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A gift in your Will to ROLDA is a meaningful way to ensure your compassion for animals continues long into the future.
Every day, ROLDA rescues abandoned, abused, injured, and vulnerable animals who deserve safety, care, and the chance to experience kindness. While our teams work tirelessly to respond to urgent situations today, we are also focused on building a future where fewer animals suffer and more receive the protection they deserve.
By leaving a gift in your Will, you can help create lasting change for generations of animals still to come.
For many Australians, leaving a gift in their Will is a way to reflect the values and causes that have mattered most throughout their life. A legacy gift to ROLDA becomes a lasting expression of compassion, kindness, and hope for vulnerable animals who may otherwise have nowhere to turn.
After caring for family and loved ones, even a small percentage of your estate can help continue life-saving work for years to come.
Together, we can create a kinder and more compassionate future for animals.
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Help ensure future generations of animals receive safety, care, and hope.
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Write Your Will Online
To help make the process easier, ROLDA is proud to partner with Willed, an Australian online platform that allows you to create a legally binding Will from the comfort of your own home.
Willed was developed to make estate planning simpler, more affordable, and less stressful. In just a few steps, you can create or update your Will and ensure the people and causes important to you are protected into the future.
Through this partnership, ROLDA supporters can access a minimum 20% discount on preparing a Will, with special campaigns throughout the year where discounts may increase to 50%, and during selected periods, simple Wills may even be offered free of charge.
Once family and friends have been provided for, you may choose to leave a percentage of your estate or a nominated gift to ROLDA to help continue rescuing and protecting vulnerable animals.
We always recommend seeking professional legal advice for complex estate planning matters.
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How Your Legacy Can Help Animals
A gift in your Will helps ensure ROLDA can continue providing rescue, rehabilitation, and protection to vulnerable animals for many years to come.
Your kindness could help:
Keep rescue shelters operating.
Support sterilisation programs that reduce suffering.
Provide food, veterinary care, and rehabilitation.
Rescue animals from neglect and dangerous environments.
Assist elderly people struggling to care for their pet.
And respond to emergency situations affecting animals during conflict or disaster.
Importantly, your support also helps create long-term solutions that improve animal welfare outcomes well into the future.
Every legacy gift, no matter the size, helps create a world where more animals experience safety, compassion, and care.
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Key Information
When creating your bequest, it is important to use the correct ROLDA Ltd registered name, ABN and address.
Legal Name: ROLDA Ltd.
ABN 26 687 611 356
Current address: Level 3, 55 Pyrmont Bridge Road, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW, 2009
Contact person: Scott
Phone number: 0468 070 271
If you have questions, please get in touch with ROLDA Legacy Team Email: [email protected], Phone: 0448 505 332. Your details will be treated with the strictest confidence and without any obligation.
You don’t have to be rich or famous to make a difference
You just have to make a simple decision. Whoever you are, whatever your situation is, you can help create a better world by including ROLDA in your will.
You can leave a gift in your Will in several different ways
Which is best for you?
While there are many ways to give to ROLDA Ltd, every contribution is crucial to our life-changing work in the community. Some of the most effective ways to support us through a bequest include:
Residuary
A Residuary refers to the act of gifting the remainder of your estate after all gifts have been dispersed to specific individuals or organisations in accordance with your Will. A Residuary could include any funds or property left over after your chosen loved ones receive gifts, and any administrative costs or funeral expenses are settled. For example, a person may decide to gift properties to their loved ones, use their personal savings to pay for the costs of a funeral service, and gift any remaining personal savings to a charitable organisation.
Percentage based Bequest
This can include a percentage of your General Estate (that is, all the funds, properties or assets under your Will), or a percentage of the residuary once gifts and other costs have been processed in accordance with your wishes.
Pecuniary Gift
A Pecuniary Gift is a specific contribution of cash funds. An example might be that you choose to leave AU$1,000 to support a sterilisation campaign for pets from poor rural communities.
Specific Asset
This type of bequest involves giving a particular piece of real estate, specific shares or other items, like artworks.
Testamentary Trust
The main benefits of Testamentary Trusts are their ability to protect assets and to reduce the tax paid by beneficiaries from income earned from the inheritance and created by a Will. It helps provide a greater level of control over the assets of the Will. A Testamentary Trust does not come into effect until after the death of the person making the Will. At this time, the specified deceased estate property is transferred to a trustee, who holds the assets on trust for the benefit of the beneficiaries. If you are responsible for administering a Testamentary Trust, you should consider seeking expert legal advice from a lawyer who deals with and has strong experience in, Testamentary Trusts.
Why I’ve left a gift in my will
Read Helen’s story: An inspiring commitment to a safer future for animals in need
Helen was born in Adelaide in October 1938, but her ancestors were from Scotland. Helen was a brilliant and savvy person, years ahead of her time, and an avid animal lover who would dedicate her life to a beautiful cause.
Helen’s goal was to leave as much of her life savings as possible to those who help animals in need. She became very frugal, making her and her husband’s clothes and doing her own DIY.
She was truly dedicated to making the world a better place for suffering animals. Sadly Helen passed away in January 2021 and we were honored to be notified of Helen’s intention to leave a generous gift to ROLDA.
Her dedication to animals lives on in our tireless work to rescue abused and abandoned stray dogs in Romania.
Meet Ionica, an inspiring woman from Romania who want animals to be supported even after she will no longer be.
The passion for nature and animals is what keeps us united, no matter where we are.
