Leaving a Legacy
Leaving a gift in your Will to a cause close to your heart is your opportunity to make a huge difference. For many charities – including the nine that run Will Aid together – gifts in Wills account for up to 50% of their income. Without these legacies so much of their work would not be possible.
Legacy gifts to charities are tax-free under current legislation. There are three types of gift. You can:
- Leave a share of your estate (a residuary gift)
- Leave a fixed amount of money (a pecuniary gift)
- Leave a particular item (a specific gift)
The most valuable gifts to charities are residuary gifts. But any gift in your Will, large or small, will give hope to vulnerable people in the UK and around the world.
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Leaving a charitable gift was simple Long term Christian Aid supporters Lin and Andy from Morley, North Yorkshire explain how simple using Will Aid is to write a Will and why they felt compelled to leave a gift to Christian Aid. |
Celebrate your life by saving others
Sopheak, from Cambodia, had four brothers and sisters who all died in infancy from dengue fever. A £3,000 legacy from Mr S, an ActionAid supporter, paid for vital disease prevention training that means Sopheak and her fellow villagers no longer live in fear of the disease.
Will Aid worked for me
"Since the rest of our family are well provided for and we’ve always supported charities, it’s a great choice to continue to support them if the worst happens."
- Jeremy Townhill
A donation of £135 could buy 6 Braille kits enabling blind children like Afsath to study alongside their sighted friends.
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