# Will notification service for Northern Ireland charities announced

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/09/21/will-notification-service-northern-ireland-charities-announced/
- Published: 2012-09-21T10:41:52+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Will to Give, the organisation promoting legacy giving in Northern Ireland, is to
launch a Will Notification Service for charities in November.

The WillGiftsNI Service will let charities know when they have been named in wills
probated in Northern Ireland. They will receive a copy of the actual will to give
them a better idea of the person or motivation behind the legacy.

Colin Ferguson, Chair of Will to Give said: “We are very pleased to work with the
Department of Social Development and the Probate Office in Northern Ireland to make
this service available. Will to Give was formed by local charities to provide exactly
this sort of practical service as well as promote will-giving and to make it more
of a social-norm.”

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Not-for-profit business services company Sector Matters will administer WillGiftsNI
on behalf of Will to Give. Paula Reynolds, its Director, said: “For the first time
charities will receive early notification of money left to their charity. This will
enable subscribers to have the opportunity to receive money more promptly and to
forecast future income from legacy gifts.”

She said their service will be able to send copies of the actual will to named charities
giving them a much fuller picture of the person who has so generously thought of
them.

## Data on charitable wills in Northern Ireland

[Neil Irwin](https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/09/21/will-notification-service-northern-ireland-charities-announced/@mailto:ne********@***va.org")
of NICVA, Secretariat for Will to Give, commented: “Will to Give is putting in place
plans to analyse wills with charitable gifts to produce an accurate picture of will-
giving in Northern Ireland. This is to inform future strategy at the micro and macro
level for the promotion of legacy giving and to increase philanthropy to the not-
for-profit sector.”

## Fees for WillGiftsNI

Irwin said that charities wishing to join the service would pay an annual subscription
fee divided into £15 + VAT a month if they were Will to Give members. Non Will to
Give members would pay £40 + VAT a month. There would be no charge for each notification.

The new service will be formally launched at The Will to Give conference which takes
place at NICVA in Belfast on 9 November 2012.

www.nicva.org

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