Since 1991, one thing has never changed: the commitment to caring for local people and their families.

A Will gives you the freedom to decide what happens to the things that matter to you and who you want to provide for. Without one, your wishes may not be carried out as you intended.

Contact your solicitor.

We offer an annual Make A Will Month in April, where you can write your Will with a partnering solicitor. Your donation will go directly to the hospice, and you don’t have to leave a gift if you don’t wish to.

If you don’t have a solicitor one, you can find a local solicitor here www.lawsociety.org.uk (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or www.lawscot.org.uk (Scotland).

It is very important to keep your Will up to date.

You should review your Will every five years to make sure that it still reflects your wishes, and after any major change in your life.

Contact your solicitor and give them the following details:

Eden Valley Hospice
Durdar Road, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 4SD
Registered Charity Number: 1008796

We understand that making a Will is a private affair, but if you wish to inform us of your intentions, we can thank you and keep you updated.It also gives us the chance to invite you to the hospice to see how your gift will help.

1. We realise that your family and loved ones will always come first.
2. We will always respect your privacy and we recognise and appreciate that your Will is completely personal to you.
3. We do not expect you to tell us if you have left us a gift in your Will, but if you have and would like us to know, we would like the opportunity to thank you and keep you informed of our work. It gives us the chance to invite you to the hospice to see how your gift could be used.
4. We will use your gift carefully and wisely so that it has the greatest impact on the patients and families we care for.
5. We will administer your gift efficiently, with sensitivity and respect.
6. At any time in the future, you have the right to change your mind about a gift in your Will to Eden Valley Hospice.

• Assets – everything you own including your home, car, jewellery, savings accounts, investments and anything else of value.
• Beneficiary/ies – a person or organisation who will benefit from your Will.
• Bequest – a gift in a Will to a person or organisation.
• Codicil – an additional document to be read together with your Will which alters the contents of the Will.
• Debts/liabilities – everything that you owe or monies outstanding.
• Estate – everything you own at the time of your death, after all the money you owe has been paid, your assets less your liabilities.
• Executor – a person you officially choose to make sure your wishes are carried out and administers your estate.
• Legacy – a gift left in a Will.
• Pecuniary gift – a specific sum of money left in a Will.
• Probate – the official proof that executors apply for in court to show a Will is valid.
• Residuary gift – a gift made up of what is left of your estate after all your debts have been paid and the gifts in your Will have been distributed.
• Specific gift – the gift of a particular item of value other than money, for example stocks and shares, property, art work or jewellery.
• Testator/testatrix – a person who made a Will.
• Will – a legal document that give instructions about what should happen to your estate after you die. It must be signed and witnessed by two people.
• Witnesses – The persons who must be present to see the testator/testatrix sign the Will. They must also sign the Will themselves and should not be beneficiaries of the Will.