Tirsana Achaya pictured at her home in Sindhupalchok with her son Aman, where Oxfam installed water and sanitation facilities as part of the Earthquake response

Wording for your Will

Below is the most effective wording to include a bequest to Oxfam Australia in your Will. Please take this with you when you visit your solicitor.

“I give, free of all duties and taxes *____ to Oxfam Australia (ABN 18 055 208 636) of 132 Leicester Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053 for its general purposes. An authorised receipt from Oxfam Australia will be a sufficient discharge for the executor(s) or trustee.”

*insert either:

The whole (or …%) of the residue of my estate.
The whole (or … %) of my estate.
The sum of $ (amount).
(Details of a particular asset — such as shares or property).

If you would like your bequest to go towards a specific area of our work, please call us on 1800 088 110 before you see your solicitor.

We’d love to hear if you’ve chosen to include us in your Will – but you don’t have to tell us. If you do choose to let us know, we’d like the chance to thank you and to let you know how your gift to us will transform lives.