Leaving a gift in your Will:

Remembering Savannah Education Trust in your will can have a significant impact on children and their families currently living in extreme poverty in West Africa.

A Case Study: Korh School

 

In 2012 Savannah Education Trust received a gift in a Will that provided the funds needed to build a school in the isolated village of Korh, northern Ghana. This is now a flourishing Christian school, providing an education to hundreds of children. The benefits those children are receiving are a direct result of the legacy. The village has been transformed: signs of malnutrition are disappearing, and there are fewer serious illnesses among young children. The children’s skills, hopes and aspirations are being lifted through education.

Why include us in your Will:

• Providing a Christian education gives the best possible start in life for some of the poorest children in Africa.
• Even a relatively small amount of money has an enormous impact in the communities of northwest Ghana, where funding goes further than in the UK. A whole school infrastructure can be built for less than £150,000.
• We have a long term relationship with the churches and communities of northwest Ghana. This is a work which, under God’s blessing, is having a deep and enduring impact on the area.
• Gifts to a UK registered charity are tax-free and therefore reduce the estate’s tax burden.

Different ways of remembering Savannah:

There are different ways to leave Savannah a gift in your Will.

• A fixed sum: this is a set sum of money such as £20,000. This type of gift is also known as a pecuniary gift.
• A share or percentage: this is what is left over after all bills, debts, taxes and other gifts are paid. This type of gift is also known as a residuary gift. You can give the whole of the residue to a person or a charity, or a portion of it.
• A specific item, such as a piece of jewellery or house.

If you would like to discuss leaving a gift in your Will please contact us here.

We are very grateful to you for considering Savannah. Whatever kind of gift you choose to make, it will be helping to transform the lives of some of the poorest children in West Africa.

How to include us in your Will:

We advise that you include the full legal name, charity number and registered address. These are: Savannah Education Trust; registered charity number, 1104896; address, 58 Appledore Gardens, Lindfield, West Sussex, RH16 2EU.

A possible form of words:

For a fixed sum (pecuniary gift): “I give to Savannah Education Trust (Registered Charity Number 1104896) of 58 Appledore Gardens, Lindfield, W Sussex, RH16 2EU the sum of [amount in words\(£amount in figures)] to be used for the general charitable purposes of the Trust. I declare that the receipt of an authorised officer shall be a full and sufficient discharge to my executors.”

For a share of the residue of the estate: “I give [insert percentage\%] of the residue of my estate to Savannah Education Trust (Registered Charity Number 1104896) of 58 Appledore Gardens, Lindfield, W Sussex, RH16 2EU, to be used for the general charitable purposes of the Trust. I declare that the receipt of an authorised officer shall be a full and sufficient discharge to my executors.”