Dorothy House highlights the importance of charity gifts in wills in national hospice campaign

Dorothy House is proud to be one of over 143 hospices taking part in the ‘This is Hospice Care’ campaign, a national initiative facilitated by Hospice UK.

This is Hospice Care campaign

The campaign, launching on 17 February, features a powerful TV advert based on real life hospice stories. The goal is to encourage people to consider leaving charity gifts in their wills to support their local hospice, ensuring that these essential services can continue to provide their compassionate and specialist care for future generations.

The impact of charity gifts in wills

At Dorothy House, gifts in wills are already playing a pivotal role in ensuring we can continue to provide hospice care for our residents. One in five of our patients is already cared for with thanks to these generous gifts. The government provides approximately 22% of our funding – the rest comes from our wonderful community. However, as future needs grow, so too must the support we receive.

“The work that Dorothy House does and the service it provides I think is superb and I wanted to help support that, and it seemed quite obvious to me to make a legacy in my will and leave some money to Dorothy House to help them continue with their work.” Ainslie, Dorothy House Volunteer.

Increase in demand for hospice services

With the number of annual deaths in the UK expected to rise by 130,000 by 2040, it is important that we address how to meet this huge surge in future demand. We can currently only support half of the people that need us. Dorothy House encourages our local community who may one day need our services to consider the profound impact that a gift in their will can have.

Leaving a charity gift in your will

Dorothy House has collaborated with Farewill, the largest will writing service in the UK, to offer our community the opportunity to make or update a will free of charge.

Creating a will online and over the telephone

Farewill is award winning and the largest will writing service in the UK. To start writing your will for free in the comfort of your own home, with specialist checking either online or over the telephone. Your free will code will be automatically applied when you checkout. Please read our terms and conditions before applying, as not every will is eligible for the free service.

The National Free Wills Network

The National Free Wills Network will put you in touch with a local solicitor. There are over 900 solicitors in the UK involved in the Network.

If you have any questions about leaving a gift in your will to Dorothy House, please get in touch with our Head of Legacies, Sarah Dodd on sarah.dodd@dorothyhouse-hospice.org.uk or call 01225 721480.