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Your Legacy, Our Future
Your bequest could make a lasting impact on our students, our research, and on the world.
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 which will change the world for the better.
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, a legacy could be a wonderful way to show your appreciation and support future generations of Leeds students, teachers and researchers.
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.
On permanent display in Parkinson Court, a special leather-bound, handwritten book remembers the many alumni, former staff and friends who have left a gift to the University in their Will. The list stretches back to 1878 and new names are added every year. It is a written history of sustained generosity; between them, these thoughtful people have played a central role in the development of the University of Leeds since its foundation. There is also an online version of the book.
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.
How we can help
We always recommend that you visit your solicitor or other professional advisor to draw up or make changes to your Will, but we welcome any contact you wish to make with us and are happy to expand upon the information provided here and in our Remembering Leeds guide to ensure that your legacy fulfils your wishes.
This is especially true if you have in mind a specific purpose or form of commemoration for your gift, such as funding and naming a scholarship in honour of someone important to you.
We want to ensure that we fully understand what you would like to achieve through your legacy, and welcome the opportunity to discuss particular needs and priorities within the University which could benefit from your support.
Find out more
For more information or a confidential discussion about leaving a legacy to Leeds, please contact Sally Hind, Alumni & Development Team, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, email: s.hind@leeds.ac.uk, phone +44 (0)113 343 0239.
Our Remembering Leeds guide and suggested legacy wording are also available to download.
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.
Changing lives in a new generation
Your support will have an impact on the future of the University of Leeds
Information for US Alumni
Which type of legacy?
Information for Solicitors and Executors
Making a World of Difference
CLICK ON A LINK BELOW TO READ MORE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF LEGACIES TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
Dr Moses Batwala – legacy pledger
Sue Heward - legacy pledger
Roy Ludlow - legacy pledger
Granville Schofield – legacy pledger
A gift to the future
Making your will
Sharing your intentions
The Brotherton Circle
Helen Robertson - legacy beneficiary
Thank you
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