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Leave a gift in your Will
After looking after your loved ones, a gift in your Will can help ensure that members of the architectural community and their families have somewhere to turn when hardship strikes.
We are pleased to be partnering with the National Free Wills Network to offer supporters the opportunity to have a simple professional Will written free of charge.
Why Leave a Gift to ABS?
For over 175 years, the Architects Benevolent Society has supported people across the architectural community facing financial hardship, ill health, caring responsibilities, bereavement and other life challenges.
Every gift – helps us be there for the people who make up the profession we love, by ensuring that we can:
- Provide financial grants when income suddenly falls
- Offer wellbeing and mental health support
- Provide short-term financial support to help families cover rent or mortgage costs during crisis
- Respond quickly when unexpected hardship strikes
- Support beneficiaries to access their welfare benefits entitlements
Even a small percentage of your estate can make a lasting difference to colleagues and families across the profession.
There is no obligation to include a gift to ABS when using the Free Wills service. However, we hope that once you have provided those closest to you, you may consider remembering ABS in this special way.
What Is the Free Wills Service?
The service enables you to have a professionally drafted Will prepared by a local solicitor, completely free of charge.
ABS pays for a simple Will to be written at a special rate.
- You will receive details of your six nearest participating solicitors and can choose which one you would like to instruct
- You become the client of that solicitor
- There is no obligation to leave a gift to ABS
If your Will is more complex, the solicitor will explain any additional costs before proceeding.
A Few Simple Steps
- Register your interest with ABS
- We refer you to the National Free Wills Network
- You receive a Free Wills Pack with details of local solicitors
- You contact your chosen solicitor within 90 days
- Your Will is prepared and signed
Register your interest and request a Free Wills Pack
To request your Free Wills pack, please complete the form:
Our Promise
We understand that writing a Will is a personal decision. We handle everything you share with us in complete confidence. If you choose to let us know about your gift, we would be deeply grateful, but there is no requirement to do so.
