Every September, charities, legal services providers, government and others come together for Remember A Charity Week, to celebrate and raise awareness of legacy giving.
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We’re excited to share our latest achievement. Make A Will Online has made it to the shortlist for the prestigious Smee & Ford Legacy Giving Awards 2024. This nomination recognizes… Read More
The CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) have launched an investigation to protect consumers following complaints about unregulated will-writing and other legal services.
At Make a Wi… Read More
We are delighted to announce that has Digilegal Ltd, owner of Make a Will Online, has been crowned the winner of the Making a Difference in Legacy Giving award at the Smee & Ford Legacy… Read More
Digilegal Ltd, owner of Make a Will Online has been shortlisted for 2 awards at the prestigious Modern Law Awards.
Make a Will Online has been shortlisted in the “Best Use of Techno… Read More
Digilegal Ltd – owner of Make A Will Online – has been shortlisted for National Will Writing Firm of the Year at this year’s British Wills & Probate Awards.
The team… Read More
Guest blog from our friends at Auderli – the quick, simple and secure online life auditing tool.
In the last few years, we have seen a shift in how we receive documents from our ban… Read More
In our most recent Gifts in Wills Academy seminar we addressed three key considerations when planning a free wills campaign. You can watch our full seminar below.
The three key points are… Read More
Make a Will Online ran a series of two seminars in the New Year aimed at helping our charity partners make the most out of supporter communications. We brought in world-renowned charity fun… Read More
Charities need to communicate effectively with supporters. Over the past couple of decades the charity sector has increased awareness of the importance of gifts in wills. Trends show an incr… Read More
People ask this a lot. What’s the point of writing a will? Why do we do it?
Making a will is a really personal matter. It’s not for me to convince anyone that they should mak… Read More
There is a common misconception that if you are blind you can’t write a will. You most certainly can make a will if you are blind. There are steps that a blind person must take that o… Read More
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Our charity partners now have the choice on how to help supporters leave gifts in wills. You can run a subsidised free wills campaign, or get a cash donation ev… Read More
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Customers sometimes ask if a beneficiary can be a witness to a will. During periods of self isolation or lock down in family units there is a temptation to us… Read More
A frequent question our married or cohabiting couples is: “what if I die and my partner/ spouse remarries?” Unless you have a mutual will your spouse or partner will have discre… Read More
Here are some things we have found interesting around the web recently:
dyingmatters.org – a sensible and well written site about death and dying
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11642… Read More
If you have been following the news over the last couple of years, you may be aware that there has been a debate about whether the will writing industry should be regulated, how this regulat… Read More
There are a number of words and phrases that you will often come across in the area of wills and probate. This article takes you through some of the most important ones.
Beneficiary:
Someone… Read More
You should make a will… but only once the ring is on your finger! This is because marriage automatically cancels any last will and testament unless that document specifies otherwise… Read More
Our wills are only valid in England and Wales as they conform to English and Welsh law. They are not valid in Scotland. This is because there are a number of differences between probate law… Read More
One thing you may want to consider when storing your will is the option of leaving your login details for online accounts in an informal letter that accompanies the will. It can be a messy a… Read More
Unsurprising news from this year’s Standard Life Wills and Trusts Research Report – only 37% of UK adults have a last will and testament. This sinks to around 10% of pe… Read More
At the end of the will writing process, after you make a secure payment via debit/credit card or PayPal, your will document is emailed to the email address you provided at the start of the w… Read More
In almost all circumstances, a married couple should have two separate wills. There is the option of a “joint will” but in practise these are very rare and are treated as two sep… Read More