FreeWill Ireland

Free Online Will Writing Service

Writing or amending your Will need not be difficult or expensive.

St Luke’s Charity & Home offers a Free Will Service for our supporters and their partners. You can create a simple Will, free of charge, using an online Will writing service.

We are a charity partner of FreeWill Ireland. The FreeWill offering will be suitable for many people, but for those with more complex circumstances, it is generally recommended to use the services of a solicitor.

There’s no obligation to do so, but we would be extremely grateful if you could support us with a gift in your Will.

For over 150 years, St Luke’s Charity & Home has cared for generations of Cork people in their later years, providing the best clinical, physical, social and spiritual care to our Residents and Daycare clients, including those living with Dementia in its many forms.

At St Luke’s, we strive every day to provide the best quality of life to all, caring with respect, dignity and genuine compassion.

Our Dementia education and training units are spearheading the advancement of best practice in Dementia care, education and training in Cork and across Munster.

Why Make a Will?

Making a Will is the best way of ensuring that your wishes are met, and the people and causes you care about are looked after.

Write your Will online

To help you get started with writing a Will from the comfort of your own home, we’ve teamed up with FreeWill Ireland*, and their online partner Last Will* to provide you with a free online Will writing service.

  1. When you have decided you would like to use this service, please contact Dara O’Shea at St Luke’s Charity & Home to receive your unique weblink for your free Will by emailing fundraising@stlukeshome.ie or call 021-435 9444. You will also receive a simple Will Guidance document by return email.
  2. Review the guidance material before completing your online Will. Plan your will, taking account of your various assets, liabilities and wishes for the future.
  3. When you’re ready to start drafting your Will, click on the link sent to you to start your free online will.
  4. There are a number of sections you can review and edit as you progress.
  5. Once the system has generated your Will (it will be sent to your email), simply print it out and follow the instructions to sign it and have it witnessed.
  6. Store your Will in a safe place. It is recommended to make other relevant people aware of its location.

There is no charge for a standard Will, which is suitable for most people.

If you find your Will is more complicated and you want to take legal advice, you can ask FreeWill to refer you to their partner solicitor (but there is as a fee for this). Your Will can be reviewed either in person or via Zoom.

When you leave our website, you can check the separate privacy policies of FreeWill Ireland and Last Will on their websites.

F.A.Q.

You can find information before starting your Will at this link. Along with your voucher code, we will also send you a guidance document to help you prepare.

No. Your Will is your business so it’s entirely up to you whether you choose to leave us a gift or not.

Unless you tell us, we won’t know you have left a gift until the time comes for your Will to be read. It is always lovely to hear from supporters so we can thank you for your gift and stay in touch, but that is up to you. There is a tickbox option in the Will so that we can take note of all bequests made – but people are not obliged to do so.

Including a gift to St Luke’s Charity & Home in your Will does not make it a binding commitment while you are still alive. You can change your mind and amend your Will again at any time.

Yes, you can use your own solicitor to draw up your Will, although it’s unlikely to be free to do so. Simply tell them you want to include a gift (residuary or cash) to St Luke’s Charity & Home in your Will and they will arrange it for you.

Once completed, we would be grateful if you could let us know so that we can thank you but you are under no obligation to do so.

If you have already written a Will and would like to leave a gift, you can create a codicil with your solicitor, which simply allows you to update part of your Will.

Please know how truly grateful and honoured we are if you choose to remember St Luke’s Charity & Home in your Will, thank you.

Thank You

If you have chosen to donate to St Luke’s Charity & Home or remember us in your Will, please know that we truly appreciate it; our sincerest and heartfelt thanks from all at St Luke’s.