Ryedale Charities Together’s Will Week in the October of 2011 was the most successful so far. Thanks to the generosity of Ryedale solicitors, wonderful local support and great publicity in the local press, we raised over £3,000!
Six firms of solicitors working in Ryedale took part – Crombie Wilkinson and Pearsons & Ward in Malton; Hague & Dixon and Ellis Lakin in Pickering; Kitching Walker in Kirkbymoorside and North Yorkshire Law in Helmsley.
All of the solicitors wrote at least one will and most wrote several. Pearsons & Ward in Malton made a fantastic effort on our behalf, with fourteen clients writing wills and giving a donation.
It has been very heartening in difficult times to have such great support from both the solicitors who gave their time and their clients who gave donations.
It was especially encouraging that several people gave donations in excess of the amount we had asked for and also spoke appreciatively of the support that they or friends and family had had from the charities involved in the Ryedale Charities Together partnership.
In addition to raising money through donations, we hoped that the publicity generated might help to raise local people’s awareness of our small, purely Ryedale charities and encourage them to think about leaving a ‘local legacy’ to either the partnership or individual organisations.
If you would like any further information about leaving a legacy or giving a donation to Ryedale Charities Together – or any of its member charities – please contact: Rachel Popham – Tel: 01751 431284
Or email – rachel.popham@btinternet.com
