Gift In Will - In Memory

To leave a gift in your will, it’s important to seek out qualified advice from a solicitor to help make sure your wishes are clearly known.

Gifts in Wills can be made in a number of ways, for example:

• Percentage/Portion: a specified percentage of your estate.  Consider adding a “Charity” section to your will and include a percentage of your estate to be included in this “Charity” portion.  Just 1% will make a difference in the mental health space for people facing dark moments.
• Residual: a gift from the remainder of your estate, after providing for your loved ones and settling any taxes and charges.
• Whole estate: an entire estate is usually left by someone without beneficiaries or who wants to achieve something very significant.
  Bequests ‘for general purposes’ will allow us to use your gift where it’s needed most, or you can specify an area of our work that is of special interest to you.

A Gift in your Will could be used long into the future to support our services throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.

 Ways your gift can help:

• Supporting Lifeline’s telephone and text counselling services

• Providing volunteer counsellor training

• Funding specific projects

  Lifeline is committed to providing a safe, effective and confidential service to support the emotional well-being of our callers and communities.

  Volunteer counsellors undergo world-class counselling training and supervision, providing a caring and professional service to a wide range of people in need. Counsellors deal with many kinds of issues including psychological and emotional distress, financial and work issues, marriage and family problems from callers who are lonely, ill, depressed or the victims of violence or abuse.

  We appreciate flexibility to use Gifts in Wills where it will have the greatest impact. This is mainly due to the fact that gifts in wills are often not received for many years.

Yes, even if you have made a Will, you can make changes or additions to it at any time. Your solicitor will be able to advise you.

If you are helping someone prepare a will or add to their existing will, please use this wording:

I give to Lifeline – a service provided by Presbyterian Support Northern (CC21532) *......... for its general purposes, (or clearly state specified purpose). 

I declare that the official receipt of Presbyterian Support Northern will be sufficient receipt and discharge for my trustees.

• (….) % of my estate

• the residue of my estate

• the whole of my estate

If you’d like to discuss leaving a bequest or would like more information about how your gift will make a difference, please contact Vivienne Riddell:

Phone: 09 520 8628 or 021 329 938
Email: vivienne.riddell@lifeline.org.nz

Enquiries will be treated in confidence.