{"id":1492,"date":"2019-02-01T10:49:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T10:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidneyresearchuk.org\/?page_id=1492"},"modified":"2025-09-30T12:28:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:28:05","slug":"gifts-in-wills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/support\/gifts-in-wills\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifts in Wills"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\t<h2>Leave a gift in your Will<\/h2>\r\n<p>Leaving a gifts in your Will helps us to do something amazing; every year they make more than a third of the life-saving research we fund possible.<\/p>\r\n<p>Leaving a charitable gift in your Will is far simpler than many people realise. Pledging a gift costs you nothing today, but gives you peace of mind knowing that you will one your gift will fund research for future generations.<\/p>\r\n<p>If you already have a Will, it is very easy to make a new one to include a charitable gift. You can do this by contacting your local solicitor or by using our free Will writing service.<\/p>\r\n<p>One day, a gift in your Will could help researchers find a new treatment for kidney disease, or even a cure.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kidneyresearchuk.org\/support\/gifts-in-wills\/write-your-will-for-free\/\" target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFree Will writing service\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Legacy-booklet-new.png\" alt=\"Legacy-booklet-new\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"500\" width=\"500\" title=\"Legacy-booklet-new\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Legacy-booklet-new.png\" alt=\"Legacy-booklet-new\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"500\" width=\"500\" title=\"Legacy-booklet-new\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/><\/noscript>\r\n\t<h2>Get your free Will guide<\/h2>\r\n<p>The booklet includes information about:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Why gifts are needed<\/li>\r\n<li>How a gift in your Will can change lives<\/li>\r\n<li>Researchers who are changing the future for patients<\/li>\r\n<li>Meet the patients your gift can help<\/li>\r\n<li>Hear from supporters who have already remembered us in their Wills<\/li>\r\n<li>Information on how to leave a gift or amend your existing Will.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/support\/gifts-in-wills\/free-booklet\/\" target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet free booklet\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Legacy-Booklet-20pp-digi.pdf\" target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView PDF version\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n<h2>\r\n\t\t\tHow to leave a gift in your Will?\t<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/58FD6AF6-2808-4133-95E9-9F303B8F453C-1000x749.jpg\" alt=\"Mum Melina and son Charlie\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"749\" width=\"1000\" title=\"Melina and Charlie\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/58FD6AF6-2808-4133-95E9-9F303B8F453C-1000x749.jpg\" alt=\"Mum Melina and son Charlie\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"749\" width=\"1000\" title=\"Melina and Charlie\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/><\/noscript>\r\n\t<h3>Free Will writing<\/h3>\r\n<p>Use our free Will writing services to get expert support with writing your Will, online, by phone or in person.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kidneyresearchuk.org\/support\/gifts-in-wills\/write-your-will-for-free\/\" target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFree Will writing service\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/166.jpg\" alt=\"In the lab at the Alport Research Hub\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1025\" width=\"1500\" title=\"In  the lab at the Alport Research Hub\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/166.jpg\" alt=\"In the lab at the Alport Research Hub\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1025\" width=\"1500\" title=\"In  the lab at the Alport Research Hub\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/><\/noscript>\r\n\t<h3>Essential wording<\/h3>\r\n<p>Use this suggested wording to easily write your Will for the first time or to update your existing Will.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kidneyresearchuk.org\/support\/gifts-in-wills\/essential-wording-for-leaving-a-gift-in-your-will\/\" download target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView wording\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Stuart-on-dialysis-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Man in a hospital bed, with a red blanket on him, receiving dialysis treatment\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"2560\" width=\"1440\" title=\"Stuart on dialysis\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Stuart-on-dialysis-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Man in a hospital bed, with a red blanket on him, receiving dialysis treatment\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"2560\" width=\"1440\" title=\"Stuart on dialysis\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/><\/noscript>\r\n\t<h3>Frequently asked questions<\/h3>\r\n<p>From how to find a solicitor to advice on how to prepare your Will.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kidneyresearchuk.org\/support\/gifts-in-wills\/help-with-writing-your-will\/\" target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead FAQs\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/support\/gifts-in-wills\/faq-solicitors\/\" target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFAQs for solicitors\/executors\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Sadr-Shaheed.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Sadr Shaheed looking in a microscope in the research lab\" 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href=\"mailto:legacies@kidneyresearchuk.org\">legacies@kidneyresearchuk.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leave a gift in your Will Leaving a gifts in your Will helps us to do something amazing; every year they make more than a third of the life-saving research we fund possible. 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