When you leave a gift in your will to WBBEC you provide a legacy for your children, grandchildren and all future generations. A gift in your will costs nothing now, and every gift, large or small, will help to drive the change needed to protect the places, wildlife and people we love in the Wide Bay Burnett Region. Discuss your wishes with your family to ensure they understand that your charitable gifts are really important to you.
Your Will is a very important legal document and the Wide Bay Burnett Environment Council advise that you consult a solicitor or the Office of the Public Trust. If you have already prepared your will, you can still include a gift to WBBEC by adding a Codicil or when you next update your current will.
Appropriate wording of your Will is crucial. For your gift to be valid, the organisation’s full name, i.e. Wide Bay Burnett Environment Council Incorporated, must be used. If necessary, your solicitor or trustee company can contact us to discuss your wishes or request further information.
Suggested wording
A clause may be inserted in your Will using the following words:
“I GIVE (insert here the details of the bequest) free from all debts (secured and unsecured) payable in respect of my estate to the Wide Bay Burnett Environment Council Incorporated and I DECLARE that a receipt of the Secretary or Treasurer for the time being of the said Wide Bay Burnett Environment Council Incorporated shall be a full and sufficient discharge of this best to my executor(s).”