Finding a solicitor or using an online service

The first step is to choose between using a solicitor or one of the many online services. If you don't know a solicitor, contact the Law Society on 020 7242 1222 or at www.lawsociety.org.uk. They can supply local details.  Alternatively, friends and family may be able to make a recommendation.

Online services can often be cheaper, particularly if you choose L’Arche’s will-writing partner of choice Octopus Legacy We have partnered with this highly trusted professional service for a number of years to offer our supporters the opportunity to write their will for free.  With Octopus Legacy, you can make your will online, over the phone or face to face.

Including a gift to L'Arche is not obligatory in any way. But your legacy could offer the gift of L'Arche to those who need it for generations to come, and would be much appreciated! 

Write your will with Octopus legacy

To know that our legacy gift to L’Arche will go on to give someone else the life and opportunities that my boys have had, gives me great comfort. Rosemary Bull

For more information

If you plan to leave a gift in your will, you’ll need to consider the type of gift you want to leave, and how to word your will so that your intentions are correctly carried out.

For more guidance on this and other aspects of writing a will, our free downloadable will writing guide is a really useful starting point. It includes tips and information including:

• Ten steps to consider before writing your will 
• How to write your will 
• How your gift could help L’Arche UK 
• The different types of gifts you can leave 

If you want specialist advice or more information about leaving a legacy for L’Arche, contact our legacy manager, Orlagh Ementon-Shaw, at [email protected] or on 0161 438 2832.

L’Arche UK

Registered charity no. 264166 (England and Wales); and SCO38493 (Scotland)

Registered address:
L’Arche UK,
Romero House,
55 Westminster Bridge Road,
London,
SE1 7JB.

 *Octopus Legacy is a will writing service formerly known as Guardian Angel