Help shape the future of trade justice with a gift in your will

In 2023-2024, amazing supporters like you gave £329,000 as gifts in their wills.

This staggering amount has and will continue to help us bring people together to fight injustice. No matter how big or small, a gift in your will helps fund our work with communities around the world so that farmers, artisans, and workers can earn enough to feed their families, educate their children and plan for the future.

Soni Mishra’s family have worked on tea estates for generations – but she is charting a new path. Together with other women in her community, they’re formed a self-help group, collaborating together to start small businesses. Following training, they’ve started a business selling sarees and are cultivating a black pepper nursery:

“We want to scale up the nursery from 3,000 to 6,000 saplings. Eventually, we hope to enter the business of packaging dried black pepper, which has a high value in the market. Our dreams are big, but we need support - training, capital, and infrastructure.”

For women like Soni, starting small businesses can give them the freedom of earning their own money, and allow them to invest in their children’s future.

“I want the next generation - whether sons or daughters - to have the freedom to choose when to marry, where to work, and how to live. That freedom wasn’t mine, but I hope it will be theirs.”

Remembering a charity in your will can be remarkably simple

We know that writing or updating your will may seem overwhelming, but it really doesn’t need to be complicated and having a will ensures your loved ones are cared for and your wishes are honoured. It allows you to decide what legacy you leave and, if it feels right, to leave a gift to a charity close to your heart. Our amazing supporters who choose to remember Transform Trade in their wills leave gifts of many sizes, both as specific amounts and as percentages of their estates.

Please know that any size gift left to us creates meaningful, lasting impact for people like Soni, and we will steward every penny with care. After ensuring your loved ones are taken care of, you just need to decide what kind of gift you’d like to leave to the charity of your choice. There are three types of gift you can give:

Find out more

If you’d like to discuss leaving a gift in your will or have any questions, please get in touch with Sarah, our Fundraising Lead:

Email sarah.mcquaid@transform-trade.org or call at 0191 497 6445