive community connections and friendships is so very vital to improving health and life outcomes and enabling disabled and vulnerable people to live their fullest life.
Working together
That’s why Livability is working hard to deliver services and projects that help people connect with their community.
However, over half of Livability’s fundraised income comes from supporters who have generously chosen to leave a gift in their Will. Which means that these gifts will be vital for our work to continue in the years to come. And even a small amount can make a big difference in helping us to answer some of life’s biggest questions for disabled and vulnerable people.
Here’s what some of our staff, including Livability CEO, Helen England, had to say when we asked them: ‘How can communities can help disabled people in the future’?
“The first thing I’d say is, let’s all work really hard to see the person. We’ve all got different abilities and disabilities, so let’s celebrate everybody’s uniqueness and let people participate in community life.
The second thing I’d say, is it’s often said that “the best things in life are free”. I think we could all make a huge difference to somebody else’s life, just by doing something as simple as befriending them over a cup of tea.” Helen England, CEO, Livability
Celebrity support
In support of Remember A Charity Week 2018, TV, radio presenter and head judge of Strictly come Dancing, Len Goodman, has been sharing how to pass on something wonderful in a series of TV and radio interviews. Maybe you managed to catch him on Monday 10th September with Lorraine on ITV, or during his interviews on a variety of BBC radio stations?
We’d love you to share your answers to some of life’s biggest questions with us, as well as your thoughts on gifts in Wills.
How can I get involved?
We would love as many of our supporters as possible to get involved in Remember a Charity in your Will Week 2018 – after all, it’s only because of you that we can continue to help connect disabled and vulnerable people with their communities.
Here’s some of the ways you can get involved:
- Visit humansearchengine.org/livability to read some truly inspiring stories on how, together, we can answer some of life’s biggest questions
- Join in the conversation on Facebook and Twitter and let #HumanSearchEngine know how you would like to help pass on something wonderful
- Request more information on including a gift in your Will to Livability
- If you’ve chosen to include a gift in your Will to Livability, we’d love you to share your story with us.
- If you could consider including a gift in your Will, together, we can continue to remove the barriers that prevent disabled and vulnerable people from living their fullest life.