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Make a Bequest

Leave a lasting legacy with The Lady Musgrave Trust

Make a Bequest

Leave a lasting legacy with The Lady Musgrave Trust

Make a bequest to The Lady Musgrave Trust

By remembering The Lady Musgrave Trust in your Will, you can have a lasting impact on the lives of young Queensland women and their children. 

With no recurrent government funding, The Lady Musgrave Trust relies on contributions like yours to assist young women and children in need, and provide them with shelter, safety and hope. With nearly 140 years of experience we know that safe and supportive housing can move vulnerable young women from a state of crisis to thriving members of our community who are safely and permanently housed.

A bequest can be any gift or donation left in your Will. Your generous gift of a bequest will make an ongoing difference in the lives of young women in crisis and may contribute to breaking the cycle of disadvantage. Depending on the type of bequest you make, The Lady Musgrave Trust can provide regular impact updates regarding the benefit of your support on the Queensland community and individual recipients via the Executor of your estate. The steps forward these young women take because of your kindness will influence their future generations and break the cycle of intergenerational disadvantage, so your generosity will make an ongoing impact.

Making a bequest is a significant commitment to ensuring ongoing change within Queensland for one of our most vulnerable and disadvantaged communities – young Queensland women and their children.  Before committing to a bequest, it is important that you consider the implications of your gift for your estate and any potential beneficiaries.

Leaving a legacy

The Lady Musgrave Trust is Queensland’s oldest charity, and has been providing accommodation and support services to young Queensland women and their children who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, since 1885.

By preparing your Will and leaving a bequest to The Lady Musgrave Trust, your legacy will be an outstretched hand to young women and their children in their hour of need. 

How can you help?

The Lady Musgrave Trust welcomes bequests and gifts of all kinds. You can choose to leave a gift for a particular purpose, such as increasing the number of safe nights we offer by building or purchasing more accommodation, reducing the rent our young women pay, contributing to the support they receive while living in a safe place, or allow us to allocate it to where it is needed most at the time.

A bequest can be any gift or donation left in your Will.

You can give in many impactful ways, including:

Whole Estate

Choosing to leave your entire estate to The Lady Musgrave Trust. This is an incredibly generous gift and should be carefully considered regarding other beneficiaries or commitments you wish to recognise as part of your estate planning.

Money

This option allows you to choose an exact amount of money that you would like to go towards The Lady Musgrave Trust’s valuable work. This is most similar to a direct donation. 

Residuary bequest

A residual gift is where you leave a portion of your estate to The Lady Musgrave Trust. This is the remainder of your estate after providing for any other beneficiaries, commitments, individuals or services you wish to acknowledge and the payment of any financial obligations you have.

Pecuniary gift

Choosing to leave a pecuniary gift means leaving a specific amount or thing to The Lady Musgrave Trust. It can include money, property, assets, stocks and/or shares. 

Percentage of estate's value

This involves leaving a percentage of the overall value of your estate or of your residual to The Lady Musgrave Trust. 

Superannuation

This is not typically covered by your Will, as it is held by a Trustee. You could choose to add your superannuation to your estate and gift it to The Lady Musgrave Trust. You will need to seek independent advice regarding this if you wish to consider this option. 

Personal items

If you have a personal item that will contribute to your lasting legacy within The Lady Musgrave Trust and its history, we would love to hear about it and help you decide if The Lady Musgrave Trust is the most appropriate recipient of your generous gift.

We strongly encourage you to seek independent financial and legal advice to ensure that your wishes are accurately recorded and represented in your Will. 

Your impact

Homelessness is usually hidden in plain sight, but these incredibly brave young women have stepped forward to share their stories and involvement with The Lady Musgrave Trust, in the  hope of shining a light on this epidemic. 

We are humbled by their stories of resilience, strength and growth and remain committed to doing whatever it takes to solve homelessness.

What next?

Your first point of contact is your solicitor, to let them know you would like to include The Lady Musgrave Trust in your Will.

Your Will is a legal document. It is important to have the correct wording to ensure your intentions are clear. You can use the following wording to leave a bequest to The Lady Musgrave Trust in your Will, or as a codicil (a legal document that allows modifications and amendments) to your existing Will:

“I give to The Lady Musgrave Trust of Suite 154, 16 Beenleigh Redland Bay Road, Loganholme in the State of Queensland, [(describe asset or amount) (or) my whole estate (or) the residue of my Estate] and I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer, Secretary or Public Officer for the time being of The Lady Musgrave Trust is a sufficient discharge to my Executors in respect of a gift to The Lady Musgrave Trust”.

If you do not currently have a Will or solicitor, The Lady Musgrave Trust has partnered with Gathered Here, Australia’s top-rated online Wills platform, to provide assistance. Gathered Here offers members of The Lady Musgrave Trust community the ability to write your Will for free in less than 10 minutes. You can find our profile here.

We also recommend that you share your bequest intentions and the reason you have chosen to contribute to The Lady Musgrave Trust with your loved ones. This can help to ensure that your wishes are honoured.

The Lady Musgrave Trust would also love to hear if you are leaving a gift to us so that we can thank you personally, and if you wish, share updates with your loved ones on how your bequest is changing our future.

We do understand that this is a personal decision, and if you choose to remain anonymous, we will also respect your wishes and privacy. 

Contact us

For more information about leaving a bequest, or if you have any additional questions, please get in touch.

You can help us provide safe secure housing for Queensland women.