AlumniHow to leave a gift in your Will

It is important to seek legal advice to help you to prepare your Will and a solicitor can advise you on the wording. You should also consider what you would like your gift to achieve and might want to consider the following:

• supporting an area you are passionate about - a field of study/research, or a particular area such as supporting disadvantaged students.
• helping the university to respond to the most pressing need by helping where the need is greatest.

There are two main types of legacy gift:

• a share of your estate (a residuary gift)
• a fixed amount of money (a pecuniary gift)

The gift that holds its value the most is a residuary one. Giving in this way means inflation doesn't erode the value of the gift in the way it does with cash gifts.

The University of Strathclyde is a registered charity and any legacy gift to a charity is deducted from the value of your estate before inheritance tax is calculated.