We’re proud to announce we’ve raised an amazing £43,015 for Will Aid – making Touch Solicitors the highest donating firm across the UK this year.
Touch Solicitors has taken part in the annual charity will-writing campaign every year since 2011, volunteering our time and expertise to write wills and, instead of charging the usual fees for writing basic wills, we invite clients to make a donation to Will Aid instead.
The money raised will be shared between the campaign’s partner charities, which work across many different causes in the UK and across the world.
Changing lives
Trusha Velji, Director of Touch Solicitors, said: “Taking part in Will Aid is truly a team effort and we’re delighted to have given so many people the reassurance of knowing they have a professionally written will.
“We love taking part in the campaign and raising money for charity. It is incredibly rewarding and to have raised such a significant amount this year by pushing boundaries, is phenomenal.
“It’s a brilliant feeling to know that such well-deserving charities will benefit, helping people both here in the UK and abroad who are facing challenging times.”
Since Will Aid launched in 1988, the work of solicitors has helped raise more than £24m for charity in donations alone, with many millions more in pledged charitable legacies.
A staggering effort
Jonathan Chase, chair of Will Aid, said: “Huge congratulations to the team at Touch Solicitors for raising such a staggering amount this year.
“It’s amazing that so many solicitors give their time to volunteer so generosity, using their expertise to help people gain peace of mind by getting a professionally written will while fundraising for our incredible charities who do such crucial and life-changing work in the UK and around the world.
“On behalf of all the partner charities, a massive thank you and well done to Touch Solicitors and all the firms who have taken part this year.”
Making a real change
Will Aid takes place every November and involves solicitors waiving the fee for writing a basic will and instead inviting clients to make an upfront donation to Will Aid.
The suggested donation for a basic single will is £100, and £180 for a pair of mirror wills.
Donations are shared between Will Aid’s partner charities, which include Age UK, British Red Cross, Christian Aid, NSPCC, Save the Children, SCIAF and Trócaire.
