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Leaving a legacy

We can help you establish a legacy of giving beyond your lifetime, helping you decide how you want to be remembered and the impact you will make.

Giving via Oxfordshire Community Foundation helps you realise your vision of a better future through planned giving, ensuring your charitable bequests continue to support the causes that matter most to you. It is also a meaningful way to remember a loved one, with an in memoriam fund that can be endowed for many generations to come.

Why leave a bequest to us rather than a larger charity?

In general, local charities are smaller and younger than national ones. They may not be perceived as being permanent, so they often receive fewer legacies than large national charities. However, through our invested funds we are building a permanent, substantial and multi-purpose endowment for the local community, which enables us to fulfil your charitable wishes in perpetuity. This will benefit local community groups that are active and relevant at any point in the future.

OCF provides a uniquely flexible range of options and focuses of support for people interested in leaving a legacy, whatever your charitable interests.

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SOFEA

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