Legacies and In Memorium
Imagine a future free of breast cancer...
Leaving your legacy to Against Breast Cancer could help take us nearer to our goal by:
- Funding the participation of breast cancer patients in our Diet & Lifestyle Study
- Buying scientific equipment to locate chemicals linked with aggressive breast cancers
- Employing a researcher to linvestigate healthy women's natural immunity
Your will
A will gives you peace of mind in the knowledge that your affairs are in order and that those you care about are taken care of. It will ensure your wishes are met and can help minimise costly inheritance tax payments or the risk of legal disputes.
Leaving a charity legacy in your will is free of tax and also reduces the amount of your estate on which inheritance tax is payable.
How to make your will
Consult a solicitor or reputable will-making agency rather than drafting a 'home-made' will. It will probably cost less than you think and will ensure all legalities are met
Before meeting your professional advisor, please consider the following points:
- naming your executors - the people who will carry out the wishes expressed in your will
- the value of your estate (your total possessions) as this may affect the way your will is drawn up
- the correct names and addresses of the people and organisations you wish to benefit
- how you want to leave gifts in your will.
Naturally, you will want to provide for your family and friends first and your adviser will tell you how to go about this. You might then like to leave a legacy to Against Breast Cancer.
Keeping your will safe
Once your professional adviser has drawn up your will, it has to be signed and witnessed. He or she may also arrange for its storage. Let a family member or friend know where it's kept. You will usually be given a copy for your own records, which you should check occasionally to see that it still reflects your wishes.
Changing your will
Changing your will can be done as often as you like. Small changes can usually be made by a codicil - an additional document stored with your will. So if you have already made a will and would now like to make a bequest to Against Breast Cancer, it should be a fairly simple matter for which your adviser should only make a small charge.
How your will can help Against Breast Cancer
There are different bequests you can make that could benefit our fight against breast cancer:
- a specific item from your personal possessions,
- a fixed cash sum gift - although inflation can reduce its value over the years
- the remainder, or part of the remainder of your estate, after any other bequests (if any) have been dealt with. This is the most valuable way to help Against Breast Cancer as such a gift is inflation-proof
- a donation in memory - not strictly a bequest of your own property, but a useful way to help us. You can either ask in your will for donations in memory to be made to Against Breast Cancer or we can send you a form to put with your will requesting this
- establishing a foundation or trust to give funds to Against Breast Cancer over a period of time.
