After providing for your family and loved ones, you may wish to include a gift to FightMND in your Will and join the fight against MND. This is a powerful way to ensure your legacy lives on.
You can choose to consult your solicitor or create an online Will.
Until 18 September, FightMND is offering you the opportunity to secure your family’s future with a free online Will through Safewill.
Imagine the impact a gift in your Will can have on the future of MND. We’re committed to our battle against the Beast. By including FightMND in your Will, you show the same unbreakable determination.
A gift in your Will is a lasting legacy. By funding vital research that can help treat, or cure, MND, your gift brings hope for a future free of MND.
At FightMND we understand that research is our best weapon against the Beast that is MND.
Since our establishment in 2014, FightMND has grown to be one of the world’s largest independent funders of MND research. By funding clinical trials, drug development projects, innovative research and the infrastructure that underpins it, we are helping accelerate progress towards a cure.
The generosity of our supporters has helped build a solid research foundation. But research into MND is expensive and takes time. We have come so far, but we still have a long way to go. To use the Mount Everest analogy, we’re now at basecamp and your gift will help FightMND get to the summit and beyond.
By including FightMND in your Will, you’re enlisting in the fight for generations to come. You’re giving hope to thousands of people living with MND and their families. Hope that one day there will be effective treatments and cure for MND.
There are different ways you can leave a gift in your Will.
At FightMND we understand that a gift in your Will is a very personal decision. To help, we’ve developed a guide to provide you with the information you need. The guide includes practical information on how to make or update your Will and the experiences of others who have included a gift in their Will to FightMND.
Including a gift in your Will to FightMND can be done in four steps:
A bequest is another term for a gift in Will. The two terms are often used interchangeably in Australia.
If you pass away without a Will (‘dying intestate’), state laws will determine the distribution of your assets. This can result in your loved ones and causes you care about being left out entirely.
An up-to-date Will is the only way to make sure that your wishes are carried out in accordance with your wishes.
We work carefully to invest your generous gift into the most promising projects across the globe. Your legacy will help us to fund world-class research, collaborate with the best and brightest, build the MND workforce capacity, facilitate knowledge-sharing and invest in research infrastructure. This is critical to beating the Beast and improving the lives of people living with MND.
We will always respect your wishes, and you can remain anonymous if you prefer. However, if you let us know you have left a gift in your Will to FightMND, there are opportunities available to you.
These includes grant naming rights, event attendance, private tours, appearance in the FightMND annual report and honour rolls, to name a few. Your information will be confidential, and we will always respect your privacy.
If you have any questions about including a gift in your Will to FightMND, or would like to talk to someone about it, you can contact our Gift in Wills Coordinator, Eloise Shepherd on (03) 7052 7004, email [email protected] or complete the form below.