Small Woods Association helps to make your legacy count
A gift in your Will to Small Woods Association is one of the most valuable ways you can help keep your local woodlands alive and healthy.
Your kindness can help ensure a future for woodland in towns and the countryside.
Legacies to the Small Woods Association will help us to:
· Save neglected woods, and improve them for wildlife
· Support and encourage volunteers to conserve local woodlands
· Set up forest schools in woodlands across the country to inspire young people, especially those with behavioural difficulties or disabilities
· Train woodland workers to manage the woods of the future through our apprenticeship scheme
· Campaign for better management of woodlands
Visit our website to find more details on our projects across the country that are working to support local woodlands.
Legacies to Small Woods Association could really make a difference.
Here are some examples of how you could make a difference:
· £500 could pay for a safety assessment of a woodland for a forest school
· £1,000 could enable volunteers to manage one of our woodlands and improve it for wildlife, installing bird and bat boxes and improving small areas for wildflowers and insects
· £5,000 could help pay for an apprentice for one year
· £10,000 could help us set up a campaign to improve woodland management across the
· £50,000 could run a forest school for young people with behavioral problems for a year
· Your support, no matter how large or small, will make a difference to woodlands.
Legacies to Small Woods Association have already helped protect wildlife in many parts of the UK. In the future your support could really make a difference.
If you have already made a Will and would like to include a donation in your Will to Small Woods Association, all you have to do is:
Contact your Solicitor or Professional Will Writer
Instruct them that you would like to leave a donation in your Will to Small Woods Association.
Your Solicitor or Professional Will Writer may decide to use a Codicil to add your request onto your existing Will. You might find it useful to use our codicil form, which you can use when you meet with your solicitor to amend your Will
Let us know – this will be treated in the strictest confidence and is not binding in any way, it simply helps us to plan ahead.
If you want to leave a donation in your Will to help Wildlife Conservation in the
Charity Name e.g. Small Woods Association
Registered Charity Number e.g. 10818
Address e.g.
What donation you want to leave e.g. a share
If you need to make a Will then your first step is to talk to a Solicitor or a reputable professional Will Writer. This ensures that your Will is legally correct and that all your wishes are carried out.
Your Solicitor or Will Writer will discuss all aspects of your Will including whether you would like to leave a donation in your Will to any charities.
Your solicitor will also help you:
· Value your estate
· Choose those friends and relatives who you would like to receive a gift
· Decide what you would like them to receive
· Choose your Executors – people whose duty it is to carry out the wishes in your Will
· Include any charities you would like to remember in your Will
If you decide to leave a donation in your Will to Small Woods Association, it would be helpful if you could let us know – this will be treated in the strictest confidence and is not binding in any way.
If you need to know about the different types of Legacy:
Residual – you may choose to leave whatever is left over once all your other legacies have been made and all costs met. This is the residue of your estate.
Specific – this is when you choose to leave a specific item such as a painting, books, jewellery, an area of land or even your home.
Pecuniary – this is when you leave a specific sum of money to a person, organisation or charity. Please remember that inflation may impact on the value of this legacy.
There are also other ways of helping Small Woods Association, these include:
· Membership – becoming a member is a great way to meet other people interested in keeping our woodlands alive, and finding out how you can share the ownership of a woodland. Look on our membership page on www.smallwoods.org.uk
· Donations – making a personal donation to Small Woods Association. This could also be in the form of giving ‘shares’ or ‘company pensions’.
· A Gift in Memory – many choose to help woodlands through a gift ‘in memoriam’ or with a collection in ‘lieu of flowers’.
· Volunteering – volunteers give their valuable time, helping us keep woodlands alive, while learning new skills and socialising. Did you know you can ‘earn’ training course credits by volunteering at the Green Wood Centre, and with networks around the
A gift in your will is one of the most valuable ways you can help keep the
Woodlands Forever
Every legacy or donation received by Small Woods Association is valued and appreciated.
When we receive news of a legacy we like to say thank you and also, if it is appropriate, to understand a little of why our supporter remembered us. If you contact us now we can discuss how you would like to be commemorated for your donation.
Changing your Will to Support Small
If you already have a Will and would now like to include a gift to Small Woods Association you can use this codicil form. You can complete the details below (including having your signature witnesses) and send it to the person who currently holds your Will to store it with your Will.
Please do consult with your solicitor or advisor before completing the form. If your Will already has some codicils it could be better to avoid confusion and have your Will rewritten and it need not cost a fortune. Please do not write on or amend your current Will as this could invalidate your Will. Further information can be provided by the legacy team on 01952 432769 or by email at finance@smallwoods.org
Codicil to an existing will
I …………………………………………[Name]
Of ……………………………………………………………………………………….[Address]
Declare this to be a …………………..[first/second] codicil to my Will dated………………..
In addition to any legacies given in my said Will I give to
Small Woods Association,
…………………………………………………[Small Woods Association or other charity’s name] Of ……………………………………………………………………………………………..
[Address], Charity Registration number ……………………. a share of …………………. Of my estate &/or the sum of £…………………… &/or or …..………………………………………………… [a specific item]* to be used for general purposes and I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer or duly authorised officer shall be a full and sufficient discharge.
In all other respects I confirm my said Will and all other codicils thereto.
*please complete as required and cross out those options not required
Signed……………………………………….
Signed by the above named in our presence and witnessed by us in the presence of him/her and each other
Witnessed by:
Signature…………………………………….
Name………………………………………...
Address……………………………………………………………………………………….
Occupation…………………………………. Date………………………………………….
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