CHARITY -minded solicitors are urging people to use their services to write a Will this November and to make a voluntary donation to Will Aid, instead of paying the usual fee.

All the money donated is shared by nine UK charities: ActionAid, Age UK, British Red Cross, Christian Aid, NSPCC, Save the Children, Sightsavers, SCIAF (Scotland) and Trocaire (N. Ireland). The suggested donation is £95 for a single will and £150 for a pair of mirror wills. 

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According to the latest Will Aid research, approximately 26 million adults (52 per cent) in the UK do not have a will. In addition, more than 9 million (39 per cent) adults have not updated their will for 10 years or more and they may no longer be fit for purpose.  

Participating solicitors in this area are: Alex Birtles of Hewitson & Harker Ltd, Market Street, Kirkby Stephen (01768 371534); Litini Newcombe, Kilvington Solicitors, Westmorland House, Market Square, Kirkby Stephen ( 01768 371495); Deborah Yearnside,  Livingstons, Benson Street, Ulverston (01229 585555); Helen Scott Parker, Livingstons, Market Street, Dalton-in-Furness(01229 462126); Brian Whittaker, Thomson Hayton Winkley, Regent House, 25 Crescent Road, Windermere (01539 446585);  Shaun Foreman, Ratcliffe & Bibby, New Street, Carnforth (01524 737621); David Emmett, Milne Moser, Highgate, Kendal (01539 729786); Simon Theobald,  Thomson Hayton Winkley, Stricklandgate, Kendal (01539 721945).