Dr Moses Batwala – legacy pledger
Your Legacy, Our Future
Your student days were perhaps some of the most formative of your life. If you reflect on the years following your graduation, it’s likely that your career, interests and friendships found their origins at Leeds.
If you feel that the University of Leeds has enriched your life and you would like to give something back, a legacy could be a wonderful way to show your appreciation and support future generations of Leeds students, teachers and researchers.
By including a gift to the University in your Will, you could help us to nurture the people, generate the ideas and make the discoveries that will change our world for the better.
Leeds was founded upon the generosity of individual benefactors. For more than a century, legacies have helped shape it. The monetary value of these gifts runs into millions but their true value is incalculable: they have enabled talented students to come to Leeds and achieve their potential, pushed forward research that will help people around the world, and enhanced our library and art collections for the benefit and enjoyment of generations to come.
Recognising the important role legacies have played in the development of the University, we have created a leather-bound, handwritten Remembering Leeds book listing legacies received over many years, from the first recorded gift in 1878 to the present day. The book is displayed in Parkinson Court and there is also an online version too
Your legacy to Leeds, whatever its size, could leave a lasting mark too – perhaps on your former department, an area of research that is of special interest to you, or a student following in your footsteps.
Whether you choose to support a particular area, or prefer to instruct the University to use your gift where it is most needed at the time, you can be assured that your entire legacy will benefit the chosen purpose – none will be spent on administration. We place great importance on the careful stewardship of gifts, working with family members, Executors and our colleagues within the University to ensure that legacies are spent fittingly and according to donors’ wishes.
Our Remembering Leeds booklet provides further information about how legacies are benefiting the University of Leeds.
Learn how a trust set up in memory of Yorkshire mum Ella Dickinson is supporting cancer research at Leeds.
Contact details:
If you would like to find out how your legacy could make a difference, we would be pleased to provide further information. Please contact: Caroline Bartholomew, Alumni & Development Team, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, Tel: +44 (0)113 343 2347, c.bartholomew@adm.leeds.ac.uk
A legacy to Leeds is an investment in the future. With your support we can ensure that the University remains the vibrant and ambitious community it needs to be in order to attract the next generation of bright and enquiring minds.
Making a World of Difference
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Emma Atkinson – legacy pledger
Helen Robertson – legacy beneficiary
Ian Slinger – legacy pledger