Bequests

Leave A Gift In Your Will

Leaving a bequest to Kidney Health Australia will contribute to our valuable work, and to the kidney community of Australia. By leaving a gift in your Will, you help to ensure life-changing services are available for Australians affected by kidney disease when they need them the most. This includes our mobile dialysis Big Red Kidney Bus, our Kidney Transplant Houses, and our Kids and Youth Program. Your generosity also funds ground-breaking research into new treatments for kidney disease.

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Types of gifts

Residual

This is what’s left in your estate after you’ve allocated amounts of money and specific items to your loved ones.

Specific

A predetermined sum of money, a property, shares, or any other items of value that you nominate.

Percentage

Involves leaving a percentage of the total amount of your entire estate, without having to identify specific items of value.

Trust

Naming Kidney Health Australia as a beneficiary, so that we will receive ongoing support from your Will.

How to word your will

To include a gift to Kidney Health Australia in your Will, we recommended you use the Will Wording below. That way, your gift to Kidney Health Australia will be directed exactly as you had intended.

I give to The Australian Kidney Foundation (Trading as Kidney Health Australia) ABN 37 008 464 426 (here state the money or assets to be gifted or the residual estate) for its charitable purposes but if this gift cannot take effect, to the charitable organisation in Australia which my Executors consider most nearly fulfils the objects I intend to benefit.

The receipt of the Chief Executive Officer or the President for the time being of the beneficiary named in or selected by my Executors under the preceding sub-clause shall be an absolute discharge to my executors.

Write your Will with Safewill

Safewill is Australia’s leading online will-writing platform, allowing Australians to complete their bespoke Will in less than 20 minutes online. For a limited time, Safewill is providing our supporters with a 50% discount off the price of writing your Will – now just $80 including a review by a Solicitor.

After you’ve taken care of your loved ones, you may also wish to leave a gift to Kidney Health Australia. A gift of as little as 1% of your estate can make a lasting impact on kidney disease research and new treatment options.

With Safewill, you can look after the people and causes closest to your heart, with just a few clicks here.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Even if you don’t own much it is a good idea to make a Will. Writing a Will does not need to be a difficult task. It will make it easier for friends and family to make legal and financial arrangements. Without a Will, these arrangements can be complicated and expensive.

An up-to-date Will is the only way to make sure that, after you pass away, your wishes are carried out. Talk to your solicitor and loved ones about writing a Will that reflects your wishes, including any charities you wish to support. This will remove your risk of dying intestate (without a Will), which could result in your loves ones and the causes you care about being left out entirely.

If you already have a Will, by regularly reviewing it, you can make sure it stays valid and up to date, so your wishes can be met. Below is a list of times when you could consider reviewing your Will:

Changes in your family circumstances
Change in the executor or other beneficiaries
Change in your financial circumstances
Change in your assets
Support of a charity
Access to your Will
Talk to your legal advisor if it’s been a while since you last reviewed your Will

In Australia, you can make a legally binding Will any time after you turn 18.

Including a Bequest that supports Kidney Health Australia’s work provides us with the greatest flexibility to respond to critical priorities and meet the needs of the kidney community in the future. Alternatively, you may wish to direct your gift to a specific program or service. If so, you will need to make specific reference to this area of work in your Will. We will ensure that your wishes are fulfilled. However, should one of those services no longer be operating, we will use the gift in the area of greatest need at the time.

Your Will is an important legal document and a solicitor or Trustee Company can help you ensure that your paperwork is in order, worded correctly, using our suggested Will wording and presented in the right way, to ensure that the gift is directed as per your wishes.

Free Will Writing Service:

KHQ Lawyers in Victoria have kindly offered a free Will writing service to supporters who are considering leaving a gift in their Will to Kidney Health Australia. Get in touch with KHQ Lawyers directly to find out more.

Meet our donors

Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn began dialysis in 2008, aged 38 and continued home dialysis for nearly 15 years. During that time, she had her first kidney transplant, however it was short-lived. During Kaitlyn’s kidney journey, she used the Big Red Kidney Bus many times in some of Victoria’s well-known holiday spots including Anglesea, Lakes Entrance and Yarra Wonga. It also gave her the opportunity to visit places she had not previously explored.

Kaitlyn has generously decided to leave a gift in her Will to Kidney Health Australia, as she recognises the impact that vital services like the Big Red Kidney Bus can have on people living with kidney disease. “I still feel I have so many reasons to be grateful, my gift in Will ensures that so many of Kidney Health Australia’s life-saving services are available for people like me.” Read her full story here.

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