An international alliance of charities are planning to hold the first International Legacy Giving Day on 13 September 2011 to raise awareness of the importance of charitable legacies.

Australia's leading legacy consortium, Include a Charity, Belgium'sTestament, Spain's Legado Solidario, Ireland's Legacy Promotion Ireland, Greenpeace Switzerland's Give Green Canada/Patrimoine Vert will join the UK's Remember A Charity to mark International Legacy Giving Day.

Charities from around the world will organise activities throughout the day, working with will-writers and corporate partners. The awareness day will be used to promote gifts in wills internally among staff and externally to charity supporters.

This is the first time that hundreds of charities from across the world are coming together to raise awareness of this vital form of giving.