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Leaving a Legacy
AUSTEN, BECKINGHAM, HAMONDE, NETTLES, POWELL & VALPY... FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS: LEAVE YOUR LEGACY
The RGS was founded with a legacy from Robert Beckingham and, for over 500 years, legacy gifts have been used to support every aspect of School life. The six RGS Houses above are named for great benefactors to our School.
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A gift in your Will is a great way to follow in their footsteps. It can also be a tax-efficient way of giving and will cost you nothing during your lifetime. Unrestricted legacies – the application of which is left to the discretion of the School – are exceptionally valuable, as they can be used wherever the need is greatest when the time comes. Alternatively, you might wish to direct your bequest towards a key area of the School’s work that you particularly cherish and we would be very happy to discuss this with you.
If you choose to remember the RGS in your Will and inform us of your intention, you will be included in our Beckingham Society, a small but growing group of dedicated supporters who have chosen to remember our School and meet annually for lunch with the Headmaster.
In Memoriam Gifts
A particularly eloquent and enduring way of commemorating the life of a relation, friend or colleague for whom The Royal Grammar School was a special place, is to consider making a gift in their memory.
An In Memoriam gift is a lasting tribute that can play a valuable role in helping to secure our future. The gift may be an individual benefaction or the proceeds from a collection made in someone’s memory. You may prefer to request that donations be made to the School in lieu of funeral flowers, or to make a donation each year to remember someone’s birthday.
If you would like to talk confidentially about leaving a legacy to the Royal Grammar School or making an In Memoriam donation, please contact Georgie Grant Haworth on +44 (0)1483 880665 / ggh@rgsg.co.uk
Alternatively, you can also read more about how to make a legacy gift in the ‘Ways to Support /Remember Us’ section of the ‘Support-the-RGS’ pages of
