Leave a lasting impact on healthcare in North and North West Tasmania
At the Clifford Craig Foundation, our mission is to advance medical research and improve patient care for our community. Every breakthrough we achieve and every piece of life-saving equipment we fund is made possible by the generosity of people like you. Including a gift in your Will is one of the most meaningful ways to create a legacy of care. Your kindness ensures that future generations will benefit from world-class research and innovation right here in our region. It’s a powerful way to make a difference beyond your lifetime.
If you choose to leave a gift, please know it will be treated with the utmost respect and directed where it can have the greatest impact. Together, we can continue to transform healthcare for families, friends, and neighbours across North and North West Tasmania. Thank you for considering this extraordinary act of generosity. If you would like to discuss your wishes or learn more, our team is here to help.
With heartfelt gratitude
Vanessa Cahoon
Chief Executive Officer, Clifford Craig Foundation
Having a Will is the only way you can be sure your affairs will be managed as you would prefer. Irrespective of wealth, it is advisable to have a Will and to review it every few years to make sure it still reflects your wishes. Having a valid and up-to-date Will is the only way to safeguard your family’s future and ensure your wishes are carried out. This is especially important if your personal circumstances change e.g. if you marry, divorce, have children, buy property, or if an intended beneficiary or executor dies. If you do not have a Will, then the first thing you need to do is get some legal advice to create one. Your Solicitor or the Public Trustee can help with this.
Deciding that Clifford Craig Foundation is your lasting legacy
If you choose to include a gift to the Clifford Craig Foundation in your Will, we recommend that you do so after first making provision for family and loved ones.
A Will is an important legal document that allows your wishes to be carried out. It therefore needs to be drafted correctly. For this reason, we advise you to consult a solicitor and think about the following in advance:
Your assets: What do you own?
Your beneficiaries: Who will benefit from your assets and in what proportion?
Your executor(s): Who would you like to administer your estate and ensure your wishes are carried out?
Make a lasting gift
A bequest to the Clifford Craig Foundation is a lasting gift that will make a significant contribution to the health and lives of those living in the region; whether it is through improvements in treatment, advances in clinical research or improved patient care.
There are a number of ways that you can remember the Clifford Craig Foundation in your Will:
The Residue
Once all other bequests and payments are distributed from your estate, you may leave what is left, the residuary estate, to the Clifford Foundation.
A Percentage
After you have taken care of your loved ones in your Will, you may specify a percentage of the remainder of your estate - as little as 5% or 10% can make a huge difference.
A Specific Sum
The simplest form of bequest is to allocate a specific sum. This does not allow for either the changing value of your estate or for inflation. To compensate for this, you may wish to review your Will regularly.
Specific Gifts
Your gift does not need to be in the form of money. You can nominate shares, property, an insurance policy, works of art, collectables – anything of value. A specific monetary amount of non-monetary item can be bequeathed to the Clifford Craig Foundation. This may need to be changed over the years to account for inflation and changes to your circumstances.
Suggested wording for your Will
If you are interested in making a bequest, it is suggested that you carefully consider these options and discuss them carefully with your family and solicitor.
You may also wish to consider how you would like your bequest to be used. The areas to which your bequest may be applied include:
Funding of essential clinical research. This can be for general research purposes or to a nominated area of research.
Improvements to patient care and treatment procedures
Ongoing Capital Development
Here is the preferred wording for including a gift to the Clifford Craig Foundation in your Will. We suggest you take this with you when you see your solicitor.
“I give, free of all duties and taxes, *............................................................... to the Clifford Craig Foundation, ABN 12 058 280 961, for its general purposes. I declare that the receipt of a Director of the Foundation or other authorised Officer will be sufficient discharge to my executor(s) or trustee.”
Insert one of the following:
Option A:
All (or .............................. %) of my estate
Option B:
All (or .............................. %) of my residuary estate
Option C:
The sum of $ .............................. (amount) or details of asset(s) such as shares or property
What our supporters say
“When we moved to Launceston 15 years ago, we were introduced to the Clifford Craig Foundation by friends and attended one of their fundraising events. Having a serious familial medical condition, coupled with close family members who had either died from cancer or are in remission, we have had an ongoing interest in medical research for over 40 years. Consequently, we decided to make regular monthly donations to the Foundation. In addition, two years ago we reviewed our Wills. As we have no children and our families will be well taken care of, we did a lot of ‘homework’ reviewing agencies with a view to making bequests.
From our research, we thought Clifford Craig Foundation was ‘fighting way above their weight’ and we should include the Foundation in a limited number of bequests, including other worthy charities. We would encourage any Tasmanians - especially Northern Tasmanians - to seriously consider the Clifford Craig Foundation as a beneficiary when they are reviewing their Wills. We think it is a local charity very worthy of support.”
— Anonymous (Loyal Launceston-based couple)
Thank you
Leaving a gift of any size makes a positive impact to the Foundation, improving healthcare for the people who live across North and North West Tasmania.
No matter how much you choose to bequeath, there is one thing you can be sure of: your gift is precious and deeply appreciated.
The John Morris Society was established to celebrate and recognise donors who give to Clifford Craig Foundation by leaving a gift in their Wills. Our Society is named after the honourable Dr John Morris AO, the inaugural Chairman of the Clifford Craig Foundation, a highly regarded Physician who specialised in diabetes and is remembered for his extraordinary contribution to medicine. The John Morris Society is a group of generous and visionary Foundation friends united by the common goal to support the advancement of healthcare for the people of North and North West Tasmania through medical research and patient care initiatives at the Launceston General Hospital, North West Regional Hospital and Mersey Community Hospital.
As a member of the Society, you have the opportunity to attend special functions and events which recognise your support. You will have the opportunity to meet researchers and clinicians to learn about how your gift will have an impact for the health and wellbeing for your loved ones now and in the future. One of the greatest benefits of the John Morris Society is that we can thank people in their own lifetime for their generosity and support.