A gift in your Will to Brighter Futures is a powerful way to support exceptional care at Great Western Hospital. Your generosity helps fund advanced equipment, improved facilities and innovative projects that go beyond NHS provision, ensuring local patients receive the best possible treatment and support.
Legacy gifts give us the confidence to plan for the future, knowing we can continue delivering high quality care for patients and their families when they need it most.
Every gift, whatever the size, makes a lasting difference and helps create brighter futures for our community.
Pictured: Patient Rosemarie and Eye Clinic staff. Rosemarie donated magnetic communication boards to improve patient understanding in the Eye Clinic.
Great Western Hospital played an important role throughout Rosemarie’s life, and she chose to give back in a way that would benefit patients long into the future. Her generous gift enabled the Eye Clinic to purchase a state-of-the-art imaging machine, providing faster, non-invasive diagnostic tests and improving care for local people.
Leaving a gift in your Will is straightforward. After looking after your loved ones, you may choose to support Brighter Futures in this special way. While there is no obligation, any gift you choose to leave will help fund projects and equipment that make a meaningful difference to patients and their families.
Leaving a gift in your Will is easier than you might think. After looking after your loved ones, you may choose to leave a gift to Brighter Futures if you wish. A gift can help ensure patients receive the very best care now and for countless lives in the future.
There is no obligation to leave a gift to Brighter Futures, but if you choose to do so, your generosity will help fund projects, equipment and services that make a real difference to local patients and their families.
We’ve partnered with Farewill, the UK’s largest online Will writing service, so you can write your will for free and take care of what really matters. It can be completed in as little as 15 minutes, being reassured Farewill is fully regulated and uses secure processes to protect your information.
Our partner’s, Farewill offer a free service to write a simple will. Please click here to start.
If your will requires a little more detail and you wish to share out your estate, leave gifts and messages or appoint guardians or executors, a telephone call with Farewill is the way to go. By writing your will on the phone, Farewill can support you to include bespoke clauses to cover your specific situation.
You can also add unlimited trusts and business assets to your will at a fixed additional cost of £200.
If your circumstances are more complex, Farewill can help over the phone. Their specialists can guide you through:
· Leaving gifts and personal messages
· Appointing executors and guardians
· Including bespoke clauses for your specific needs
· Dividing your estate
You can book a callback online at: https://farewill.com/brighterfutures-26
Or call Farewill directly on 0203 318 4279, stating you are using Great Western Hospitals free Wills service.
Whatever you decide, writing a Will is an opportunity to protect those you love and leave a lasting legacy of great care for your local community.
Rod’s gift in his Will made it possible to create a dedicated play area beside the children’s ward, helping to transform the hospital experience for young patients and their families. Today, children continue to benefit from a space designed for play, laughter and togetherness, a wonderful reminder of the difference one person’s kindness can make.
1. Write or Update Your Will
We recommend using a solicitor or professional Will writing service to ensure your Will is legally valid and reflects your wishes.
2. Include Brighter Futures
If you decide to leave a gift to Brighter Futures, please include our full charity details:
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund Registered Charity Number: 1050892 Address: Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Marlborough Road, Swindon, SN3 6BB
3. Choose How Your Gift Will Help
Gifts to our General Fund are especially valuable as they allow us to support the areas of greatest need. Alternatively, you can choose to support a specific ward, department or service.
4. Let Us Know
If you choose to remember Brighter Futures in your Will, we’d love to hear from you. Sharing your intentions helps us plan for the future and gives us the opportunity to thank you personally.
5. Take Advantage of our Free Will Services
Free Will writing services are available during selected periods when we offer access to free or discounted Will writing services through our trusted partners, making it even easier to put your wishes in place.
Currently, we have partnered with Farewill, saving on £160 with online Wiils for couples or saving £100 for individuals. https://farewill.com/brighterfutures-26
6. Choose the Type of Gift
After providing for your loved ones, there are several ways you can leave a gift:
· Residuary Gift – A share of your estate after other gifts and expenses have been paid.
· Pecuniary Gift – A fixed sum of money.
· Specific Gift – An item such as jewellery, artwork, property or land.
· Gift in Trust – Assets held in trust before eventually passing to a chosen beneficiary, such as a charity.
7. Tax Benefits
All gifts left to charity in your Will are exempt from Inheritance Tax, helping more of your gift make a difference to future patient care.
Every gift, no matter the size, helps Brighter Futures provide exceptional care, comfort and support for local patients and their families.
Pictured: Celebrations of the opening ceremony of the OUH Radiotherapy Centre
Geoff chose to leave a gift in his Will with a simple but powerful goal: to help local people facing cancer receive the care they need closer to home. His remarkable generosity played a vital role in bringing the Radiotherapy Centre in Swindon to life.
Today, more than 700 patients each year benefit from treatment at the centre, avoiding a 70-mile round trip to Oxford for every radiotherapy appointment. At an already challenging time in their lives, patients can now spend more time with the people who matter most.
Geoff’s legacy is transforming lives every day, providing comfort, heling future patients access the cancer treatment they need. His gift is a powerful reminder of the lasting difference one person’s kindness can make.
Because of Geoff, hundreds of cancer patients each year can receive life-changing treatment closer to home.
