Birmingham Alzheimer’s Society gives gift of free will
Published 22 March 2007
The Alzheimer’s Society is joining forces with 8 law firms in Birmingham to offer a will writing service free of charge to local people aged 55 and over.
The free will scheme, launched today, 22 March 2007, will encourage those aged 55 and over to make or amend their will, with the charity paying for the work to be done.
The Society is hoping people will use the service to plan for the future and take care of their loved ones. The wills will be provided free of charge with the option to leave a gift to the Alzheimer's Society, the leading care and research charity for people with dementia and carers.
Will writing specialists at eight firms of solicitors with offices in central Birmingham, Solihull and Sutton Coldfield are taking part in this pilot scheme, due to run for four weeks on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Birmingham and Solihull branch of the Alzheimer's Society, one of the charity's most proactive branches, has been specially selected to trial the new service. The branch provides a range of support and information services to people with dementia and their carers of all ages through its publications, helplines, website and local networks.
Shelley Johnston, free wills scheme co-ordinator, Alzheimer's Society says:
'We are delighted that Birmingham residents will be the first to benefit from the scheme and have access to local solicitors who have the knowledge to ensure people's wishes are carried out exactly as they want them to be.
Everyone should have an up to date will and we hope that many will see this project as a way to put their affairs in order and to leave something that could help our work nationally or locally in the future - a gift that will be free of tax as all gifts left to charity in wills are free from inheritance tax.'
Firms taking part are :
Carvill & Johnson
Susan Fulford
735 Bristol Rd South
0121 476 9000
Irwin Mitchell
Helen Rowett
31 Temple Street
0121 214 5232
Blakemores
Emma Harrison
40 Great Charles Street
0121 234 7200
Woollastons
Laura Woollaston
331 Jockey Rd, S C'field
0121 355 5516
Wild & Co
David Hird
5 Heathfield Rd
0121 443 3486
Tyndallwoods
Judy Dyke
29 Woodbourne Rd
0121 453 8151
Gordon Jones
Gordon Jones
137-9 New Rd, Rubery
0121 453 8151
Harris Cooper Walsh
Mathew Jones
378 Stratford Rd, S'Hull
0121 733 2020
