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A Will gives you the power to choose how your life’s work and your assets will benefit your loved ones and the causes you care about most.
You have the power to help shape the future of Australia’s natural places – a future where our extraordinary landscapes and the plants and animals that they support remain safe.
Gifts in Wills account for about 25% of our annual income.
When you remember Bush Heritage in your Will and let us know about your decision, you’ll be giving us the financial security to commit to the kind of long-term, landscape-scale projects across Australia that will result in real, lasting change for the environment.
Gifts in Wills have played an important role in the history of Bush Heritage and are recognised on our gifts in Wills supporter honour board.
Once you've considered which people and charities you'd like to remember, and who your executor will be, we recommend engaging a solicitor to write your Will.
If this isn't possible, or you'd simply like to learn more about the types of things to consider, you may find the online Will writing tools below helpful.
Note Bush Heritage does not provide legal advice. Any referral to an Online Will provider does not constitute legal advice, or an endorsement that an Online Will is suitable for your needs. Individuals using Online Wills should seek legal advice before making any changes or updates to their Wills.
You can leave your entire estate or any part of your estate to Bush Heritage.
A residual gift means once all specific gifts are distributed and your debts are paid, the remainder (or a proportion of the remainder) of your estate will be paid to Bush Heritage. This is a simple way to leave a gift that needn't interfere with any specific bequests to loved ones. It will also retain its value over time (unlike a specific cash gift that can reduce in value with inflation).
It can be difficult to choose a specific cash amount to leave when you don't know how much will be in your estate when the time comes. Making your gift a percentage of your estate, or of the residual of your estate, means no matter the value of your final estate, the proportion you intended for Bush Heritage stays the same.
You can leave any identifiable property as a bequest to Bush Heritage. A specific gift may include any sum of money, cash balances in a bank account, a residential house, commercial real estate or company shares.
If you're considering leaving real estate or shares to Bush Heritage, you may wish to consider leaving the gift in specie. This means it may be transferred directly to Bush Heritage and may save your estate paying capital gains tax on the sale of the asset. Seek appropriate legal advice to ensure this is suitable to your circumstance.
If you’ve included Bush Heritage in your Will or are considering leaving us a gift, please fill in this form to let us know so we can welcome you to our growing group of gifts in Wills supporters.
Knowing more about your support also gives us greater confidence to plan our long-term conservation projects across Australia’s magnificent landscapes.
Our experienced Gifts in Wills team is here to support you in making the right decision for you and your loved ones. We understand that writing your Will is a very personal matter – any information you share with us will be kept in absolute confidence, in accordance with our privacy policy and Australian Privacy Law.
To get in touch with us, email [email protected], call 1300 628 873 or use the form above.
