Yorkshire, pledge to leave a gift in your Will
Anyone can leave a gift in their Will, and our free guide contains all the information you’ll need to write or update your Will. Request a guide below to find out more.
Join Stephen from Derbyshire, pledge to leave a gift in your Will today and help fund life-saving research for tomorrow.
Gifts in Wills fund a third of our life-saving research. Your legacy could help us to beat cancer for future generations.
“My experiences with cancer are the reasons I have left a share of my Will to Cancer Research UK. Also, giving back to a cancer charity was my wife’s last request.
”In 2005, I received a diagnosis of malignant melanoma. I underwent surgery. In 2010 my wife Susan had minor surgery on her left breast, following a mammogram. A couple of years later she found a lump in her right breast and was diagnosed with breast cancer. They decided to perform a double mastectomy, followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy.”
“At the end of her treatment, Susan had no sign of cancer, but a couple of years later a scan found cancer had returned – and it was Stage IV. Cancer spread to her liver, and brain. She passed away on March 24, 2019. By the time Susan died, I had been diagnosed with prostate cancer."
Writing a Will can feel like a huge task, but our guide contains all the information you need to take the first step in writing your Will or updating an existing one. Request a guide to receive both a physical and digital copy to find out:
- How to write or update your Will
- What gifts in Wills have helped us achieve
- The different types of gifts you can pledge to leave in your Will
- How CRUK can support you in writing your Will
Life-saving research happening in Yorkshire
Last year we spent nearly £6 million on life-saving research in Yorkshire.
Our dedicated researchers in Yorkshire are:
- Establishing a UK-wide bowel cancer data hub
- Understanding if the bacteria in our gut could help treat cancer
- Working out the shape of molecules to drive drug development
Dr Denis Alferez (Research Associate, CRUK Manchester Institute) has a special message for those who have generously left a gift in their Will:
“A huge thank you, with your support we are pushing the limits of how we tackle cancer. Your legacy gift will endure in the many lives that our research impacts.”
Three great reasons to make a Will and keep it up to date
1. Make it easier on friends and family
A Will makes it much easier for your family and friends to take care of your estate and be sure they’re acting on your wishes. Without a Will, the process can be difficult, stressful and time-consuming.
2. Help to minimise inheritance tax
If you’ve got a Will, it can help reduce the amount of inheritance tax that needs to be paid on your estate.
3. Protect the rights of your partner
If you and your partner aren’t married or in a civil partnership, you don’t have the same automatic rights as those who are married. You can make sure your partner’s looked after by naming them in your Will.