Dr Guttmann, Father of the Paralympic Games:

If I ever did one good thing it was introducing sport as part of the rehabilitation of disabled people.

 

Dr Ludwig Guttmann's legacy was the Paralympic Games. You too could be a part of this story through leaving a gift in your Will to NPHT. Your support will enable us to make this unique, inspiring heritage and its stories of human endeavour truly accessible to all and challenge negative attitudes to disability.

We are:

• the only completely disability-focused museum in the UK
• the carer of the largest unique early Paralympic Games collection in the world
• purely in existence to care for and share Paralympic Heritage  

Without your support, our incredible Paralympic history is at risk.

Oasis Partnership:

The project has been far more than just giving disabled people the skills for employment, it’s raised their self-esteem and given them hope.

   

Why gifts in Wills are so important to the Trust 

Leaving a gift in your will is one of the most powerful ways to create lasting change, long after your lifetime. 

 

Adult Learning Support Leader

This wasn’t just good fun. Our group were able to see that people with disabilities – who looked like they did – could be heroes too.

In this video NPHT CEO, Vicky Hope-Walker explains more about us, and why we need your support:

Why is our work so important? 

Despite the success of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the charity Scope reported in 2016 that hate crimes towards people with disabilities had increased by 100%.

In 2021, when Will Perry returned to his hometown with a gold medal for swimming after representing ParalympicsGB in Tokyo, he found himself bullied, laughed at and described as non-human.

In 2025, the Heritage Alliance reported that access to heritage for disabled people hadn't shifted or improved since 2008.

• Did you know that NPHT is a charity who relies largely on grants and voluntary income including gifts in Wills?
• What we do is as important as how we do it. Our work is co-created and co-curated with disabled people whom we support on traineeships, work experience, collaborations and projects, empowering them to make changes.
• Our Paralympic Heritage is one of the world’s most important disability collections.
• One way of ensuring our ground-breaking work can continue and our unique resources are preserved is through a gift in your Will to NPHT.
• Every gift regardless of size will enable this dream to come true. Just 1% of the value of your estate will make a difference. 

If the work of NPHT has a meaningful connection to your life, please consider a gift in your Will and claim your place in our history. 

What is a gift in a Will?  

There are 3 main types of gift that you can specify in your Will. 

• A residuary gift is a share of your estate. Your estate refers to everything you owned, including money in your bank account, investments, and physical belongings such as your property and furnishings. You can leave a specific percentage of the value of your estate after any taxes or costs have been subtracted, and after you have made gifts to your loved ones. 
• A pecuniary gift is a fixed amount of money. This can be index-linked to preserve its real value over time. 
• A specific gift is a particular item, such as a house, stocks and shares or jewellery. Anything that’s of financial value to you. It may include Paralympic specific items.  

Leaving a gift in your Will to charity may also help to reduce your Inheritance Tax rate. If 10% or more of your net Estate is given to charity then under current UK legislation, your Inheritance Tax rate drops from 40% to 36%. We recommend checking your position with a will writing professional.

How to leave NPHT a gift in your Will  

All you need to do is inform your Will provider and give them our Charity number 1165432 and name, National Paralympic Heritage Trust. We recommend also adding our address for total clarity: NPHT c/o Discover Bucks Museum, 9 Church Street, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP20 2QP. 

For further information please contact our Philanthropy and Corporate Partnerships Officer: [email protected] 

Our promises to you 

• We will use your gift to meet the most urgent needs when the gift is received.
• If you want your legacy used for a specific purpose, we urge you to contact us to ensure we can fulfil your wishes.
• We fully understand those closest to you come first in your Will.
• We fully understand your personal circumstances can change and you might have to take a legacy to NPHT out of your Will in the future.
• We would appreciate knowing who to contact when we receive your gift so that they are reassured of the difference your legacy will make and we will treat them with respect and openness.