Leave a Gift

A great many of us who have grown up in Wales will have fond memories of the Urdd. By leaving a gift in your will to the Urdd you can help ensure that future generations will enjoy the same experiences.

Leaving a gift is a personal decision. After providing for your loved ones, many people decide to support a charity as well.

  • To promote values which are important to you
  • To honour someone who was dear to you.
  • In response to a need in your community
  • To ensure a solid foundation for the Urdd to the future
  • To show appreciation of the Urdd’s work.

Over the years, legacy gifts have enabled the Urdd to make crucial investments and improvements such as modernising the facilities at the Urdd residential centres, and thereby ensuring that they continue to be attractive to today’s youth.

Gifts are also an important way of enabling the Urdd to keep its costs as low as possible for its members.

In the past, gifts have been used to:

  • Improve facilities such as the modernisation of the accommodation blocks at Llangrannog and Glan-llyn.
  • To improve on the cultural experiences offered at Eisteddfod yr Urdd
  • To support the Urdd’s work in local communities across Wales
  • To establish prizes or scholarships in your name

Anybody, at any time in their lives, can create a will. We recommend seeking professional advice from a solicitor when creating or modifying a will. A solicitor can also provide advice on any implications or benefits that may exist with regard to the tax you might pay on your property.

If you would like to discuss the possibility of leaving a gift in your will further, you are welcome to contact us on helo@urdd.org (in confidence). If you have already taken the decision to leave a gift to the Urdd, and are comfortable with letting us know, this would give us a chance to thank you personally, as well as help us to plan ahead for the future.

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Over the past few years, donations have helped to:

  • Host community groups and activities across Wales
  • Ensure summer holidays at our centres are made available to every child in Wales, whatever their background or financial circumstance (Fund For All)
  • Improve the experience offered at local Eisteddfods
  • Fund resources for use in activities
  • Hire venues for sports and leisure events such as tournaments, Rimbojams and more
  • Offer travel expenses for crucial volunteers and helpers
  • Offer workshops and training for young people

All our activities, local and national, are dependent on securing funding, and on the support of our members and volunteers.

Since establishing in 1922 the Urdd has played a crucial role in promoting the Welsh language among the children and young people of Wales.

We aim to provide unforgettable experiences for children and young people, giving them opportunities to develop important social and personal skills, to socialize and to use Welsh in friendly, exciting environments.
Perhaps most important of all, taking part in Urdd activities has given generations of children opportunities to make lifelong friends and memories.

As a charity, we wouldn’t be able to continue with our work without generous support from a wide range of sources including membership fees, donations, corporate sponsorship and government grants.

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You can support our work with a donation. It’s quick and easy to do online.

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