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Why leave us a legacy?

Leaving the hospice a legacy (a gift in your Will) helps ensure that we will be here in the future for those who need us.


Nearly 200 donations amounting to over £11,500 have now been received from Wills written during our Will Week. We are very grateful to anyone who took part in Will Week and made a donation as well as to all 26 solicitors’ offices for supporting the scheme. During Will Week no charge was made by these local firms to write standard Wills.


Additionally, the hospice will also benefit further in the future from those people who had the foresight to include the hospice in their Will. This type of revenue is invaluable and without it the hospice would truly struggle.


Will Week will be taking place again in April next year.


By making a gift to the hospice in your Will you are supporting us in the future should it not be an option at present. These donations make a huge difference and help us plan for the hospice’s future.


As we receive around 20% of our running costs in this way, it means that provision of care for one in five of our patients is dependent on legacies.


The hospice receives legacies of all sizes. A significant legacy received in 2005 helped us undertake the wonderful improvements in our In-patient unit.


Other legacies help ensure we can continue to provide many of our essential services.
A recent gift in a Will has helped us to plan the refurbishment of our chapel.




HOW TO LEAVE A LEGACY

You can leave a legacy to East Cheshire Hospice in your Will. Everyone should have a Will and it is advisable to update it every four or five years to reflect any changes in circumstances. To include a gift in your Will to the hospice, if it has been written fairly recently, a codicil can be added which is simple and relatively inexpensive – a solicitor can help with this.


Once you have left any gifts to family and friends, you may wish to remember the hospice in your Will. As a registered charity, any gift you leave to the hospice will be free from Inheritance Tax so the full amount will be received by the hospice.


For more detailed information on how to include a legacy gift in your Will, please see the practical factsheets we have prepared to help you (click on tab). We would then recommend that you speak to your solicitor about your Will. A number of local solicitors support the hospice and these can be found by visiting the Will Week Supporting Solicitors or on our Corporate Supporters page.

WHY WRITE A WILL?

  • Making a Will, and keeping it updated, ensures that your assets go where you would want. Dying intestate (without a Will) can make it complicated for those you leave behind at what is often a distressing time
  • Gifts to UK registered charities, like East Cheshire Hospice, are free of Inheritance Tax. This means that the full amount you intend to leave to your chosen charity is received by the charity, rather than 40% going to the Government.
  • Leaving charitable gifts in your Will can reduce the Inheritance Tax payable by your estate.
Please see below for a list of solicitors that supported the hospice Will Week.  These solicitors would be happy to help you with writing or amending your Will.

Should you wish to remember the hospice in your Will, please make sure to include our full name (East Cheshire Hospice) and our registered charity number (515104). Thank you.




WHY UPDATE YOUR WILL?

  • Reviewing and updating your Will is advisable to reflect any changes in your circumstances. Remember that on marriage or divorce, it is essential that you update your Will. Any Will that you made prior to your marriage is automatically revoked when you get married, unless it has been specifically made in contemplation of that marriage.
  • Updating your Will does not need to be a complicated process. If only minor changes are required you can add a simple statement, called a codicil, to your current Will which is a relatively inexpensive process.
  • If you do need to write or update a Will, why not talk to a solicitor who would be happy to advise you.
  • Practical fact sheets are available to download about legacies and writing or updating your Will. Please click here.




PRACTICAL LEGACY FACTSHEETS

Our Legacy Factsheet is available to download as a PDF file, click here to download



SUPPORTING SOLICITORS

A list of solicitors that supported our Will Week in April 2010 is below.

Pamela Smalley
Alcock & Smalley
147 Broken Cross
Macclesfield
SK11 8TU
Tel: 01625 431530

Jane Ambler
Bennetts
37 Market Place
Macclesfield
SK10 1DY
Tel: 01625 424666

Richard Hambleton
Birchall Ryan
Reade House
12 West St
Congleton
CW12 1JT
Tel: 01260 297070

Michael Nunn
Bishop & Co
6 Market Street
Disley
SK12 2AA
Tel: 01663 764134
(running Will Week 12th-16th April)

Chris Broadbent
C M Broadbent
Close House Farm
Bibby’s Lane
Macclesfield
SK10 2PJ
Tel: 01625 500038

Lesley Gaskell
Cooper Sons Hartley & Williams
25 Market Street
Chapel-en-le-Frith
High Peak
SK23 0HS
Tel: 01298 812138

Louise Dunkerley
Dunkerley & Co
(Probate practitioners & Will Writers)
Dunkerley & Co
3 Park Lane
Poynton
SK12 1 RD
Tel: 01625 876316

Frederick Fearnley
Fearnley & Co
67 Roe Street
Macclesfield
SK11 6XD
Tel: 01625 427303

Alan Firth
Firth & Co
3 Oliver Close
Bollington
Macclesfield
SK10 5JS
Tel: 01625 261840

James Knowles
George Davies Solicitors
Fountain Court
68 Fountain St
Manchester
M2 2FB
Tel: 0161 234 8855

Mark Lever
Greenes Solicitors
10 Alderley Road
Wilmslow
SK9 1JX
Tel: 01625 538818

Val Bown
Gorvins Solicitors
2-14 Millgate
Stockport
SK1 2NN
Tel: 0161 930 5151

Henry & Co
10 London Road North
Poynton
SK12 1GZ
WILL WEEK ENQUIRIES TO:
Grace Gerrard
01625 630880 or 0161 477 8558

Lawrence Robinson
Hague Lambert
36 Park Green
Macclesfield
SK11 7NE
Tel: 01625 616480

Amy Hayes
Hague Lambert
131 King St
Knutsford
WA16 6EJ
Tel: 01565 652411

Sean Barrow
Jackson, Barrett & Gass
Smithy Annexe
112 Adlington Road
Wilmslow
SK9 2LN
Tel: 01625 520066

Lindsey Howland
Knights Solicitors
28a London Road
Alderley Edge
SK9 7DZ
Tel: 01625 586686

Anthony Penman
Alfred Newton & Co
32 Alderley Road
Wilmslow
SK9 1JX
Tel: 01625 523647

Judy Gibbons
Nicholls Lindsell & Harris
34-36 Park Lane
Poynton
Stockport
SK12 1RE
Tel: 01625 876 411

Tina Phipps
Read Law Associates
2 King Edward Street
Macclesfield
SK10 1AB
Tel: 01625 429131

Pauline Platt
SAS Daniels LLP
County Chambers
6 Chestergate
Macclesfield
Cheshire, SK11 6BA
Tel: 01625 442100

Pauline Platt
SAS Daniels LLP
8-10 West St
Congleton
CW12 1JS
Tel: 01260 282300

Laura Stansfield
Laura Stansfield & Co
24 Altrincham Road
Wilmslow
SK9 5ND
Tel: 01625 529409

Richard Earland
Woods Solicitors
15 Buxton Old Road
Disley
SK12 2BB
Tel: 01663 765511

Philip Jones/Jeremy Burden
Brooke-Taylors
4 The Quadrant
Buxton
SK17 6AW
Tel: 01298 22741

Colin Watret
Wains Solicitors
39-43 Churchside
Macclesfield
SK10 1HW
Tel: 01625 429511


Other solicitors that support East Cheshire Hospice:

  • Bramhall Solicitors, Bramhall (50% of their standard Will writing fee will be donated back to the hospice)
  • Jobling Gowler Solicitors, Macclesfield
  • Pannone LLP, Alderley Edge & Manchester