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How to leave a legacy

Leave a gift in your Will to Vision Aid Overseas and help the world to see.


Supporters just like you can help the world to see for generations to come.  A gift of just a small amount of your estate can provide life changing eye care and glasses, to those who need it most. A Will can help those closest to you, and it can enable us to help the 1.2 billion people worldwide who struggle to see because they don't have access to the eye care they need.

 

Your Will can provide glasses and eye care to help parents earn enough to provide for their families, and help children in school to see their textbooks and blackboards clearly.

 

I thought I would have to give up being a tailor, as it had become impossible to thread a needle and to retain the accuracy in my work. I cannot believe the difference a pair of glasses make. I can see everything as though I had young eyes again! – Patrick, from Sierra Leone.

Make a Will Online

To make the process convenient and secure we work with Make a Will Online.  Go to www.makeawillonline.co.uk/visionaidoverseas to start the process.  Every Will is checked by a fully qualified solicitor and you can use their helplines if you have any questions.  We find out about when a Will is made, and the type and value of gifts left.  This is incredibly helpful for our future planning.

 

Traditional solicitors…

If you are in one of the following categories, please do go and speak with a traditional solicitor.  You can use the Law Society to find a local solicitor – or if you already have one, please speak to them.  Please speak with a solicitor if you:

  • have a complex or high value estate above the inheritance tax threshold
  • have concerns around mental capacity (e.g. if you are very poorly, on medication, or have a dementia-related diagnosis); or
  • would simply rather speak with a solicitor face to face.

 

You need to make sure the solicitors write our details on your Will correctly.  Our name: “Vision Aid Overseas” our charity number: 1081695, and our registered address: Unit 12-13 The Bell Centre Newton Road CRAWLEY RH10 9FZ.

 

About your data

Whenever you make a Will online using the above link, we find out about the gift that you’ve left.  You can also choose to share your name and contact details with us.  All of this is very helpful to us.  If you want to keep the pledge completely confidential you can use this link to make an online Will.  However, if you can include a gift to us in your Will we would be incredibly grateful. Thank you.

 

 

If you want to talk to someone at Vision Aid Overseas about leaving a legacy, you can email

[email protected] or phone her on 01293 535 016.

 

Published: 26th July, 2016

Updated: 5th July, 2021

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