PHILANTHROPY
Affecting change through a gift in your Will
The Haberdashers’ Company is a family: an exceptional family with 650 years of history, and one which remains more needed today than ever before.
We have witnessed the immense value of past family members’ benevolence and generosity. By making a gift in our wills to the Haberdashers’ Foundation together we can do even more for future generations.
A gift in your Will, however large or small, can have life changing impact for which you will be remembered.
You will become part of history, joining those of historic Haberdasher members, Jones, Adams, Aske and many others since, including Throckmorton Trotman and Thomas Arno.
In 1937 Arno left a gift in his Will of £300,000. This money has been carefully and wisely stewarded by the Company since then, ensuring that around £70,000 of grants are available on an annual basis to young people today.
The fund is available to current and recent past Habs pupils, as well as to schools and for staff bursaries.
From new schools books, to musical instruments, to supporting further studies, in excess of 1,300 grants have been made from the Thomas Arno fund, mostly to young people from Haberdasher schools (current and former pupils).
Most recently, funds from the Foundation are also going towards supporting Habs Aspire – a transformative mentoring programme for all Haberdasher Sixth Formers.
One recent awardee said:
I wanted to express my sincere gratitude for selecting me as a recipient of the Thomas Arno Fund. This opportunity means a great deal to me, and I am excited to embrace all the academic, professional, and cultural experiences that the year abroad will bring. I will be proud to keep you updated on my progress and to share how this experience shapes both my studies and my personal growth. Thank you once again for your generosity and confidence in me.
This is just one example of the value this historic Company brings to our young people and the immense relevance of our work today.
Across our schools, churches and charities our philanthropic endeavours will continue to create lasting change for individuals and communities across the Haberdasher family.
Reaching the unknown generations of the future.
Just as the Company’s benefactors could never have foreseen the impact their gifts would have, so it is with the gift we choose to leave.
Each one of us can pass on an inheritance, whether it is to future generations of pupils in our schools, those in our church communities or to small, transformational charities.
Your legacy will become part of the great Haberdashers’ family. Through the Company’s future philanthropic giving we will sustain the individuals, schools and communities we serve.
‘The Haberdashers is both a “family” and a “charitable enterprise”; through a gift to the Foundation you will mark your appreciation of the friendships formed within the Company, for the many good times in joining with others in carrying out our shared Company responsibilities, governorships and charitable concerns and contribute to the furtherance of our aims for many generations to come’.
The Rev’d James Power, Past Master.
Your legacy
And now it is time for all of us to take steps towards leaving the Company in a better place than where we found it.
To increase the size of the impact of the Haberdashers’ Company, so that we can be proud members of a Livery Company that seeks to address the challenges of social mobility, education and the public good.
Your legacy will make an impact – regardless of the size of your gift. It might be a small percentage of your estate, it might be the residue of your estate left after the gifts you have made to specific beneficiaries, or a cash sum. The choice is entirely your own.
Our promise
If you choose to leave a gift to the Haberdashers’ Foundation in your Will we promise that the Charities Committee will:
Scrutinise every charitable beneficiary to ensure your gift is used to best effect:
- Inform your next of kin of the grant made and how your legacy has been used
- Recognise your gift at Haberdashers’ Hall in an appropriate way
- If you wish your legacy to be used for a specific charitable purpose, ensure that your wish will be honoured
Thank you.
If you have already left a gift in your Will to the Foundation then do let us know.
For more information about leaving a gift in your Will please contact our Director for Charities.
