LEGACIES
Where There's A WILL There's A WAY - TO HELP E.S.A.B.!
The East Suffolk Association for the Blind (ESAB) is a Charity which
has been operating in the East Suffolk communities since 1914. The
Association provides a comprehensive long term welfare service to
maintain the lifestyle and wellbeing of those of its 1,400 blind and
partially sighted members that are most in need. Its fundamental
purpose is to provide a personal one to one service between the
Association's specialist field staff and its many volunteers with our
visually impaired members to provide the best help possible to meet
their needs. With a very elderly membership, many with a physical
as well as a visual disability, such personal contact and friendly down
to earth discussion are vital to the success of our operation and very
necessary in providing real and meaningful support for our members.
With no financial help from the Statutory Authorities, or other major
organisations this Association has to generate all its own income from
those sympathetic to its cause. In this context legacy income is
now a very important part of our operating budget approaching £170,000
pa to support our vital welfare activity.
As you will appreciate, a very few meaningful legacies can make a
substantial difference to our financial status. Moreover an
accumulation of small donations can be equally effective; a client may
wish to nominate this Association to receive donations from those
attending his/her funeral in commemoration, rather than receiving
flowers.
When making or revising your Will, or perhaps by adding a codicil to
your existing Will, would you kindly consider including a bequest to
ESAB?
If you would like any help with the wording or any other aspect of
setting up a bequest, please contact Head Office on 01473 611011.
(N.B Any property, not just money, may be given to a charity by Will).
