Norman's story: Help hospice care live on by leaving a gift in Will

Norman has supported Hospice in the Weald for a couple of years through our lottery and retail shops. When it came to writing his Will, he wanted to leave a gift to a local charity – and choosing the Hospice helps him to remember his loved ones and protect the future of hospice care. Below, Norman kindly shares his story…

“She was thoughtful and a very caring lady, so I wanted to help a charity in Marie’s memory.”

“Marie had a thing called Myotonic Dystrophy, a muscle wasting disease. I became her carer in 1987. We joined a nationwide group, and I became a contact point for the Southeast – for people to find out information from, as we always wanted to help. Unfortunately, we lost a child, who only lived a day – so I always knew I wanted to do something to help children in Marie’s name, and so it’s important to me that you not only support adults but children, too.”

At Hospice in the Weald, we are trying to protect the future of hospice care, so we asked Norman what the term hospice care means to him…

“It means at the end of someone’s life, to give them dignity and a good last bit of life. There’s so much more to the Hospice than people think. I’m sad to say I never knew about the Hospice before Marie died but now is my opportunity to share why it is important to support, because it is a wonderful organisation and you never know if you’ll ever need it yourself. Writing a Will was very easy, I wrote a professional one with local solicitors, but there are lots of different ways to write one.”

Hospice in the Weald are partnered with two Will writing services to help you write your will with ease and for free. Click the link below to find out more. Norman’s journey with the Hospice started as a supporter of our retail shops and is continuing with a gift in his Will, which will help protect the future of hospice care for all, for now, forever.