Discover the power of gifts in Wills
Our faith is powerful. So are gifts in Wills. Faith Will is a unique ecumenical campaign that aims to increase conversations about gifts in Wills. It’s our way of inspiring Christians of all denominations to share the power of leaving a gift in their Will to both Christian Aid and their place of worship.
Faith Will makes it easy to talk about gifts in Wills in a way that is encouraging and life affirming. Its innovative approach helps us to think about how gifts in Wills can be a blessing to our families, our church family and our global neighbours.
Will you join with hundreds of other churches to share the inspiring message of Faith Will this year?
Request a Speaker
Perhaps the easiest way to take part is to invite a trained Christian Aid speaker to your service or meeting. Faith Will can be the focus of your service or can be integrated it into a message about another area of our work. For example, you might want a Faith Will message included in a Harvest service, or as part of a thank you for your Christian Aid Week fundraising, or an update on an emergency appeal. To request your speaker, please email legacyteam@christian-aid.org with details about the event.
Download resources
Our resources make it easy to tailor Faith Will to your church or Quaker meeting and the time you have available. Whether it’s a special sermon, a meeting, an article for the church newsletter or five minutes over coffee, we have the resources to help you get the Faith Will conversation started. You can download:
- Worship resources with a service outline, all-age talks, prayer activities, small-group questions and sermon notes.
- A short film to show at services, coffee mornings or meetings.
- Posters – a poster to promote your Faith Will event
- A church newsletter article – to explain Faith Will.
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FAQs
Got some questions about Faith Will? Find answers to some of our most frequently asked questions below.
What is Faith Will?
Faith Will came about because of research that showed that more than two thirds of people who leave a gift in their will to Christian Aid also leave a gift to their local church or Quaker meeting. This makes great sense, our supporters care about their neighbours in their local communities and their global neighbours. This helped us to see that it made sense for churches and Christian Aid to come together to talk about the importance of gifts in Wills. To date we have seven ecumenical partners (the Church of England, the Church of Scotland, the Quakers, the United Reformed Church, the Church in Wales, the Presbyterian Church of Wales and the Union of Welsh Independents).
I’ve already written my Will – will it be difficult to change it?
If you would like to update or amend an existing Will, this can usually be done quite cheaply and simply with a document called a codicil. Please contact your solicitor about the best way to add a codicil to your Will.
What if I haven’t written or updated my own Will – can I still talk about this with credibility?
As we are only asking people to consider leaving a gift in their Will, it will not matter whether the speakers have or have not taken action themselves – they are simply promoting this as an option, a good thing to do.
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Gifts in Wills help us stand with our global neighbours
Leaving a gift to Christian Aid can help business owners like Alfred Muana transform their communities. Through his business, Alfred turns waste into bio-charcoal briquettes and builds energy-efficient stoves, reducing deforestation and harmful smoke inhalation. As a key employer, he’s creating a lasting impact while protecting the environment.
Gifts in Wills keep our churches’ mission alive
For many Christians, remembering their place of worship in their Will is an opportunity to make a lasting gift. Whether it’s funding outreach projects, maintaining beautiful church buildings or growing faithful communities, these gifts are one of the most valuable ways your church can continue to serve its mission and ministry.
Join us in talking about Gifts in Wills in your church or meeting and together we'll transform our local communities and stand with our global neighbours. We all want to leave our mark and make a lasting difference to the world – the Faith Will campaign gets the message out, that doing so is very easy, as well as enormously positive!
