Claire has worked in fundraising for almost 20 years, in a variety of roles for charities from a local hospice to Age UK. For the last 15 years, she has specialised in legacy fundraising, in 2011 completing a PhD looking at the relationship between people’s life histories and the charities they choose to support with a legacy, as well as how legacy giving may enable them to live on into the future. Since 2013, she has worked as a consultant advising charities on all aspects of legacy giving, as well as tutoring for the Chartered Institute of Fundraising across its fundraising qualifications.