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If you’re aged 55 or over, you can make or update your will with a local solicitor for free.
Simply visit the Free Wills Month website and enter your postcode to view details of participating solicitors. Book your appointment directly with your chosen solicitor, mentioning ‘Free Wills Month’.
Appointments are limited, so book early to avoid missing out.
There’s no obligation to make a gift to Mind in your will, but by choosing to support our work in this way you can help create a better future for everyone experiencing a mental health problem.
Free Wills Month is intended for those aged 55 and over. If you and a partner are making or updating joint simple wills, only one of you needs to be 55 or over.
Mind is taking part in Free Wills Month in the below areas this October.
Bristol, Chester, Gloucestershire, Huddersfield, Leeds, North Wales, Norwich, Preston, Wakefield, Birmingham, Bolton, Carlisle and Cumbria, Cornwall, Ipswich, Kingston-upon-Hull, Lancaster, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, Shropshire, Stoke-on-Trent.
If you live in Tyneside, Wearside or Northamptonshire, there is also a special Mind Free Wills Month campaign near you.
If you live in one of the areas listed above, you'll find details of participating solicitors on the Free Wills Month website from 1 October 2019.
Simply contact your chosen solicitor during the month of October and request an appointment as part of Free Wills Month.
Once you’ve booked your appointment, the solicitor will help you draw up a will according to your wishes. You remain in control throughout.
Appointments are limited, and once all available appointments are booked, the campaign will close. We’d recommend contacting your chosen solicitor as soon as possible to avoid missing out. You can find full details and conditions on the Free Wills Month website or in our FAQs section.
If you live outside the regions listed above, you can visit the Free Wills Month website to check if a similar offer is available in your local area.
You can also register for Mind’s ongoing Free Will offer.
There is no obligation to make a gift to Mind in your will when taking part in Free Wills Month, but a gift – however big or small – will help us make a difference to the lives of those of us living with a mental health problem.
We believe no-one should have to face a mental health problem alone. If you share our vision of a world where everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect, please consider making a gift to Mind in your will. Thank you.
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After taking care of loved ones, you may choose to include a gift in your will to a cause you care about - like Mind. There are three main types of gift that you can include in your will. These are:
A cash gift, known as a pecuniary gift is a fixed sum of money, for example £5000. These gifts are paid out of your estate first, and then what is left is divided up as per your instructions in you will.
This type of gift is a share of your estate, for example 5%. Many people divide their estate into 100 equal units, and after giving to family and loved ones, they gift a number of units to Mind.
A specific gift is a nominated object, for example artwork, a collection of records, or an antique. If you want to keep a particular item in your family, then this could be a good way to pass the item on.
We work together in partnership with our network of local Minds. Each local Mind is an independent charity and is responsible for their own funding and services.
In 2017-18 over 425,000 people were supported by local Mind services. Local Minds understand the needs of their community and they tailor their services to match. Services include talking therapies, peer support, advocacy, crisis care, employment and housing support.
If you would like your gift to fund a local Mind please contact that charity directly.
Terms and conditions apply. Full details can be found on the Free Wills Month website.
Any questions? Email our Wills Team at [email protected] or call us on 020 8215 2243.