Help the Aged
The Charity has a unique Will Advice Service through which free, confidential advice can be given to people of state retirement age. Free advice is available from a team of locally based advisers throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Trained to be aware of issues affecting older people, they will explain the will-making process in plain, jargon-free English or Welsh. They are not tax consultants or financial advisers, but can point out ways of reducing Inheritance Tax liability, including the use of trusts within a will. The Charity also offers an executorship service. Should you use this service, upon your death the local adviser will secure your home, have valuables stored safely, register the death, make
funeral arrangements, clear the house (if required) and provide practical, sympathetic support to those left behind.All the financial aspects of administering your estate will be managed by the Charity’s probate legal team. For more information on the executorship service, please contact us using the enclosed form or by calling 020 7239 1965.

Also available from Help the Aged: publications including
Planning for the End of Life and Planning for Choice in End-of-life Care (the latter including information on living wills).To order these or other Help the Aged publications, call 020 7239 1946.

Age Concern England
Astral House
1268 London Road
London SW16 4ER
Tel: 0800 00 99 66
Web: www.ageconcern.org.uk

British Humanist Association
1 Gower Street
London
WC1E 6HD
Tel: 020 7079 3580
Web: www.humanism.org.uk

The Charity Commission
PO Box 1227
Liverpool L69 3UG
Tel: 0845 300 0218
Web: www.charitycommission.gov.uk

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Citizens Advice Bureau
See your phone book for your local branch.
Web: www.citizensadvice.org.uk

Dignity in Dying
181 Oxford Street
London
W1D 2JT
Tel: 0870 777 7868
Web:www.dignityindying.org.uk

Directgov
Web:www.direct.gov.uk
Directgov is an internet-based government information system bringing together information on all public services.

Division of Basic Medical Sciences/Anatomy
Queen's University Belfast, Whitla Medical Building,
97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL
Tel: 028 9097 2131

Contact if you live in Northern Ireland and wish to leave your body to medical research.

Edinburgh Sheriff Court
Commissary Department, 27 Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1LB
Tel: 0131 225 2525  Web: www.scotcourts.gov.uk

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Hospice Association
Hospice House
34–44 Britannia Street
London  WC1X 9JG
Tel: 0870 9033903
Web: www.hospiceinformation.info

Human Tissue Authority
Finlaison House,
15-17 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1AB
Tel: 0207 211 3400
Web: www.hta.gov.uk

Contact if you live in England, Wales or Scotland and wish to leave your body for medical research.

Institute of Professional Willwriters
Trinity Point
New Road
Halesowen
West Midlands B63 3HY
Tel:  08456 442042
Web: www.ipw.org.uk

The Land Registry
For local office information call directory enquiries or see website
Web: www.landreg.gov.uk

Law Society of England and Wales
113 Chancery Lane
London  WC2A 1PL
Tel: 020 7242 1222
Web: www.lawsociety.org.uk

Law Society of Northern Ireland
40 Linen Hall Street
Belfast  BT2 8BA
Tel: 028 90 231614
Web: www.lawsoc-ni.org

Law Society of Scotland
26 Drumsheugh Gardens
Edinburgh EH3 7YR
Tel: 0131 226 7411
Web: www.lawscot.org.uk

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Mencap
123 Golden Lane
London
EC1Y 0RT
Tel: 020 7454 0454
Web: www.mencap.org.uk

National Association of Funeral Directors
618 Warwick Road 
Solihull 
West Midlands B91 1AA 
Tel: 0845 230 1343
Web: www.nafd.org.uk

The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors
SAIF Business Centre
3 Bullfields
Sawbridgeworth
Hertfordshire  CM21 9DB
Tel: 0845 230 6777  
Web: www.saif.org.uk

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Natural Death Centre
12A Blackstock Mews
Blackstock Road
London  N4 2BT
Tel: 0871 2882098
Web: www.naturaldeath.org.uk

Office of the Public Guardian
Archway Tower
2 Junction Road
London
N19 5SZ
Tel: 0845 330 2900
Web: www.publicguardian.gov.uk

Probate and Inheritance Tax helpline
Tel: 0845 302 0900

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Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Worldwide
26 Grosvenor Gardens
London SW1W 0GT
Tel: 020 7838 4890
Web: www.step.org
The Society of Will Writers
Eagle House
Exchange Road
Lincoln  LN6 3JZ
Tel: 01522 687888
Web: www.willwriters.com

Solicitors for the Elderly Ltd
Room 17
Conbar House
Mead Lane
Hertford
Herts SG13 7AP
Tel: 01992 471568
Web: www.solicitorsfortheelderly.com

Useful publications

• The Which? Guide to Giving and Inheriting (Which? Books)
  Wills and Probate (Which? Books)
• How to Avoid the Inheritance Tax Trap, by Maria Scott (Daily Telegraph/Constable & Robinson)