Of course, your loved ones must always come first. But once you have provided for them, there’s something amazing you can do, to stop leukaemia devastating more lives in the future. By leaving a gift in your Will, you’re making a lasting legacy to help fund life-saving research into kinder and more effective treatments.

Around a third of the money that Leukaemia UK invests in research is generously donated through gifts in Wills. Without donations from legacies, much of the progress to improve the lives of people affected by leukaemia in the future would not be possible.

By leaving a gift in your Will, you are helping to make sure that the next person with leukaemia has the best possible experience of diagnosis, treatment and care.

Treatment that could help someone like Henry, who was diagnosed with Acute Myloid Leukaemia at just 8 months old.

Despite enduring four rounds of chemotherapy, he succumbed to infection at just 14 months old. His mother Callan Brett says “I firmly believe that something good must come from Henry’s death. We cannot have lost him for no reason and we cannot stand by knowing that more research and better care could spare another family from his type of heartbreak.”

It is best to use a solicitor or professional will writing service to prepare your Will. If you are in England and Wales you can find details of local solicitors on the Law Society website: Find a Solicitor – The Law Society. For Scotland, visit the Law Society of Scotland.

Leukaemia UK also work in partnership with the Free Wills Network and Farewill to offer a Free Wills service to our supporters.

We have a limited amount of free Wills available, so they are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. If you have any questions, please contact us at  legacy@leukaemiauk.org.uk.

The two main types of gifts you may choose to leave are:

A Residuary Gift

This is a percentage of your whole estate. The benefit of a residuary gift is that, although the value of your estate will change over time, all your beneficiaries will receive the proportion of the estate you intend. It also means you can be confident the total value of all the gifts you are leaving is not greater than the value of your estate.

A Pecuniary Gift

This is a fixed sum of money.