Write or update your Will

Write or update your Will

Having an up-to-date Will is the best way to ensure your loved ones and the causes you care about are looked after.

St Peter's offers free Will-writing services to our supporters.

  • We have partnered with the National Free Wills Network to provide face-to-face Will-making with local solicitors
  • We also offer free online and telephone Will-writing through the Farewill platform

Both these services are completely free and offered all year round. Find out what is covered by a 'Free Will'

National Free Wills Network

The National Free Wills Network works with local solicitors across the UK to make it easy for you to write or update your Will face-to-face.

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If you would like to be referred to the Network, please complete this form. Your Charity Free Wills Pack will be sent to you with a list of your local participating solicitors and all the instructions needed to complete your free Will. Please note the pack will be sent from the National Free Wills Network, and should take no longer than five working days to reach you.

Having an up-to-date Will prepared by a solicitor ensures your future wishes will be carried out. If you wish, it is also the perfect way to leave something to St Peter's, to help us care for your community.

Sign up to the National Free Wills Network

Farewill

We have partnered with Will-writing experts Farewill so you can write your Will free-of-charge, from the comfort of your own home.

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Farewill make the process easy, and you can choose to make a simple Will online or over the phone with expert support. The Farewill team provide outstanding customer service and are always on hand to answer any questions, over the phone or via live chat Monday-Saturday, 9am–6pm. All Wills are proofread and approved by specialist Will writers, and are legally binding when signed and witnessed.

There is no obligation to leave us a gift. However, once your loved ones are provided for, we hope you will consider remembering St Peter's Hospice in your Will.

"Farewill helped me produce my new Will and have done an excellent job."

"Adele was a delight to deal with. I have already passed her name on to friends, along with the suggestion they can use Farewill to support St Peter's Hospice."

To write or update your Will simply choose your preferred option below and quote the voucher code STPETERS-WEB when asked.

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What is covered by a 'Free Will'?

The two organisations we partner with generally offer Simple Single or Mirror Wills, or updating an existing Will, for free.

There may be charges made for more complicated or extensive Wills, known as Complex Wills, and guidance on this is provided below.

If you have any questions please contact the providers directly, call Matt on 01275 391415, or email legacy@stpetershospice.org.

Farewill

  • Simple Will: a relatively straightforward will with one level of executors, gifts of money and/or items (without conditions), and primary and secondary level residuary beneficiaries only
  • Complex Will: would include things like backup executors, a gift to a business, a gift of money or items with conditions attached, multiple levels of residuary beneficiaries (catastrophe clauses), or trusts over property or the whole estate

National Free Wills Network

The Network fees agreed with the solicitors are for simple standard Wills and for updating existing Wills. The terms of a Simple Will can vary between firms and are as defined by their guidelines. Generally, items not covered in a Simple Will are Trusts, complex tax advice, overseas assets, and Lasting Powers of Attorney.

This list is by no means exhaustive, and your solicitor will advise you as to any additional cost that may be incurred. Should the solicitor find, during the drawing up of a Will, that it is more complex, they are entitled to ask you to pay the difference between the simple element of the Will and the additional complex work.