Writing a Will is something many people put off, but it’s important to have one in place to ensure that your loved ones are taken care of when you’re no longer here. It can also be a way of leaving a lasting legacy, by leaving a gift to Heart Research UK.

Too many of us have been affected by heart diseases. There are over seven million people living with cardiovascular disease in the UK, killing one in four people.

Gifts in Wills have the power to change the future and stop heart diseases claiming so many lives. Heart Research UK is working hard to fund lifesaving medical research to find new treatments and cures, deliver ground-breaking training and education, and to help communities to improve their heart health.

86% of our work is funded through gifts in Wills, from people like Steve.

Steve remembers the day he lost his beloved partner Jackie. It felt like a normal evening. Steve had been out with Jackie when she started feeling unwell. She went home, and Steve told her to ring him in the morning to make sure she was okay. But she never called.

“My soulmate had suddenly died from a heart attack,” Steve says.

Jackie was only 59 when she died and is among approximately 23,000 women who die from coronary heart disease every year in the UK. Steve wanted to do something to remember Jackie by.

“It seemed quite natural to create a legacy in favour of Heart Research UK in my Will,” he says.