Recognising your support
If you choose to leave a gift to Exeter in your Will you will be invited to join the Reed Circle, an honorary group for those who are leaving a legacy to the University of Exeter.
Each year we hold bespoke events so we can share our research with you as well as provide an opportunity to meet our Scholars. Past events have included a carol service, garden party, afternoon tea reception, and campus tours.
There are also a range of naming opportunities available. Please contact us in the first instance to discuss your wishes.
Our commitment to you
Legacy donors make a commitment to providing for people they will never meet and securing a future for the University, and we are immensely grateful for this. We will always do our best to honour your wishes and make your Legacy a reality.
- We absolutely recognise that those closest to you come first in your Will.
- We fully understand that personal circumstances change and there might be a time when you must take the University out of your Will.
- We promise to use your gift wisely for the benefit of future generations.
Stuart Handley (Physics, 1967) left a gift of £1.3m to the Exeter Forever Fund and is commemorated by the Stuart Handley Teaching Laboratory in the Physics building.
Former staff member Anne Van Geyzel gifted £1,000 in her Will to support the campus landscape, funding the planting of 25 trees at Birks Grange.
Consultant Connie White (née Fozzard) left £2m to fund bursaries at Exeter Medical School. Her generosity and accomplishments are recognised through the Constance Fozzard Clinical Skills Suite.
Philip Booth’s generous legacy gift supports Mathematics, Physics and Engineering, and is commemorated by the Philip Booth Seminar Room in the Living Systems Institute.
Professor Michael Cartwright’s legacy gift to the Niklaus Fund (in memory of Professor Robert Niklaus, pictured above) supported bursaries, lectures, and the funding of three PhD scholars.