Become a guardian of future generations
We’d all like to be remembered for the good things we’ve done in our life. If you’d like to leave the world a better place for future generations, learn how you can leave a gift in your Will to charity. Whatever you care about most in the world, we’d like to help you make a real difference to the causes that matter to you.
Find out how your legacy can help these charities
1.4 million older
people across the UK
often feel lonely.
225,000 older people
often go a whole week
without speaking to
anyone at all.
365 days a year,
the Age UK Advice
Line is available
to help.
202,472 calls
answered by our
Advice Line
in 2020.
Almost 1 million
people in the UK
are living with
dementia.
25% of hospital
beds in the UK are
occupied by people
with dementia.
1 in 3 people born
this year will develop
dementia unless
we can find new
treatments.
91% more
researchers have
started working
on dementia
since 2009.
We have pledged
to plant and establish
20 million trees
by 2030.
On average 41% of all
species have been in
decline since 1970.
We look after 780
miles of coastline
across the UK.
As a nation we’ve
lost 97 percent of
wildflower meadows
since the 1930s.
In 1824 we made
it our responsibility to
protect and care for
all animals and never
tolerate abuse.
A call comes into
our Animal Rescue Line
every 30 seconds.
We found homes for
nearly 30,000 animals
last year thanks to
the support of our
legacy givers.
The RSPCA costs
over £140 million a year
to run — over half of
which is funded
by legacies.
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No one should have no one
During the pandemic, Age UK continued to help older people through friendship calls and our Advice Line. And we will continue to be here for older people in the future.
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Why Sue is leaving a gift to Alzheimer’s Research UK
Sue Strachan was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2014. In this video, she shares her reasons for supporting dementia research with a gift in her Will to Alzheimer’s Research UK.
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Philip’s lasting legacy
Long-standing member, Philip Crossley-Dawson, shares his love of Arnside Knott in Cumbria. As he walks through the countryside so rich with fond memories, he tells us about the gift he’s leaving and why.
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Meet Gina,
one of our
supporters
Gina tells the story of Elsie, her rescue dog, and why she is leaving a gift to us in her Will.
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