Leaving a Legacy to an Animal Charity: How to Include Hopefield Animal Sanctuary in Your Will

Many people who care deeply about animals choose to leave a legacy gift in their will to an animal charity. It is a powerful way to make a lasting difference, ensuring animals continue to receive care, protection and safety long into the future. At Hopefield Animal Sanctuary, legacy gifts play a vital role in helping us provide lifelong care for rescued animals and continue our animal welfare work for generations to come.

What Does Leaving a Legacy to an Animal Charity Mean?

Leaving a legacy to an animal charity means including a gift to a charity in your will. This gift can be:

• A fixed sum of money

• A percentage of your estate

• A specific asset, such as property or shares

It’s a meaningful way to support the causes you care about while ensuring your loved ones are looked after first.

Why Leave a Legacy to an Animal Sanctuary?

Sanctuaries rely on long-term support to continue their work. Legacy gifts offer financial stability that allow small charities like Hopefield to plan ahead, care for animals without worry, and respond to future needs. We are entirely dependent on public support to fund our life-saving work, and with over 700 animals rescued from some truly awful situations, every penny really does mean the world to us.

Leaving something in your will to an animal charity like Hopefield helps to:

• Rescue and protect animals who need care

• Fund food, shelter, veterinary treatment and enrichment

• Secure long-term animal welfare and sanctuary sustainability

Why Choose Hopefield Animal Sanctuary?

If you’re considering what animal charity to leave a legacy to, it’s worth thinking about a charity’s track record, transparency and mission. It is also, we think, beneficial if you can visit your chosen charity to see it firsthand so that you know that your money truly is going somewhere special.

Hopefield Animal Sanctuary:

• Provides lifelong care for rescued animals

• Operates with a clear focus on welfare and compassion

• Relies fully on public support, not government funding

• Offers transparency and gratitude for every legacy pledged

• Is open to visitors so that you can meet the colourful characters we rescue, rehabilitate and give a home for life to

Your legacy helps ensure that animals who once suffered neglect, abandonment or cruelty can live the rest of their lives in peace and comfort, including precious souls such as Oreo the spaniel (pictured top). She arrived almost starved to death, covered in fleas, full of tumours and with half her tail missing, but is now thriving and living her best life surrounded by the love and care she should have had her whole life.

How to Get Started With Legacy Giving

Including Hopefield in your will is straightforward. Here’s what you need to know:

Charity details for your will

• Charity name: Hopefield Animal Sanctuary

• Registered Charity Number: 1181186

• These details ensure your gift goes to the right place and supports the sanctuary’s mission.

Types of gifts you can leave

• A fixed amount of money

• A share of your estate

• Specific items such as property, jewellery or shares

If you already have a will, you can use a codicil form or write a Letter of Wishes to update your legacy intentions without rewriting your entire will.

Professional advice – We recommend seeking independent legal advice when drafting or updating your will.

Talk to us – You don’t have to tell us you’ve included Hopefield in your will, but we’d love the opportunity to thank you personally and welcome you into our Hopefield Legacy Club. Membership includes a legacy pack, information from the sanctuary, and the chance to discuss how your contribution will be marked.

To discuss legacy giving or request more information from our Legacy Officer, Parami via:

• Email: office@hopefield.org.uk

• Phone: 01277 201110

• Or complete the form on our legacy giving page: hopefield.org.uk/legacy-giving – you will also find lots more information about choosing Hopefield as your chosen animal charity for your legacy wishes.

A Lasting Gift That Reflects Your Values

Leaving a legacy to an animal charity is a deeply personal way to reflect your values of compassion and care. Choosing Hopefield Animal Sanctuary means giving animals the chance for safety, comfort and love for years to come. Your legacy can help ensure that future generations of rescued animals experience the care and protection they deserve, and we can’t thank you enough for choosing us to benefit from such an amazing and lasting gift.