Thank you for considering leaving a gift in your Will to Southmead Hospital Charity.
Every gift makes a life-changing difference. Even leaving a small percentage of your estate, after taking care of loved ones, could have a lasting impact on the care that we can provide for the community – including your friends and family, after you’ve gone.
Please use the following links to find out more about leaving a gift in your Will or contact us with any questions on legacies@nbt.nhs.uk or by calling 07901 374435.
The only information your solicitor or professional adviser needs for you to leave a gift in your will to Southmead, or any other North Bristol NHS Trust hospital, is our charity details, which are as follows:
Southmead Hospital Charity, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB
Southmead Hospital Charity is legally know as North Bristol NHS Trust Charitable Funds. Registered Charity No. 1055900.
Download our free gift in Wills guide to hear directly from hospital staff about the difference that gifts in wills make at Southmead Hospital.
It is important for us to invest in areas of greatest need; however, we understand you may want to fund something specific, in which case you should express this clearly alongside the gift in your Will.
Where your gift is for a specific purpose, we must use the funds exactly as specified. However, this can sometimes present a challenge if a particular service is no longer available or if an equipment or research fundraising appeal has ended. In situations like these, we would need to apply to the Charity Commission to be able to use the funds as closely as possible to the original purpose, which can cause considerable delay.
To future-proof your Will we recommend you express your wishes in the form of a non-binding wish and be more general rather than specific. We will always try to follow your wishes. In the event of being unable to do so, we will use the gift as closely as possible to your wish.
If you would like more guidance on leaving a gift for a specific purpose, please contact our legacy team.
An adult at any age or stage of life may wish to make a Will. To make it easier, we’ve teamed up with Octopus Legacy to offer our supporters a free Will writing service. You can make your will online, over the phone, or face-to-face with local solicitors.
It takes as little as 15 minutes, and this service provides access to expert advice to answer any questions you have while considering making or updating your Will.
Alternatively, you can write your will with a local solicitor. To search for solicitors near you simple click on this link ‘Find a Solicitor – The Law Society’
Write your Will with Octopus Legacy
The cost of your Will is covered by us up to £150 – so you can write or update a simple Will for free or get a Will with trust at a discounted rate.
While many supporters choose to include a gift in their Will to Southmead Hospital Charity, there’s no obligation to do so when using this service.
How to write or update your Will:
You can write your will:
– Online
– Over the phone/video call
– In-person (At home or in-branch)
Over a third of the funding for our new state-of-the-art robotic microscope for neurosurgery came from people who left a gift in their Will to Southmead Hospital.
If you’re overseeing a legacy gift to Southmead Hospital, please find all the details you need on our information page for solicitors and executors.
We’d love to discuss your gift with you and make sure that your wishes are honoured. Please contact our Legacies Team at legacies@nbt.nhs.uk and a member of the team will be happy to talk you through the process and any queries you might have.
