Have you considered making a bequest to the Ménière's Support Group of New
South Wales or to the Ménière's Research Fund?
Because Ménière's disease is an invisible condition, is not life threatening
and doesn't normally involve children, it doesn't get a lot of publicity.
It is therefore essential that we appeal to sufferers and their families,
who know how life inhibiting it can be, to assist our self-help group and to
assist in financing new research in Australia.
The Ménière's community has to be prepared to help itself.
Bequests can be made in two ways - either for the general use of the
Ménière's Support Group of New
South Wales or for the Ménière's Research Fund. You
would normally ask your legal adviser to include such a bequest in your will,
either by drafting a new will or by adding an amendment (a codicil) to a
pre-existing will. It is helpful to know a little about the general way in
which bequests are made, before consulting your legal adviser.
Bequests are usually either specific bequests or proportional bequests.
Specific bequests would be mentioned in your will before proportional
bequests. An example of a specific bequest is the leaving of a specific
possession to a particular person or to a particular organisation.
A specific bequest could be a stated sum of money, or an asset, such as
shares in a company or companies (you should name the shares, eg my Telstra
shares), units in a managed share fund, a piece of jewellery, a particular art
work, a real estate property, or any other recognisable item.
Proportional bequests come in your will after specific bequests are
made. Commonly the remainder (or "residue") of the estate is divided
into proportions or percentages with particular proportions going to particular
people or organisations. It is also possible to have no specific requests, but
simply to divide the whole of the estate into proportional bequests.
Either a specific bequest (such as a sum of money or an asset) or a
proportional bequest (such as a percentage of the estate) could be directed to
either the Ménière's Support Group of New
South Wales or the Ménière's Research Fund. Click on
the following link to read the suggested wording for a
bequest to the Ménière's Support Group of New South Wales or click on this
next link to read the suggested wording for a bequest to
the Ménière's Research Fund.
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