You’ve always chosen fairness

A share of your estate - a percentage, known as a residuary gift - keeps its value however your estate changes. You can also leave a fixed sum, or a particular item.

Most supporters leave a gift to charity only once the people they love are provided for. That is exactly as it should be. We are grateful for whatever you are able to leave after that.

Your solicitor will ask for your chosen charity’s registered name, address and charity number, the kind of gift and the share you want to leave. All of it is on the final page of the guide.

Writing a new Will? Include it at the time. Already have one? A codicil - a short signed addition - is usually quicker and cheaper than starting again.

Sign your Will in front of two witnesses who are over 18 and are not beneficiaries. Keep it somewhere safe, and tell your executor where it is.

Yes, at any time. A Will can be updated for as long as you are able to make one, and a gift to us carries no obligation of any kind. Nothing you do today commits you to anything.

Fairtrade is a movement towards building a fairer trade system, as well as conducting specific work to meet the growing challenges or emergencies faced by farmers and workers.  As a result, we cannot restrict how your gift would be used.  Instead, your gift will enable Fairtrade to invest in new programmes and the Fairtrade movement more broadly.  We promise in every case to use your gift carefully and cost-effectively – so that the impact of your care and compassion continues far into the future.

The Fairtrade global system is largely funded by licence fees, which enable the functioning of the Fairtrade Foundation, the promotion of Fairtrade to consumers and businesses, and vital in-depth global collaboration with Producer Networks in Latin America, Africa and Asia. These work closely with Fairtrade producers to support compliance, strengthen cooperatives, advise on in-country regulation and markets, and ensure a direct link to speak with the people who grow the products in our supply chains. As a charity, we also rely on additional investment and donations to deliver our international programmes, our advocacy to consumers, government and industry, including the work our grassroots campaigner network in UK schools, universities, faith groups and towns.

A rough idea of what your estate is worth, who you want to provide for, and the share you would like to leave to charity. Our registered name, address and charity number are all on the last page of the guide.