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A small charity has become one of the UK's biggest after a £30
million donation.
Miles and Briony Blackwell, who died within weeks of each other,
left the money to the Tubney Charitable Trust, which they set up
in 1997 and named after their Oxfordshire village.
It will also be given a further £20 million from another
family trust. The gifts have made it one of Britain's 30 largest
charities in terms of income from donations.
The Blackwell's had just sold their share of the Blackwell publishing
empire when Briony died from a rare chemical allergy and, shortly
after, Miles died from a haemorrhage.
Trustee Jonathan Burchfield, of solicitors Nabarro Nathanson, says
it is very rare to have such a large charity created in one move.
"There are charities that are bigger in terms of their funds,
but they have normally been around for quite a while," he told
the Independent. "The challenge now is to spend this money
over the next 10 years or so in ways of which they would have approved."
The trustees will look at funding research into the multiple chemical
sensitivity that killed Mrs Blackwell. Other likely beneficiaries
include the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.
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