Leave a gift in your will
As a senior nurse at Lewis-Manning Hospice, I see the impact gifts in wills have on our hospice first-hand.
Over the past year we have been grateful to receive a number of gifts in wills ranging from £500 to £150,000. An £800 gift helped us pay for patient transport for a month. The gift of £150,000 will in effect fund our entire clinical team for nearly half a year. We consider every gift, no matter what the value, an incredible memorial to the person who left the gift and a fantastic surprise for us.
Gifts in wills are a very private matter and we understand that your family and friends come first. If, however, you do choose to leave us a gift, please know how grateful we are for your generosity and that your gift, one day, will help me and my colleagues to give more local people living with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses the support they urgently need to adapt and cope with their illness to the best of their ability.
If you would like more information about the hospice, please get in touch with a member of our fundraising team on 01202 701000 who would be delighted to arrange a convenient time for you to come and visit us and learn more about our work.
Claire McLachlan
Day Hospice Team Leader, Lewis-Manning Hospice
For more information about the history of Lewis-Manning Hospice, please click here to download our brochure “Lewis-Manning Hospice - one local woman’s remarkable legacy”.
For more information about leaving a gift in your will to Lewis-Manning Hospice, please click here to download our brochure “How a gift in your will can help local people living with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses”.
Useful contacts
If you are ready to have your will made or updated we recommend that you see a solicitor to ensure that it is drawn up and executed properly. Click here to see a list of solicitors that have donated their time to support Lewis-Manning Hospice.
Alternatively you can find a local solicitor on the Bournemouth and District Law Society’s website at www.bournemouthlaw.com or by telephoning 010202 587551 or on The Law Society of England and Wales’ website at www.thelawsociety.org.uk, telephone 020 7242 1222.
While Lewis-Manning Hospice recommends that you speak with a solicitor if you do choose to use a will writer, we recommend that you use one who is a member of the Institute of Professional Willwriters (IPW). Their website is www.ipw.org.uk, telephone 08456 442042.
If you do choose to leave any form of gift in your will to Lewis-Manning Hospice the wording your solicitor or will writer will need is:
"I leave Lewis-Manning Hospice, 1 Crichel Mount Road, Lilliput, Poole BH14 8LT Registered Charity Number 1120193, Company Number 6278709 ..."
