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When there’s a Will, there’s a Way to Help

– Thorntons launches charity Wills Month in aid of Cash For Kids–

Tayside's leading legal firm has launched their annual fundraising campaign to raise awareness of the importance of having an up-to-date Will.

Charity Wills Month will take place throughout November and Thorntons will waive their fee for anyone wishing to make or update a Will.

Teaming up with Radio Tay, the firm will instead ask for a donation be made to listeners' charity Cash For Kids, which helps children and young people across Tayside.

Cash for Kids helps a wide variety of causes from buying specialist equipment for children with physical disabilities, respite for families with a chronically ill child to helping fund play schemes and breakfast clubs.

To launch this year's campaign, Thorntons associate, Claire Newton, paid a visit to the North Isla Street station to ensure the Radio Tay DJs were setting a good example by being the first people to make their Wills for the campaign.

Claire said: "Thorntons is dedicated to Charity Wills and can't stress enough how important it is for people to have a Will in place - no matter what age they are. There are a number of complicated and unnecessary problems that can arise as a result of not having a Will. Costs, delays and upsetting family disputes can escalate when there is no Will. All of this can be avoided by making a Will which is a relatively quick and easy process and there's no better time that November to do this."

Thorntons and their clients have been raising money for Cash For Kids for more than a decade and over £60,000 has been raised through Charity Wills since the first campaign in 1997.

Malcolm Farquhar, Partner at Thorntons, said: "We have enjoyed a long-standing relationship with Cash For Kids in Tayside, and we hope that people will take the opportunity to seek legal advice on having a Will in place while supporting our campaign to raise money for an extremely deserving local cause."

Issued by Beattie Communications on behalf of Thorntons Solicitors.
Contact: Jennifer Black, Tel 01698 787878