INQUEST urgently needs your help to continue its award-winning specialist casework service and its influential policy and campaigning work .  There has never been a greater demand for our service - but at the same time never greater pressure on our limited resources.

Making a donation, no matter how big or small, will help us to maintain our work advising and supporting over 1,500 bereaved family members and friends per year. Each year we respond to 5,000 queries from policy makers, the media, parliamentarians and the general public.

Among our achievements in 2007 were:

• the inclusion of deaths in custody in the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007;
• work on the restraint-related deaths of Gareth Myatt and Adam Rickwood which generated widespread public and parliamentary concern over the deaths of children in detention;
• jointly winning the Liberty/JUSTICE Human Rights Award;
• the re-launch of the highly regarded journal Inquest Law ;
• publication of Unlocking the Truth, outlining families' experiences of the investigation of deaths in custody.

Our priorities for 2008 include:

• continued delivery of our award-winning casework service;
• campaigning for reform of the inquest system and ensuring greater rights for families;
• publication of Dying on the Inside , an examination of women's deaths in prison;
• developing work on INQUEST's proposal for a Standing Commission on Custodial Deaths;
• conducting policy work on the issues raised by deaths of people from black and minority ethnic communities in custody;
• campaigning against the government's proposal for secret inquests contained within the Counter Terrorism Bill.

INQUEST is totally reliant upon donations and grants and that is why your help is crucial in maintaining our unique service.

You can help in many ways:

• make a donation, become a regular financial supporter or affiliate to INQUEST;
• subscribe to our e-newsletter, our journal Inquest Law, and buy our publications;
• encourage your family and friends to support our work.

Please support our work.

By becoming a supporter of INQUEST you can make a regular contribution to our work. Supporters will receive an annual report on activities, achievements and matters of concern.

You can either support INQUEST by annual subscription or with a standing order or direct debit for any amount you choose.

How to make a donation

You can make a donation online either by credit or debit card or direct debit. One-off donations may be made anonymously if you wish. You can also make a donation by cheque or postal order sent to the INQUEST office.

All online payments are made securely via the Charities Aid Foundation through WorldPay.