Blandy & Blandy has been recognised by Cancer Research UK for administering £10.14 million in donations to Cancer Research UK’s life-saving work via clients’ Wills over the last two decades.
During this time, Blandy & Blandy has also facilitated more than £2.15 million in legacy gifts pledged to the charity via the Cancer Research UK Free Will Service – money that will be of vital assistance to the charity over future years.
Blandy & Blandy has been supporting Cancer Research UK’s Free Will Service for more than 25 years, giving guidance and support to those wishing to write or update their Will. Blandy & Blandy is the only firm in Reading, Henley-on-Thames or Wokingham to support the Free Will Service.
Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading Cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research and Gifts in Wills fund over a third of the charity’s life-saving research.
Caroline Casagranda, a partner in Blandy & Blandy’s Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts team, said: “We ae very proud to have been recognised by Cancer Research UK in this way and would like to thank Sue Robertson for visiting our offices to present our firm this this award. One in two people will get Cancer in their lifetime and, like most people, many of us at the firm have friends or family who have been affected by Cancer. Our colleagues’ work and dedication and our clients’ pledges mean that we are helping to fund vital research for future generations”.
Samantha Devlin, head of legacies at Cancer Research UK, said: “We all reach a stage at some point in our lives where we start to look ahead and consider what will happen to our financial affairs in the future, when we may no longer be around.
Our Free Will Service is provided without obligation and we are grateful to Blandy & Blandy for the expertise and sensitivity they show in providing clear information and guidance to help people make the best choices for them.
By combining dedication with the highest professional standards, Blandy & Blandy has facilitated over £2.1 million worth of legacy gifts, which will help our scientists, doctors and nurses to beat Cancer sooner.”
Together with its supporters, Cancer Research UK has played a role in developing eight out the world’s top 10 cancer drugs, helped prove the link between tobacco and Cancer and aided the development of radiotherapy - which benefits more than 130,000 patients every year in the UK. As the only charity fighting over 200 types of Cancer, they are determined to accelerate progress so that three in four people survive their Cancer by 2034.
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