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The real impact of a gift in your Will

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Gifts in Wills are a vital source of funding for our work. If you have Crohn’s or Colitis, or love someone who does, you’ll know how these conditions can distance us from bodies we can trust and the lives we want to live. But a better life is within reach.

Through gifts in Wills, we’re strengthening global networks, uniting researchers and healthcare professionals and finding answers faster, together.

With a gift in your Will, you can be part of the generation turning research excellence into real-world breakthroughs, bringing us closer to a cure.

Your part in bringing a better future, closer

This year, 25,000 people will be told they have Crohn’s or Colitis. Once diagnosed, the obstacles continue. Today, there is no cure.

We’re fighting for a tomorrow where everyone living with Crohn’s or Colitis has everything they need to live well, and for a future where we don’t have to live with it at all.

A gift in your Will helps bring us closer to that future. Our ambitious strategy sets out how we’ll get there:

  • Setting out a path to a cure

    We’re bringing researchers, healthcare professionals and people with lived experience
    together to strengthen global research, share knowledge and fund work that’s reshaping how we understand Crohn’s and Colitis.

  • Supporting people to live well

    We’re providing trusted information, improving access to our services and bringing people together through our community. So no one has to face these conditions alone.

Read more about our 10 year strategy

I hope some of the values I hold close to my heart: Kindness, friendship, honesty and courage will live on through my gift.

For 77-year-old John T Goy from Scunthorpe, supporting Crohn’s & Colitis UK in his Will was a no brainer. After 54 years with Crohn’s, he hopes a cure may one day be possible.

Why a better future matters to our community

We’re leading the way to transform the future for everyone whose life is impacted by Crohn’s or Colitis.

Hear from our community about what this means to them.

Crohn’s? Colitis? We’ll face it together. 

My husband has supported me throughout my journey and we have made mirror wills and it just seemed the right thing to do to include Crohn’s & Colitis UK

Krystyna was diagnosed with Crohn's in 1973 when she was 18 years old. She had multiple hospital admissions resulting in a permanent ileostomy in 1976 just a year after she got married.

Making Change Together - Our Impact in 2025

Last year, our trusted, medically-evidenced website, resources and Helpline were there to offer support, expert information and guidance to anyone who needed it. Our Crohn’s & Colitis UK nurse specialists in hospitals up and down the country worked tirelessly to support people. We worked closely with the UK’s top
gastroenterologists and those at the cutting edge of IBD research. In 2026, we will be doing all those things and more.

Read our latest Impact Report

My mum was my absolute hero and a larger-than life character. I always say she was into girl power long before the Spice Girls.

For Kerry, remembering Crohn's & Colitis UK in her Will is a way of honouring her late mum Katherine’s formidable spirit.

HOW RESEARCH BRINGS US CLOSER

We make progress fastest when researchers, people with lived experience, clinicians and partners work together. Right now, we’re building on decades of progress with a clear focus: finding a cure.

Find out more about our research

Take the first step - Request your free Gifts in Wills guide

Our guide includes information on:

  • The lasting impact your gift will have for the future
  • Practical Will-writing information, including types of gifts, FAQs and how to write your Will for free
  • Stories from our supporters
  • Our legacy promise: our commitment about how your gift will be used

Get in touch

If you’d like to talk to us or have any questions, you can contact us by:

More information you might be interested in

Practical information on how to include a gift in your Will (such as types of gifts, things to consider and frequently asked questions), a useful glossary to gifts in Wills terminology which explains some of the legal terms you are likely to come across when writing or updating your Will, information about our free* gifts in Wills service and the opportunity to share your own story.

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Last updated: 22/07/2026

Our Helpline team can't take calls, chats or ring you back for the rest of the summer. But you can still reach us by email. 

If you need to contact the team, please email helpline@crohnsandcolitis.org.uk and we'll answer you as soon as possible. 

Thanks for bearing with us.

How Can We Help?

  • We can help you understand Crohn’s and Colitis
  • Listen and talk about living with IBD
  • Help you connect with others in the Crohn’s and Colitis community
  • Give you contact details of specialist organisations
  • We can support you to live well with Crohn’s or Colitis and provide up-to-date, evidence-based information

Please be aware we’re not medically or legally trained. We cannot provide detailed financial or benefits advice or specialist emotional support.

If you need specific medical advice about your condition, your GP or IBD team will be best placed to help.

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