Your Will Power - WLT Guide to WIlls

Your Will Power

Your will power can protect the most threatened habitats and species in the world.

Read and download our guide, to find out how you can leave a lasting legacy for the natural world.

In our guide we aim to answer as many of your questions as possible. We’re here to help, so if you have more questions or would just like an informal chat with us, please use the contact details provided in the guide.

WLT’s Guide to Wills & Legacies

This is our promise to you: if you remember World Land Trust (WLT) in your will, we will ensure your legacy protects the wild places the world of tomorrow will need.

Whatever planetary challenges future generations face in their time, they won’t face them alone – because you’ll be standing with them, saving land, saving species that are crucial to beating climate change and preventing extinctions.

WLT strongly recommends that you seek professional advice when writing or amending a will.

FREE WILLS

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Farewill

WLT’s partnership with Farewill offers you a free, straightforward online or telephone process for will writing – the easiest it’s ever been for WLT supporters to leave a legacy to nature.

With Farewill, you can write your will in under 30 minutes and from the comfort of your home. The will you create will be checked by Farewill’s experts within five working days – their customer support team is available to help you by phone or online 7 days a week (09:00-19:00).

WRITE MY WILL ONLINE

REQUEST A CALL FROM FAREWILL

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NATIONAL FREE WILLS NETWORK

WLT have partnered with the National Free Wills Network. This national network will help you find your local participating solicitor which provides free will writing services for charities.

Click on the button below to receive a Free Wills pack and find out more.

FREE WILLS PACK

 
You're not alone

In 2014 Kamila Zahno got in touch with WLT to find out more about making a gift in her will. Talking to staff and getting to know more about us, Kamila was pleased with WLT’s approach to conservation. She was particularly appreciative of our inclusion of local people in any solution, a model that strongly resonated with her after a life spent engaging communities.

Watch the video opposite to hear what Kamila had to say about leaving a legacy with WLT.

You can make a difference

Read >> The impact of other lasting legacies from WLT donors.

Watch >> What does Sir David Attenborough have to say about supporting WLT?

 

Charity details

If you are drawing up a will with your own solicitor, they will need:

Registered Charity name:  World Land Trust

Charity Registration Number:  1001291

Registered Address:  Blyth House, Bridge Street, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8AB

Further Information

We’ve answered some frequently asked questions below, but if you still have questions and would like to speak to us in confidence, please contact us by phone or email:

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01986 874422

  • We’re often responding to urgent situations, so a legacy to WLT is most flexible if we can use the funds without any restriction. However, we understand that particular places or species may be important to you, so if you wish to specify a more exact use for your gift please speak to us directly.

  • Whatever you feel able to give will be valuable to us. The collective nature of WLT’s supporter base means that the smallest contribution will join those of many others, achieving together a conservation victory, as WLT donors did when they helped save some of the last 2% of the Ecuadorian Chocó in 2020.
    Your options to give to WLT in your will are many. You can choose to leave a sum of money, a specific item, or a share in your residual estate, which ensures funds only come to WLT after any specified legacies. Your solicitor can advise on the advantages and disadvantages of each type of bequest.

  • Not everyone has to pay inheritance tax but charity gifts are exempt, and a legacy to WLT can also help reduce your inheritance tax rate. You can find up to date information about inheritance tax on the HMRC website. Rules are complex so we would always recommend that you seek expert advice.

  • We will never publicise your gift without permission. What is more, we never pass on our supporters’ names and addresses to any third party unless strictly necessary e.g. to complete processing of online donations or where we have a legal obligation. Please see our supporter privacy policy.

  • It will usually be possible to include WLT in your will, though you will certainly need professional advice to make sure you get the details right.

    USA

    World Land Trust is an evaluated charity of CAF America, which is a 501(c)(3) registered organisation. US-based individuals who wish to remember us in their will can use this route for legacy giving.

    Follow this link to CAF America’s website for more information and for CAF America’s contact details.