Bequests

You, Your Family and Samaritans

We all usually want a number of people to benefit from the legacy we can leave behind.

First will be your immediate family; next, your other family members and close friends.

Beyond that, many people wish to leave a living legacy that will keep their memory alive for generations to come. By nominating Samaritans, the welfare work of our Anglican Church is supported in our local area.

The wording below can be used as a guide by your solicitor when making a Will. Also, Samaritans’ Lasting Gift programme offers a local Anglican choice for the increasingly popular request for donations in lieu of flowers at the time of a funeral.

For more information on how you can donate to Samaritans via a bequest, you can download the Bequest Brochure.

Satisfaction

People who leave a legacy in their Will to Samaritans receive the satisfaction that they will go on helping people far into the future. Bequests are invested and interest from the income is used in perpetuity for the benefit of local people. For example, the Dean Bequest provides the income for the Western Corridor Service, providing real, hands on assistance to families in need by a qualified social worker.

Help for all people

Samaritans cares for people in need from before birth to old age. Our mission is to support the disadvantaged and marginalised, those who fall through the cracks of our increasingly more demanding society.

We care for families and single parents with new children, provide child care services, work on programmes for primary school children and adolescents in behaviour management, crisis assistance and family reconnections. Other services work with the homeless and people with disabilities. Innovative programmes work to provide clients with meaningful employment and training opportunities or those leaving prison to re-integrate into society. Yet other programmes work to provide companionship to the elderly and lonely.

How to include Samaritans in your Will

The following is suggested wording to be used by persons wishing to remember the work of Samaritans when making their Wills:

A. Specific Sum or percentage
‘I bequeath to The Samaritans Foundation, Diocese of Newcastle in the State of New South Wales, ...insert here, according to your legacy, the sum of $...(figures and words)... or percentage or residue of your estate...to be applied for the benefit of The Samaritans Foundation.’

B. Property
‘I give devise and bequeath all that piece or parcel of land being...(or other piece of property) to The Samaritans Foundation, Diocese of Newcastle in the State of New South Wales, for the general purposes of The Samaritans Foundation.’

C. Endowment or Trust
If you desire to provide a capital endowment sum the wording should be as follows:
‘I bequeath to The Samaritans Foundation, Diocese of Newcastle in the State of New South Wales, ...insert here, according to your legacy, the sum of $...(figures and words)... or percentage or residue of your estate...in trust to apply the income arising from the investment of such sum for the benefit of The Samaritans Foundation.’

For further information or assistance, please contact Samaritans Fundraising Manager
P 02 4960 7100
E lrodgers-mcphee@samaritans.org.au
E bequests@samaritans.org.au