Gift in will

A gift in your Will is a lasting legacy

Bromley Mencap is an award winning, independent charity providing a range of services and support to disabled children, disabled adults, carers, and families.

A gift in your Will is a lasting legacy:

• £2,000 could run an outdoor activity club for disabled people for two years.
• £5,000 could run on monthly workshops for 30 older carers and a monthly peer support group for their disabled mutually caring sons and daughters for one year.
• £10,000 could provide buddying for twenty young disabled people giving respite to families for one year.
• £40,000 could run a training and employment scheme for 20 disabled people and support them into volunteering, work placements and paid jobs for one year.

There are different ways you can leave a gift as a legacy

As a cash gift – this means leaving a fixed amount in your Will. This is a pecuniary legacy.

As a specific gift – this is leaving a named item such as a painting or piece of jewellery to us. This is a specific legacy.

As a share of your estate – after all debts and liabilities (funeral expenses, tax) have been deducted, you can leave the rest of your estate to one or more beneficiaries. You can also leave a share of your estate to a charity this is a residuary gift.

We advise using a solicitor to make your will or change your existing will. All gifts left to charity or exempt from inheritance tax.

Next steps

Please remember to make your gift to Bromley Mencap, Rutland House, 44 Masons Hill, Bromley, Kent, BR2 9JG (registered charity number 800685).

Letting us know that you have decided to leave a legacy to Bromley Mencap enables us to plan for the future, knowing that with your help, our services for disabled people, carers and families can be developed and maintained.

Please complete this Gift in Will form and return it to us if you have decided to leave a legacy to Bromley Mencap. This is not a legal document and completing this form in no way binds you to providing what you have stated. You are free to change your mind at any time.