Make an impact with your Legacy

A Will can either be done online or face to face with a trusted solicitor.

SPCA is proud to partner with Footprint, New Zealand’s leading online Will provider, to offer you a FREE Will.

A Will is a legal document expressing the wishes of the Will Maker regarding the transfer of their property (anything with a $ sign, anything of value to yourself or another that you want them to have). Having the information laid out legally means you make sure your loved ones are looked after when you pass away.

By creating a Will, you are planning ahead and leaving detailed instructions as to how you want your assets (Estate) divided, how it is to be divided and to whom. The beneficiaries can be family, friends or a Charity or Charities.

Please seek professional legal advice if you need assistance.

Check with your solicitor as to the cost to make amendments or changes to your Will. The cost will often depend on how long ago you signed your Will and how bigger changes you are making. Often, a new Will is required if the changes are sizeable.

Leaving a gift to SPCA in your Will is easy. To make sure the wording in your Will accurately describes your intentions, we suggest including the following wording:

I give

• ___% of my estate OR

• the rest and residue of my estate OR

• the sum of $__ (fixed amount)

to The Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Incorporated (RNZSPCA) for its general purposes and I declare that the receipt of the appointed officer of the Society shall full and sufficient discharge for the said legacy and my trustees will not be bound to see to the application of it.

I further declare that if at the date of my death or the date of distribution of my estate, any charity named in my Will does not exist or has amalgamated with another charity or has changed its name, such legacy or residuary gift shall not fail but my trustees shall pay it to the charitable organisation which they consider most nearly fulfils the objects I intend to benefit.

RNZSPCA Charities Commission Number CC22705

Understandably some people have a strong affinity and association with their local SPCA Centre or area within SPCA work and you may wish that your gift is directed to a specific community or team. In this circumstance we suggest adding, after the wording for its general purposes, the following additional wording:

For use in the (name of area of New Zealand you want your gift directed to e.g Wellington area, or the Team e.g Education.

Wills are very personal documents.

There are many ways to include SPCA in your Will. The best types of gift (also known as a bequest) to leave in your Will are a residual gift or a percentage of your Estate.

A Residual Gift comes from what is left in your estate after you have taken care of your loved ones. You can give the whole of the residual, or a percentage of it, to a person or charity, like SPCA.

A Percentage of your Estate is often regarded as the most flexible and effective way to give. You don’t need to adjust the value of your gift over time to account for inflation or any changes to your total assets. A small percentage – 10%, 5% or even 1% – can make a big difference to the future.

A Pecuniary Gift is a specific sum of money.

A Specified Gift is a particular item(s) of value (Shares, car, a collection of some kind)

SPCA is proud to partner with Footprint, New Zealand’s leading online Will provider, to offer you a FREE Will.

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Yes, absolutely. SPCA welcomes and appreciates gifts of any value that people have the kindness to leave us.

SPCA will use your incredibly, generous gift when and where it is needed most, to make the biggest impact on the lives of the animals we rescue, help and protect.

Please contact SPCA team at legacy@spca.nz

RNZSPCA Charities Commission Number CC22705

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