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Wills and trusts
By making a will you can make sure your loved one with a learning disability will get the financial support they need when you are no longer around.
At Mencap, we understand that parents and families worry about how their loved one with a learning disability will manage their financial affairs when they are no longer around - and are often concerned that a large amount of money may put them in a vulnerable position. Families may also be keen to ensure that their loved one with a learning disability continues to receive their state benefits, but still enjoys any family inheritance.
The wills and trusts information service includes:
- Free booklets about writing wills and setting up trusts for the benefit of a loved one with a learning disability.
- A directory of specialist wills and trusts solicitors across the country.
- Free 'Planning for the future' seminars around England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The free two-hour seminars offer vital, professional legal advice and give parents and carers a much-needed opportunity to ask those difficult questions. Each region of England, Wales and Northern Ireland is visited once a year.
- An in-house wills and trusts solicitor. Aarti Puri advises many parents, carers and trustees about their options when considering their family members with a learning disability in wills and trusts. Aarti is able give advice over the phone and by email, but does not make wills or set up trusts.
- Mencap Trust Company Limited is a company that sets up and manages discretionary trusts set up for people with a learning disability.
- Information about leaving a gift to Mencap.
Further information
- For an introduction to leaving money to a loved one with a learning disability please read the Mencap guide 'Wills and trusts: leaving money to someone with a learning disability.'
- For more detailed information please order our booklets.
- To find out about the next free seminar in your area see our 'Planning for the future' events page.
Contact us
For more information, please contact
The wills and trusts team
Telephone: 020 7696 6925
Email: willsandtrusts@mencap.org.uk
