Legacy donations

If you are making a Will and are considering leaving a legacy to the Church

The following wording can either be included in your Will, or you can include it in a Codicil to your existing Will:

“I give free of tax the sum of (insert amount) to the NOTTINGHAM ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEES (Registered Charity Number 1134449) of 1 Castle Quay, Castle Boulevard, Nottingham. NG7 1FW generally but without imposing any binding trust or legal obligation but with the wish that it be used for (here insert the beneficiary parish name or the preferred Diocesan fund as listed below) AND I DECLARE that the receipt of the Chief Operating Officer or other proper officer for the time being of the said charity shall be a sufficient discharge to my Trustees.”

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The Diocesan Funds include:

  • General Purposes of the Diocese Clergy Formation Fund – to provide for the training of priests and deacons, for their on-going formation and for an office for the encouragement of vocations. 
  • Poor and Needy Parishes Fund – to help support those parishes which require financial assistance.
  • Sick and Retired Priests Fund – for the support of the sick and retired priests of our Diocese. 
  • Mission Fund – to support the work of the Church overseas.
  • Lourdes Pilgrimage Fund – for provision for sick, handicapped and infirm persons wishing to make a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
  • Housekeepers Retirement Fund – to support retired housekeepers of Diocesan priests.
  • Diocesan Youth Service – based at Crich in Derbyshire for its work in assisting the young persons of the Diocese to develop spiritually.

Thank you kindly for your generous support.