A gift to Yorkshire's future
You can make a difference during your lifetime, and choose to continue that impact through a gift in your will. Whether it’s giving children and young people the best start in life, protecting the environment, or helping people through difficult times.
When making a will, most people focus first on looking after the family and friends they love. For some, there’s also an opportunity to support the places and causes that have shaped their lives.
A gift in your will to Two Ridings Community Foundation is a way to do just that.
Through Two Ridings, your gift can help people and communities across York, North Yorkshire, Hull and East Yorkshire for years to come.
Giving back to the place you love
Many of us feel a strong connection to where we live, work and raise our families. We want those places to be welcoming, full of opportunity and somewhere everyone can flourish.
Leaving a gift in your will is a personal way to give something back, creating a legacy that reflects your values and supports the area you care about most. It can also be a tax-efficient part of estate planning.
Why choose Two Ridings?
Unlike a gift to a single charity or cause, a legacy to Two Ridings can adapt as local needs change.
The challenges facing Yorkshire communities today may not be the same in five, twenty or fifty years. As North & East Yorkshire’s community foundation, we’re uniquely placed to respond, directing support where it can make the greatest difference.
Your gift could help local organisations supporting young people, older residents, education, wellbeing, culture, the environment and much more.
That flexibility helps ensure your generosity continues to have an impact, whatever the future brings.
The comfort of making a difference
Many people take comfort in knowing that, after providing for those closest to them, they can also leave something that helps others.
It’s not about recognition; it’s about knowing that your values, generosity and connection to Yorkshire will continue to make a positive difference in the communities you care about.
Talk to us
If you’re considering leaving a charitable gift in your will, we’d be pleased to discuss the options available and how your legacy could help local communities for years to come.
Call Celia on 07519 485103
Email [email protected]
The impact of legacy giving
MOSS FAMILY FUND
Leaving a tribute fund in memory of family
The Moss family are now spread all over the world, but when they came back to Kirkbymoorside for a reunion they visited projects their fund has supported including a Mental Health Resource Centre, Carers support, Local History Group and the local Brass Band. They loved seeing the difference their family legacy was making.
During their lifetime Alan and Addie Moss were generous supporters of community activities and on losing them, their three daughters created a tribute fund to carry on their charitable giving in Ryedale, in the area and amongst the people they had loved.
FUND TO REMEMBER A DAUGHTER
Honouring a woman's dying wish
Mrs A set up a fund that supports people in four ways close to her own interests: the theatre and creative arts, women's welfare, mental health and homelessness. By creating the fund she felt her estate was all sorted and left for the greater good of local people.
After her daughter had sadly passed away, and with terminal cancer affecting her own health, Mrs A decided to set up a fund in her daughter's name. Her dying wish was to support local people all over York and East Riding close to her hometown.