ActionAid provides schools in Nigeria with free learning and writing materials so they can complete their education.

Leave a gift in your Will

By leaving a gift in your Will to ActionAid, you will create a better world, one in which women and girls can enjoy the freedom, the opportunities, and the future that they want.

Gifts in Wills, for example, can help to pay for schoolbooks, fees, and equipment, as well as help to make sure girls get to school safely, have their voices heard and reach their potential. Educating girls, through a gift in your Will, has enormous and far-reaching benefits. 

Women and girls can build better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities.

We can provide support with Will writing and leaving a gift in your Will

Download our guide to writing or updating your Will, and read more about the incredible, lasting impact that a gift in your Will can have.

You can also request a booklet from the National Free Wills Network to have your Will written for free.

Contact us

Get in touch if you have any further questions about including a gift in your Will. You can email us at supportercontact@actionaid.org or call us on 01460 238000.

Will-writing schemes

We are here to support you through the Will-writing process.

We have partnered with National Free Will Network, Will Aid and the GoodWill Partnership to offer you Will-writing services. Find out what each of these schemes offer and how you can book an appointment. 

A single gift can transform the lives of people for years to come

The people of Chambok Village, Cambodia, know this well.

Dengue fever was a major cause of death in the community until one supporter’s legacy funded training in its prevention.

48-year-old Pat Sam saw many children, particularly those under 18, get ill and often die. Her own son got very ill at the age of seven.

“There used to be so many cases like this in the village. When children got ill like this, we thought it was some kind of measles." 

ADIFE [ActionAid’s local partner in Cambodia] provided training and knowledge about Dengue fever -what it was, how it was spread and how to prevent it.

Now rates of infection are greatly reduced and people are looking forward to a more secure future for their children.

Pat Sam said:

We followed their advice and now there are much fewer cases of Dengue fever in the village.  My message to the donors would be thank you, thank you very much for the funds because it has saved people’s lives here.”

Hear from ActionAid supporters who have left a gift in their Will

Linda Marsden and Jeff Marsden 

Linda Marsden
Jeff Marsden

I was first inspired to support ActionAid over 30 years ago by the actress Thelma Barlow from Coronation Street, who sponsored children through ActionAid. Supporting women and girls is one of the key elements of all ActionAid programmes. My husband and I were delighted to sponsor a girl from age 8 to 16. It is so important for women and girls to have opportunities and receive an education.  

Many women are wanting their daughters to have what they didn’t. Impressed by ActionAid’s unstinting support for and championing of girls’ and women’s rights in the developing world we have been faithful donors down the years. Women and girls especially need support. I want to enable girls to be able to dream and know that females can be engineers and women can run businesses.  

When it came to writing our Will, it was natural that the charitable donation part should be to ActionAid, and we had no hesitation in including a codicil to that effect. 

We truly believe the work ActionAid does provides the way forward for communities in so many parts of the world. We like the steady and considered manner in which ActionAid pursues its goals and agree wholeheartedly with their premise that women and girls deserve opportunity and justice. Like ActionAid, we believe that when given the opportunity, women and girls can have a significant and beneficial effect on their communities. 

We are proud to continue our support and include in our Will some means of advancing the welfare and prosperity of girls and women and their efforts to create successful communities in developing countries. 

By leaving a gift in your Will to ActionAid, you will be making an enormous difference with a charity that concerns itself with the whole community. ActionAid wants to be able to offer the support and provide tools to be able to advance and develop communities to help themselves. 

Have your will drawn up from home, or over the phone

The Goodwill Partnership

ActionAid is an official charity partner of The Goodwill Partnership, the largest distributor of home-visit, solicitor-provided wills in England and Wales.

If you would like to have your will drawn up from the comfort of your own home or over the phone, appointments can take place at a time that is convenient for you, including during evenings and weekends. All Wills are then checked by a panel firm of solicitors, who can also provide legal advice and storage of your signed will.

ActionAid supporters can access The Goodwill Partnership’s service at a discounted rate with no obligation to leave a gift to charity in your Will.

Find out more or book an appointment on The Goodwill Partnership's website.

Visit The Goodwill Partnership's website

Make your will this November with Will Aid

ActionAid has partnered with Will Aid to give you the chance to have your will professionally drawn up by a qualified solicitor this November.

Instead of paying a solicitor’s fee, you are invited to make a voluntary donation which will help fund life changing work around the world. 

All donations made via Will Aid are divided between the nine participating charities – including ActionAid. Use Will Aid’s online postcode search to find a solicitor near you, or call them on 0300 0309 558 for details.

Find your nearest participating solicitor

 

    How your gift could help a girl stay in school

    After the devastating Cyclone Fani arrived in Bangladesh, Munni and her sister had to go to a cyclone shelter immediately.

    The next day Munni and her family found everything that they owned had flown away and their house had been battered by the storm. 

    Munni and her sister lost their school books and stationery and the cyclone also meant they could no longer go to school.

    With ActionAid's help, Munni's family received emergency food and school kits so they could continue their education until their house and school were rebuilt. 

    Now Munni and her sister have a place to sleep and can go to school. A gift in your Will could help us ensure we reach more girls so they can go to school and receive the education they need for a brighter future.

    Leave a legacy to help girls go to school

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    Please note legacy gifts are not eligible for matching under UK Aid Match.

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    Page updated 19 August 2021