# Irish charities promote free wills month

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/04/24/irish-charities-promote-free-wills-month/
- Published: 2009-04-24T08:57:51+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

An Irish charity consortium in Ireland has launched a month-long initiative offering
free wills to the over-55s.

This charity-sponsored initiative offers the opportunity to have a will written –
or updated –free of charge by participating solicitors’ firms. The thinking behind
the initiative is that participants may choose to leave a gift for their charity
of choice when writing their will, although there is no pressure to do so.

The solicitors taking part are based in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Waterford and Wexford.

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Wills normally rank right up there with pension planning and tax returns when it
comes to nasty financial tasks that tend to languish indefinitely on people’s to-
do lists. However, thanks to Free Wills Month Ireland, procrastinators now have 
a strong incentive to put their affairs in order.

Anyone who wishes to take up the offer must contact one of the participating solicitors
by next Thursday, April 30th, to make an appointment. The appointment itself can
take place after April 30th.

Free Wills Month is sponsored by seven charities: Age Action Ireland; the Children’s
Medical Research Foundation; the Irish Heart Foundation; the Irish Hospice Foundation;
the MS Society Ireland; Oxfam Ireland; and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution(
RNLI).

www.freewillsireland.com

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