Leaving a gift in your will

1 in 5 of our patients is cared for with thanks to gifts in wills. The government provides approximately 20% of our funding – the rest comes from people like you.

We’re proud to join with 143 hospices across England, Scotland, and Wales as part of Hospice UK’s #ThisIsHospiceCare campaign.

For many of us, a hospice will touch our lives, whether it’s for ourselves or a loved one, providing comfort, support and expert care through life’s most difficult times. But hospice care wouldn’t exist without you.

Leave a gift in your will today and help us make sure that hospice care lives on for all, for now, forever.

Together, with your support, we can protect the future of hospice care

It's in your gift.

With thanks to the generosity of people like you, we can help people and their loved ones live and share their last days in comfort and contentment.

Your will has the power to change.

You have the power to change lives in your community by leaving a gift in your will to Dorothy House. Create your free will.

What would you leave behind?

Every gift, no matter the size, makes a difference. It’s your generosity that helps us to provide personalised end of life care for those with a life limiting illness.

Download our Peace of Mind Planner

The Peace of Mind Planner is designed to help you to record and easily access important life information. You have the ability to write down things like what spiritual or cultural beliefs you hold, where you keep your will, who will look after your children and/ or pets, who your gas supplier is etc. You can also list where all your important documents are stored and what your final wishes would be.

If you are unable to download the booklet or do not have access to a printer, please feel free to contact us on 01225-721480 or email
Sarah.Dodd@dorothyhouse-hospice.org.uk. We will be able to send you a physical copy by post.

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Types of gifts

Two of the simplest ways to leave a gift in your will are a percentage of your estate, or a cash sum. Please click below for more information on types of gifts.

Peace of Mind Planner

Where our lives are scattered with paperwork and digital records, our Peace of Mind Planner is designed to help record and easily access important life information.

Create a will online for free

We have collaborated with Farewill and the National Free Wills Network to offer our community the opportunity to make or update a will free of charge. Create your free online will.

Val's story - A living legacy

While many people choose to leave legacies to charities in their wills that will benefit the organisation after their death, in 2023 Dorothy House received the incredible gift of a house in Bradford on Avon from Mrs. Valerie Dyer; a living legacy.

Read Val's full story

How your gift supports our care

A gift of £1,000

Could help pay towards the annual cost of specialist books about illness, death, dying and grief, which we send to families to help them talk to children and teenagers about their experiences.

A gift of £25,000

Could cover the cost of 25 nights of care on our Inpatient Unit at Winsley, allowing our staff to offer respite and symptom control to patients in a safe and caring setting.

A gift of £100,000

Could help to fund our Bereavement Service for one year, offering one to one counselling and a range of peer-support groups to patients, their loved ones and bereaved members of our community.

Listen to our Legacy podcast episodes

We have four insightful podcasts featuring Sarah Dodd, our Head of Legacies here at Dorothy House, and David Hill, from the private client team at Mogers Drewett.

Their podcast series discusses the following topics on legacies: Lasting Powers of Attorney, w hen someone is dying, w hen someone dies, g etting your affairs in order.

Listen here

Ainslie - Leaving a legacy to Dorothy House

We can currently only support half of the people that need us. A gift in your will can ensure that we are there for those in need when it matters most.

Retail volunteer, Ainslie, shares her account of why leaving a gift in her will to Dorothy House Hospice Care is important to her, and how her legacy will help to support the work we do.