This Remember A Charity Week (8-4 September 2025), Pets As Therapy is coming together with close to 200 charities to thank ‘Willanthropists*’ across the UK for doing something incredible by leaving a gift to charity in their Will.

Throughout the week, charities and their beneficiaries will be celebrating the remarkable impact and generosity of all those who have chosen to support good causes in this way.

Gifts in Wills fund around a quarter of Pets As Therapy’s work, providing crucial long-term income that can help for generations to come. This includes helping the charity to recruit more volunteers, train more therapy pets, and visit more schools, hospitals, care homes and community spaces.

Make a lasting impact
Steven Wibberley, Pets As Therapy Chief Executive, said: “Charitable gifts in Wills are a unique way for supporters to make a lasting impact. These gifts make such a difference to our ability to bring comfort, companionship and smiles to thousands of people through time with a PAT Dog or PAT Cat for years to come. What’s more, this long-term income can help us become more resilient, especially during challenging economic times.”

Whether large or small, gifts in Wills can help charities and community-based organisations continue their vital work - supporting the vulnerable, protecting the environment, advancing education, medical research, and much more.

Remember a good cause
Lucinda Frostick, Director of Remember A Charity – the consortium of charities working together to inspire the UK public to remember good causes in their Will, said: “This Remember A Charity Week, we have come together to celebrate and thank all those people who have chosen to do something wonderful in remembering their favourite charities in their Will, alongside their loved ones.

"This enables people’s values to live on long beyond their lifetime. And, collectively, these donations have the potential to transform the future – funding life-saving services and offering hope and opportunity for the next generation.”

For more information about charitable gifts in Wills and how to leave a lasting legacy, visit: www.rememberacharity.org.uk. You can also join the conversation online through #RememberACharityWeek, #ThanksTo and #Willanthropy

*Willanthropy is the act of giving to charity in your Will