A gift in your will to The AMBER Trust will help us nurture musical talent in blind or partially sighted children and young people by enabling them to access and develop through music far into the future.

Legacies and bequests will be used to provide funding through The AMBER Music Awards. Funding can be restricted for blind and visually impaired children from specific geographical areas or for specific purposes, such as instruments or music lessons.

You can support The AMBER Trust with either a specific or residuary legacy. Legacies to charities are free from both Inheritance Tax and Capital Gains Tax so they can reduce the total liability on your estate. The AMBER Trust can be included as a beneficiary in your will either by making a new will or by adding a codicil. It is advisable to take professional advice on this. Some model wordings for the various types of bequest follow.   

A specific legacy 

I give the following charitable legacy absolutely:-

to The AMBER Trust (Registered Charity No. 1050503) of 19 Scarsdale Villas, London, W8 6PT, hereinafter called the charity, the sum of £ …. for the general purposes of the charity and with the full power to expend capital as well as income for such purposes and I direct that receipt of The AMBER Trust’s authorised officer for the time being shall be good and sufficient discharge to my executors for the payment to the charity.

A bequest in kind 

I make the following charitable gift absolutely:-

to The AMBER Trust (Registered Charity No. 1050503) of 19 Scarsdale Villas, London, W8 6PT, hereinafter called the charity, [a clear description of the item(s) to be bequeathed], with full power to realise such assets and to apply the proceeds to the general purposes of the charity, and I direct that receipt of The AMBER Trust’s authorised officer for the time being shall be good and sufficient discharge to my executors for the payment of the charity.

A residuary legacy 

I devise and bequeath [a percentage] of the residue of my estate absolutely to The AMBER Trust (Registered Charity No. 1050503) of 19 Scarsdale Villas, London, W8 6PT, hereinafter called the charity, such sum to be applied for the general purposes of the Charity and with full power to expend capital as well as income for such purposes and I direct that receipt of The AMBER Trust’s authorised officer for the time being shall be good and sufficient discharge to my executors for the payment to the charity.

A codicil adding a bequest to an existing will
I [your name] of [your address] declare this to be the first [or second etc] codicil to my will dated and made the [date] of [month and year].

In addition to the legacies given by my said will I give the following further charitable legacy absolutely:-

to The AMBER Trust (Registered Charity No. 1050503) of 19 Scarsdale Villas, London, W8 6PT, hereinafter call the charity, the sum of £… for the general purposes of the charity and with full power to expend capital as well as income for such purposes and I direct that receipt of The AMBER Trust’s authorised officer for the time being shall be good and sufficient discharge to my executors for the payment to the charity.

In all other respects I confirm my said will.