Gransnetters share the legacy they'd like to leave when they're gone with Cancer Research UK

We don't have very much to leave. I would like to think that my legacy will be the goodness that I've instilled in my children

I've already passed on most of my inheritance to my children. They need it now, not when I die. I regularly give to charity anyway so see no need to leave more - although I believe there are tax benefits in doing so.

Split between the whole family and a little donation to my favourite charities

I don't think most people will leave a lasting legacy and as long as your family and friends remember you as a kind and decent person then that's all that matters.

Humorous to the very end

I'd like to think I leave a legacy of love and kindness in the ongoing relationships of my children. Having put kindness in action with a monthly donation to Cancer Research for over twenty years I hope my family continue to support worthy causes in whatever ways they can.

I would like my legacy to be a person with values and moral's who was spiritual, strong, kind, compassionate, caring, loving, loved life and was a good mother.

I would love to leave money behind to help my children have an easier future as well as some to charity but being youngish and disabled already neither are going to be possible so I do what I can now to help everyone.

My adult daughters will inherit everything I own. If I had a lottery win, I would certainly give a lot to various charities I like, but all my assets are for my family as their living conditions are not ideal.

I've left everything to my husband and then it will go to our children. That is if we don't have to sell the house first to pay nursing home fees.

I don’t have a will and have no estate or money as such to leave behind. My most precious items I will leave behind are my diaries and hope that my children and grandchildren will read them and remember me and all my memories.

I don't know whether I'll be leaving any worldly goods behind, but I like to think that I've touched the lives of the people I've taught and those who've read my books and articles. I think we'd all like to feel we've left the world a little bit better for our having been here, and my proudest moment was when a little girl thanked me 'for making my day happy'. That'll do for me.

It is only in recent months, with the death of my grandad at the age of 95, that I have started to think about my legacy and how I would like to be remembered. I will leave everything to my son as he is my only child and hope that he puts the money to good use for his future but above all, enjoys it and that it serves him well.

I haven't done any will yet may be I should start thinking about it. I don't have much but whatever I have will go to my children. I've always been giving to charity with whatever I can afford including Cancer Research UK on a regular monthly basis & I'm very happy about it. I would also like to give some to my local hospice.
I would like to be remembered as lovely, kind & funny.

I'd love to thing that a cure for cancer will be discovered before I die.
Realistically though, I hope my legacy will be that people smile when they think of me, and that my son remembers how much I loved him when I was alive.
I have made a will and will also be doing my living will and funeral plan soon.

I will leave everything to my wonderful children, but have given regularly to charity through my lifetime, and expect they will do the same.

I have made a will which includes some charitable donations to about 4 causes; I would like to think I had been able to help some good causes from beyond the grave

I have not made a will as I have nothing to leave I help my children and grandchildren when I can and prefer to give them life experiences rather than cash.

What have you thought about leaving behind?

My house, jewellery, car and my private pension.

Have you detailed this in a Will?

Yes

Would you consider leaving a gift to charity in your Will?

Yes, and I have left monetary contributions to MacMillan, RSCPA, and NSPCC

Would Cancer Research UK be a consideration?

Yes it would, although I have a monthly direct debit to them

How would you like people to remember you when you’re gone?

As someone who was good, kind, funny and dependable

I have made a will, I have already changed ownership of my home to my children, so that is sorted, I have family antiques which I have left to my grandchildren, and if there is any money in my bank account when I part this mortal coil, then I have several charities in mind, which are Cancer Research (they do great things and you can only hope for cures and less invasive treatments), MacMillan angels, and MIND charity - there are so many young people with mental health issues which need help. Finally I have left a bequest for my dog if she outlives me, so I have peace of mind that she is looked after.

After loosing my 29yr old only sibling to cervical cancer, I started a DD to our local hospice each month. My father is having treatment for bladder cancer and last year my husband started with treatment for skin cancer. More money is needed to win this battle. It is a despicable disease and I hate it with vengeance knowing the devastating effects it can have on a family. Until you experience first hand and I wish nobody every had to, what Cancer can do to a family, you would all give just that few pounds a month. Imagine if we all left just £100 in our wills what a difference it could make.

I've nothing to leave anyone.

For the world to be a better place

I update my will as necessary. The contents remain private,

We give as generously as possible to charities at the moment - undecided whether to leave anything in my will.