Canon Collins Trust Guide to Leaving a Gift in a Will
Why Leave a Gift in a Will to Canon Collins Trust?
A quarter of a century ago, when the Trust was founded, it provided scholarships for young South Africans and Namibians forced into exile, equipping young people to return with invaluable skills when white minority rule finally crumbled.
Today, the challenge is nation building, not liberation, reconstruction, not resistance. Our core work is now to offer the people of the southern African region a way towards a better future, by realising their own potential.
"The Trust is an organisation that strove in the past to provide education and a better life for those who stood up to oppression. Now it continues to work for democracy by helping southern Africans to get an education that will realise their full potential to build better lives for all..."
Nelson Mandela
How to make a will and leave a gift.
It's vital to have a will to ensure that your wishes are respected when you die, and to prevent those you leave behind from going through a potentially lengthy and expensive legal process. It's best to go to a solicitor and have them draft your will, and a simple will may cost from as little as £50. Or you can do it yourself online, at thewillsite.co.uk, where you enter the details yourself, and they are then checked and approved by a solicitor.
Add a clause to your existing will.
Even if you have made a will, you can still help Canon Collins Trust by adding a codicil. For this you can use the wording suggested below for either a fixed sum or valuable gift, setting the codicil out as follows:
I name of address declare that this is to be a (first, second etc.) Codicil of my Will
In all other respects I confirm my said Will and any previous codicils thereto.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this day of date
Signed by the said name signature as a (first etc.) codicil to his/her last Will in our joint presence and then by us in his/hers names and signatures of witnesses
Four ways to give
You can leave a legacy to the Trust in the following three ways for each of which we suggest a form of words. (Leaving a proportion of your estate means that your gift is not affected by inflation.):
A PROPORTION OF YOUR ESTATE
I give all (or specify a fractional share of) the residue of my estate absolutely to the Canon Collins Educational Trust for Southern Africa of 22 The Ivories, 6 Northampton Street, London N1 2HY (registered charity 288641) for its general purposes, with power to spend income and capital, and I direct that the receipt of its Honorary Treasurer or other authorised officer for the time being shall be a good and sufficient discharge to my Executors.
A FIXED SUM
I give (insert sum) free of tax to the Canon Collins Educational Trust for Southern Africa of 22 The Ivories, 6 Northampton Street, London N1 2HY (registered charity 288641), for its general purposes, with power to spend income and capital, and I direct that the receipt of its Honorary Treasurer or other authorised officer for the time being shall be a good and sufficient discharge to my Executors.
A VALUABLE GIFT
I bequeath free of tax to the Canon Collins Educational Trust for Southern Africa of 22 the Ivories, 6 Northampton Street, London N1 2HY (registered charity 288641) ('The Charity') my (clear description of item(s) to be bequeathed)('the Bequest') and I direct that:
a) the Charity shall have full power to sell the Bequest and to apply the proceeds (as to capital and income) for the general purposes of the Charity, and
b) the receipt of its Honorary Treasurer or other authorised officer for the time being shall be a good and sufficient discharge to my Executors for the Bequest.
IN MEMORY
You can also request that gifts be made to Canon Collins Trust in your memory. We would be honoured to arrange this, whether you would like a more permanent fund set up for your friends and relatives, or donations in lieu of flowers. Please make sure your wishes are known in your will, and call us if you would like further information of how we would orchestrate a fund in your name.
If you decide to help the Trust in your Will, it would be helpful if you complete the details below for our records and return it to us. You do not have to disclose any of the details of your Will and completion of this form is not legally binding in any way. Your information simply helps us to keep a record of people's intentions, to plan for the future, and to thank you on behalf of the people of southern Africa.:
Yes, I want to help secure South Africa's future. I want Canon Collins Trust's work in education to continue, so I have left a legacy in the form of:
• The residue or part of the residue of my estate
• A specific sum of :
up to £500
£500 - £5,000
£5, 000 - £10,0000
more than £10, 000
• An individual item of value
• Gifts in memory
Title
Name
Address
Postcode
Telephone number
Date of Birth
Please return this form to:
Freepost RRBS-USRY-ASHR
Canon Collins Trust
22 The Ivories
6 Northampton Street
N1 2HY
Education is the bedrock on which development depends. Southern African governments know this and with resources stretched to the limit, they face the daunting challenge of laying this foundation in a region left dangerously short of the human resources needed for transformation.
Canon Collins scholarships have enabled our students to transform their lives and the societies in which they live. Education is a significant tool in the fight against poverty. On behalf of the Namibian people I congratulate Canon Collins Trust in achieving 25 successful years in making a difference in the southern African region.
HE Hifikepunye Pohamba President of the Republic of Namibia
As times have changed, so has the work of Canon Collins Trust. Challenges for the next generation include HIV/AIDs, discrimination by gender as well as race, corruption, and global economic policies. We are now training people to work in many key areas from HIV and AIDS education, to human rights, famine relief and business and economics.
Your legacy could shape a better future for women in southern Africa.
Nikki Naylor was a Nelson Mandela Scholar in 2002/3. She was just 13 when she was arrested during an anti-apartheid march in South Africa. During her detention she saw that lawyers had the power to change peoples' lives, and this cemented her commitment to becoming a criminal justice lawyer. Growing up in Cape Flats, and discriminated against as she was classified as 'coloured', her opportunities were severely limited. She worked incredibly hard, and was awarded a scholarship. After studying in the UK, she returned to Cape Town to become an attorney at the not-for-profit Women's Legal Centre, the only centre in the country to focus on litigation that has a strategic impact on women's rights. In 2005 she was named as one of the hundred people who will shape South Africa in the next decade.
Your legacy will create a better future
Canon Collins Trust also support a number of projects, each of which has an educational thrust, and which are selected on the basis of being distinctive and innovative. Just one example is the Phelophepa Health Train which has educated hundreds of people and helped hundreds of thousands:
With a dedicated team of dentists, community nurses, opticians, counsellors, pharmacists and health educators, the 'Miracle Train' brings hope, healthcare and support to poor, rural South Africans. The Trust supports the Train's health education programme. Through these 'Edu-Clinics', volunteers from communities with little or no access to health services are trained in basic healthcare, childcare, nutrition, and HIV/AIDS prevention and care, so they can help others.
These challenges needs sustained commitment and that is why we are asking you to consider a different approach in supporting us: you can help ensure that the cost of Canon Collins Trust's ongoing work will be met in the future by leaving a bequest to Canon Collins Trust in your Will.
This would be your investment in southern Africa's future, and a tribute to the efforts of its people who are working hard to make that future a reality.
