This is often the one time in people's lives when they can afford to make a donation to causes which are dear to them. The cost of raising a family nowadays very often leaves little cash to spare and, later in life, retirement brings with it the need to conserve cash outgoings. If you are fortunate enough to have a property or a capital sum invested, then provision can be made, by way of a legacy, for a significant donation to a charity which you have long admired.