Jo D. wanted to be close to animals in their own habitat all her life and after it, when she chose to mention in her will a number of charities that will keep her passion going.
“After working in many towns in western and northern Canada, I moved to Dawson City for one year. That was 18 years ago! I met my partner, who owns a hotel just south of the Arctic circle, and together we built our home on the Klondike River outside of Dawson. That second love began in 2015 on a hiking trip in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, only a few hours drive away from where I grew up. That night, huddled around a campfire, I heard “some pretty horrific stories” about rhino poaching and mutilation.
After years contemplating the trip, I wanted to combine the knack for the outdoors with my deep love for rhinos in a cross-country hike along the Pacific Crest trail. The 4,265-kilometer route, stretching from the U.S.-Mexican border near Campo, California, to Manning Provincial Park in British Columbia, winds through diverse landscapes. The trail passed through 25 national forests, seven national parks and climb to 4,000 meters to get through Forester Pass in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The trip took me five months and I don’t anticipate to be easy.
But I love adventure. And I love to win but my love for rhinos is on a different level, started from admiration and compassion I feel for these majestic souls. Challenging our body to raise awareness for the causes that we care for is not an easy task. And failure is not an option. Helping animals is making me feel a better person and not just rhinos, but other vulnerable animals like the strays in Romania. Mentioning ROLDA in my will was the best decision I made lately to make sure that my dreams will continue after I will be no longer.”
Read Helen’s story: An inspiring commitment to a safer future for animals in need
Helen was born in Adelaide in October 1938, but her ancestors were from Scotland. Helen was a brilliant and savvy person, years ahead of her time, and an avid animal lover who would dedicate her life to a beautiful cause.
Helen’s goal was to leave as much of her life savings as possible to those who help animals in need. She became very frugal, making her and her husband’s clothes and doing her own DIY.
She was truly dedicated to making the world a better place for suffering animals. Sadly Helen passed away in January 2021 and we were honored to be notified of Helen’s intention to leave a generous gift to ROLDA.
Her dedication to animals lives on in our tireless work to rescue abused and abandoned stray dogs in Romania.
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Faq
If I include ROLDA in my Will do I need to let you know?
It is your decision; however by letting us know about your gift you will help us plan better for the future. If you would like to let us know of your decision to include ROLDA in your Will, please email us at [email protected]
Can I say where I want my gift to be used?
Legacies provide ROLDA with vital funds for long-term planning and development. Leaving a legacy to a specific type of work or location might mean that we cannot fulfill your wishes if we are no longer doing that specific work or in a specific area in the future. Keeping your gift for general purposes enables ROLDA to use it where the need is the greatest at the time.
Do I need assistance to write a Will?
We suggest you use the services of a solicitor or trustee company to ensure your Will is legally sound. A solicitor can also advise you on matters such as guardians, asset valuation and power of attorney.
What are correct wording for my Will?
Below is the correct wording for including ROLDA Ltd. in your Will or in a Codicil (a simple addition to your existing Will):
“I give to ROLDA Ltd. (ABN 26 687 611 356)
1. The rest and residue of my Estate (or)
2. _____ percent of my Estate (or)
3. _____ percent of the residue of my Estate (or)
4. The sum of $ _________
free of all duties and testamentary expenses to ROLDA for its general purposes and I direct that the receipt of that organization shall be sufficient discharge to my executors for this bequest.”
“I give to ROLDA Ltd. (ABN 26 687 611 356)
1. The rest and residue of my Estate (or)
2. _____ percent of my Estate (or)
3. _____ percent of the residue of my Estate (or)
4. The sum of $ _________
free of all duties and testamentary expenses to ROLDA for its general purposes and I direct that the receipt of that organization shall be sufficient discharge to my executors for this bequest.”
How do I prepare my Will?
The most vital part of having a Will is to ensure it is valid. So it’s a good idea to seek legal advice. Having a solicitor or trustee company assist you in writing your Will can help ensure the required legal processes are followed, in line with your wishes. When writing your Will it’s important that you consider the needs of your family and dependents, and let them know about decisions that affect them – including if you decide to leave a gift to ROLDA.
Can my gift be confidential?
Of course – all information you give to us is strictly confidential. Any information supplied to ROLDA is protected by the Privacy Policy which can be viewed on ROLDA website www.rolda.org.au/privacy-policy/
How can I be sure my money will reach the animals who need it?
All donations to ROLDA go directly to where they are needed most, to protect the most abused, sick and vulnerable animals. This is ROLDA’s commitment to our donors and to the animals that need our support. Administration and fundraising costs are kept to an absolute minimum.
When is the right time to write a Will?
If you do not have a Will, it is advisable to write one as soon as possible. It is also important to update your Will when your circumstances change – for example if you get married, have children or buy property.
How do I leave a gift to ROLDA in my Will?
Leaving a gift to ROLDA in your Will is a way that you can make a life-changing difference for tomorrow’s dogs (or other abused animals) and realize your vision for a better world. If you include ROLDA in your Will, it is important to ensure that the wording is legally correct. You may want to talk to your solicitor or trustee, as well as one of ROLDA team member.
Why is having a Will so important?
Everyone should have a Will. It ensures that the distribution of your assets is carried out in the way you want and provides for the people and issues you care about.
What is ROLDA Legacies Society?
A group of compassionate individuals dedicated to pass their love, commitment and respect for animals to future generations.
Our slogan is…
Because every animal deserves to be respected!
