Your Legacy Gift

Your kindness and generosity will have a lasting impact for generations to come.

Caring for all animals

Your legacy gift will ensure that the ISPCA will always be there to protect Ireland’s most vulnerable animals.

Leaving a gift in your Will to the ISPCA is a meaningful way to honor your love for animals and the joy they bring. It ensures your wishes are respected while providing peace of mind that your loved ones are cared for.

If you care deeply about animal welfare, leaving a legacy gift to the ISPCA helps save and protect animals from cruelty, neglect, and abuse for years to come. Your generosity will be a life-changing gift for the hundreds of animals we rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome across Ireland each year.

How It Works: Steps to Get Started

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List Your Assets
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Make a list of everything you own and estimate the value of each asset or belonging.
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Consider Your Loved Ones
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Reflect on those you need to take care of or would like to leave a gift to.
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Plan for Your Pets
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Don’t forget your beloved pet(s)! If family or friends cannot care for them, consider joining our HomeForever programme. We will ensure they are cared for and find them loving new homes.
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Make an Appointment
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Once you’ve completed your lists, you’re ready to make an appointment with a solicitor.
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Contact Us for Help
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For more information, reach out to Joana Ramalho at [email protected]

The different types of legacy gifts explained


Once all personal decisions have been made, if you do decide to leave a legacy gift to the ISPCA in your Will, whether large or small, your generous gift will mean you’ll be helping to save and protect the welfare of animals in the years to come. Even gifting a small percentage of the overall value of your estate to the ISPCA will make a big difference.


If you would like more information on this, please contact Joana Ramalho at [email protected]

Pecuniary Gift

This is a gift of a specific amount of money in your Will. Any gift amount, small or large, is extremely valuable in helping to ensure that the ISPCA can continue to build a better future for neglected and cruelly treated animals.

Residuary Gift

This is what is remaining of the assets in your estate once you have looked after your family and loved ones, fulfilled all promises to other beneficiaries and any debts are paid.  By generously leaving any residual in your estate to the ISPCA, you are helping provide vital funds to support our work.

Specific Item

This is a gift of a specific item and can be stocks, shares, property, jewellery or artwork, proceeds of a life insurance policy or any other item of value that can be used to help raise funds for the ISPCA.

Codicil to a Will

This is an addition to an existing Will. If you have already made your Will and now decide that you would like to leave a gift to the ISPCA, you can make a codicil or an addition to your original will. This can be done by talking to your solicitor. Like a Will, it is also signed with a witness present before being added as a permanent part of your Will.

Even leaving a small percentage of the overall value of your estate to the ISPCA will greatly help in future years.

What your legacy gift can do
€500
gifted
will provide for urgent life-saving veterinary care to treat an injured animal suffering from neglect or abuse and now in our care.
€4,000
gifted
would fully kit out and equip a cattery facility including access to a secure external recreation and exercise area.
€7,000
gifted
would help to build an all-weather secure dog exercise area.
€10,000
gifted
would help develop an enclosed sand arena to safely rehabilitate, train and exercise rescued horses, ponies and donkeys.
€40,000
gifted
would fund our National Animal Cruelty Helpline for one year. Each year our Helpline receives thousands of calls from concerned members of the public.
€50,000
gifted
would help the ISPCA appoint a new Animal Welfare Inspector to cover one to two new counties for a year to include wages, a vehicle, uniform, etc.
€100,000
gifted
would fund a new kennel block at one of our centres allowing us to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome hundreds more dogs for decades to come.