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By leaving a gift in your Will to Lifeline Australia, you can offer compassion, connection and hope for generations to come. Your lasting gift can mean we will continue to be here for all who need us, no matter how, when or where they seek support.

Your impact

Here’s how your legacy can have a lasting impact across generations:

  • Helps ensure around-the-clock crisis support services are available to everyone who needs them
  • Allows us to embrace new technology and enhance our existing services
  • Gives people access to immediate and free tools and apps to manage all sorts of challenges in life
  • Enables us to be strategic in our future planning

What type of gift is right for you?

A residuary gift

A gift of what remains of your estate after you have made provisions for your loved ones, and your taxes and debts have been paid.

A percentage gift

Allows you to decide what proportion of your total estate you want to give to Lifeline.

A pecuniary gift

A gift of a specific dollar amount.

We recommend that you seek advice from a solicitor who can factor in your personal circumstances and help you reach a decision that best reflects your wishes. It’s also a good idea to discuss your gift with your family so they understand why it is important to you.

If you’re ready to leave a gift in your Will

You’ll likely need some legal wording if you’re seeing a solicitor to help you write your Will. We suggest the following wording:

'I give to Lifeline Australia (ACN 081 031 263):

    • the residue of my estate, or
    • __% of the residue of my estate, or
    • the sum of $__

for its general purposes free of all duties and taxes payable on or in consequence of my death, and I declare that the receipt of its Director, Company Secretary or any other proper officer shall be sufficient discharge to my executor(s) for this gift.'

You can also download a copy of our Gifts in Wills Guide, which contains our suggested wording, the types of gifts you can leave, FAQs, and testimonials from supporters who have already included Lifeline Australia in their Will.

Download Gifts In Wills Guide

Write a free Will with Gathered Here

Lifeline Australia has partnered with Gathered Here so you can write a simple Will online for free, with unlimited updates for life. After you’ve provided for your loved ones, leaving a gift to Lifeline Australia is a lasting and meaningful way to help people in crisis find connection and hope for years to come.

Write a free Will now

Husband and wife sharing a cup of tea outside on their balcony, discussing something on their laptop.

I have a lifetime of poor mental health and I live with a psychiatric mood disorder. I have been hospitalised when I attempted to take my own life, and, I have also lost people who have died by suicide.

I am now a mental health peer worker and I convene and chair a community-based lived experience suicide awareness and prevention group locally.

I am not in a financial position to donate to charity now, so when I saw I could leave a gift in my Will to Lifeline which would allow me to contribute to their future funding, I was really pleased and could not pass that opportunity up.

Dominique in Coffs Harbour recently wrote her will online with Gathered Here and left a gift to Lifeline Australia.
Abi Steiner

Get in touch

I’d be happy to answer any questions you may have about gifts in Wills to Lifeline Australia. I can also send you a hard copy of our Gifts in Wills Guide by mail. Or, if you’ve already included Lifeline Australia in your Will, please let me know so I can personally thank you and welcome you into the Lifeline community.

Abi Steiner
Gifts in Wills Manager
📞 (02) 8099 1974
📧 giftsinwills@lifeline.org.au