{"id":8623,"date":"2017-10-24T17:12:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T16:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/blog\/?p=8623"},"modified":"2017-10-24T17:12:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T16:12:06","slug":"leaving-a-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sylva.org.uk\/leaving-a-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylva Foundation joins with The Goodwill Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trees and woodland take a lifetime to mature so changes we make now to the way we plant and look after them will benefit both current and future generations. That\u2019s why leaving a gift in your Will to a charity like Sylva Foundation could be a wonderful, enduring demonstration of your commitment to the environment, wildlife and sustainable living for generations to come.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our first legacy gift is currently helping us offer workshop and educational facilities at the Sylva Wood Centre in Oxfordshire so people of ages can develop woodworking skills. As a small charity each new legacy would make a transformational difference to our education, science and forestry project work \u2013 helping us meet our objectives; to bring 5% of privately owned woodland into management by 2021, to train 2,000 more Forest School leaders to get children out into the woods to learn, and involving over 3,000 citizen scientists in research to influence forestry policy and practice.<\/p>\n

Making a Will allows you to decide how your assets are divided among your family, friends, and causes that are important to you. Surprisingly, two-thirds of the adult population in the UK don’t have a valid Will, leaving the courts to take these decisions on their behalf. There are several ways to make your Will:<\/p>\n