A will is a way of looking after the people and causes you care about after you’ve died. It ensures your wishes are carried out. If someone dies without a will, the process of dealing with their estate becomes more complicated, causing stress for loved ones and potential financial costs.

There’s absolutely no obligation to leave a gift. Supporters who use the service may take care of their loved ones first. We’re always grateful to anyone who chooses to leave a gift, but it’s entirely your choice.

You can leave a specific amount of money, a percentage of your estate, or even a specific item. There are three main types of gifts:

1. A share of your estate (residuary gift)

2. A fixed sum of money (pecuniary gift)

3. A specific item, such as jewellery or property

The decision of what kind of gift to leave, or whether to leave one, is entirely yours.

You can update your will if your situation changes. Farewill provide an Update Service on their wills online, offering unlimited free updates for the first year, and £10 a year thereafter.

For most people, writing their will takes under 30 minutes with Farewill. It’s simple, guided, and you can do it at your own pace.

Simple wills are covered through our Free Will Service for online and telephone.

If your estate is more complicated, or you have specific needs, you might need a complex will, which can be written through the telephone will service. Farewill will advise you if a telephone will is more appropriate. Additional costs apply.

Yes. Farewill offers couples wills – two, completely separate wills – which give you the freedom to mirror your wishes where you like and you’ll be able to keep some differences too.

Farewill’s online service is suitable for those living in England and Wales. Supporters based in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are able to use Farewill’s telephone will service to complete their will.

The service is available as long as we are offering it, but we recommend completing it in a timely manner.

There’s no catch. Farewill are the UK’s best rated will writer and have won multiple awards for their service. We partner with Farewill to offer you our Free Will Service. In return, we hope you will consider including our organisation a gift in your will.

Farewill offer additional services for you to consider when writing your will, however these are completely optional.

During the process of writing your will with Farewill, you will be prompted to decide if you want to include a gift to our charity. There’s no requirement to do so, but if you choose to, just respond when asked with ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.

Farewill will then incorporate the appropriate wording into the will, and after it has been checked by their specialist team, it will be sent to you to be printed, signed, and witnessed.

Gifts in wills are vital to our charity. We provide supporters with the opportunity to write their will for free through our partnership with Farewill.

While we encourage you to consider leaving a gift, the charity covers the cost of the will. Typically, the RRP of a will is from £100.