March is Free Wills Month
It's Free Wills Month this March. That means people aged 55 or over can have their Will written or updated free of charge by participating solicitors across England and Scotland.
Free Wills Month means you can provide for your loved ones and leave a gift to the charities you care about.
If you're 55 or older*, just follow the steps below:
- On or after 1 March, visit the Free Wills Month webpage and enter your contact details to see if solicitors are participating in your area.
- Choose the charity you'd like to support
- Book an appointment with one of the participating solicitors.
- And finally, attend your appointment and have your Will written.
*If you're writing a joint Will, only one of you needs to be over 55.
Appointments for Free Wills Month are limited, so we recommend you book yours as soon as you can. The offer finishes once they're all booked up, which can be before the month ends.
If you choose to use this free service, you do not have to include a gift to Diabetes UK, although we hope you will consider doing so - gifts in Wills make almost half of our vital work possible and keep up the relentless drive for better treatments and support for people living with diabetes now, and a cure for the condition in the future.
If you're not yet 55, or Free Wills Month is not taking place where you live, you can register to use one of our other Will writing providers.
We've partnered with two expert providers Co-op Legal Services and National Free Wills Network to give you advice, making sure your final wishes and your loved ones are taken care of.
You have different options to choose from: by telephone or online with Co-op Legal Services, or in person with a locally participating solicitor through the National Free Wills Network.
Co-op Legal Services
If you live in England and Wales, you can write your Will online or over the phone for free.
National Free Wills Network
Across the UK, you can write your Will for free in person, with a local solicitor.
Should you choose to take up this offering, there's no obligation to include a gift to Diabetes UK, although we hope you will consider doing so and give hope for a world without diabetes.
How does it work?
- Start your Will online with Co-op Legal Services by completing an online form. You’ll then receive a follow up call from a dedicated Wills specialist to answer any queries and finalise your Will.**
- Call 0330 041 7926 or request a call back from Co-op Legal Services to write your Will over the phone with a Will specialist.**
- Write your Will face to face with a professional solicitor through the National Free Wills Network. Complete this online form*** and you'll receive a pack in the post with contact details for at least two local participating solicitors. You can book an appointment at a time that's convenient for you.
All our Will writing partners are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
** To make sure you're eligible, check the terms and conditions.
*** If you want to write a Will jointly with another person, only one of you needs to register.
"I'd been putting off writing my Will for ages as I thought it would be hard to do. However I'm so pleased that my partner and I used the Diabetes UK free Wills service. Not only was it free and easy to use, but now our children and all our loved ones are taken care of."
- Natasha
If you have a question about any of these free Will offers, please feel free to get in touch with a member of the Gifts in Wills team. Call us on 020 7424 1853 or email giftsinwills@diabetes.org.uk.