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Farewill raised £1 billion in pledges to charity

Online will writing service raises £1bn in legacy pledges

Online will writer Farewill has now raised £1 billion in legacy pledges for charities including Cancer Research, Battersea Cats & Dogs, Surfers Against Sewage, The Donkey Sanctuary, and the RNLI.

What I learnt … redesigning the death industry

For Dan Garrett of Farewill, the biggest challenge was to overcome people’s reluctance to confront their own mortality — so he made will writing more engaging

Millennials set for property windfall as baby boomers pass on mortgage-free homes

Many millennials are in line to inherit a fully paid-off property from older generations, research into recently written wills reveals. Nearly half of baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, plan to leave a home in their will and two thirds of these properties are already mortgage free, according to analysis of thousands of wills made last year with Farewill.

Daily Mail10 March 2024

The start-up on a mission to change how we deal with death

There aren't many tech start-ups whose customers range in age from 21 to 106. But there aren't many tech start-ups dealing with the types of things Farewill does.

Evening Standard8 July 2020

UK’s Farewill raises $25M for its new approach

Farewill has raised £20 million - money that it hopes will not only help the company grow its business but also help in the process of coping with our own deaths and those of our loved ones.

TechCrunch8 July 2020

Farewill raises £20m to broaden its funeral offering

Just five months after its first foray into the world of direct cremations, will-writing firm Farewill has raised an additional £20m and is working on a big push into the funeral industry.

AltFi8 July 2020

Farewill raises 20m from Highland Europe

Will-writing tech startup Farewill has closed a £20m investment led by Highland Europe, tripling its funding to date.

City AM8 July 2020

The winners of the 2020 Europas

Farewill recently won the Europa for hottest social innovation! In the judges' words, it 'destigmatizes death and makes it simple to take care of a bureaucratic process fraught with emotion'.

TechCrunch26 June 2020

Probate: 10 things you should know

Sorting out the financial affairs of a friend or relative after death was difficult before Covid-19, but lockdown has made it more challenging and time-consuming...

Financial Times19 June 2020

How a pandemic made us rethink the way we deal with death

With death tolls now a media centrepiece, the topic is playing a much bigger part in public conversation. As a result, the way people discuss and deal with it is changing.

Startups Magazine18 June 2020

Transforming the Death Industry

Not much has changed when it comes to writing wills, arranging funerals and applying for probate in… well, in a really long time. Our CEO Dan talked to the Meaningful Money podcast about why that matters.

Meaningful Money 8 June 2020

Neighbours pass wills over fence as witnessing 'near impossible' in lockdown

Alongside its clients, Farewill is calling for an update to legislation because of widespread, ongoing issues with will-making under social distancing measures.

Metro13 May 2020

Direct cremations take over traditional funerals

Direct cremations have overtaken traditional send-offs in the UK amid the coronavirus crisis, and an expert predicts the low cost practice will 'fundamentally transform' the funeral sector.

Mail Online8 May 2020

Farewill finds its place as a brand amid the crisis

While Covid-19 pushes up demand for simplified services, Farewill believes this will continue to grow after the pandemic, as people seek out ways to make funeral planning easier and more personalised.

The Drum6 May 2020

Will-writing startup offers free will service to NHS staff as they fight Covid-19

Will-writing startup Farewill is offering its service for free to NHS workers amid the coronavirus outbreak. The organisation said it noted a 12-fold increase in requests for wills from NHS workers in March alone.

AltFi7 April 2020

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Free wills offered to frontline NHS workers after surge in applications

NHS workers can get a free will service during the coronavirus pandemic as applications surge from healthcare workers nationwide.

Mail Online6 April 2020

CEO Dan talks to the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4

The average cost of a funeral in the UK has doubled in 10 years, and many want a send-off that's more personal and less formal. That's why we offer a simple cremation service, as Dan explains on the Today Programme.

The Today Programme, BBC Radio 417 February 2020

Farewill launches direct cremation service

Farewill is launching its direct cremation service to the public. It “aims to be the first major consumer brand in death services” and is one of the first firms to digitalise death services.

AltFi17 February 2020

Farewill among 30 scaleups selected for Tech Nation’s growth programme

Tech Nation, a prominent network for entrepreneurial scaleups, has announced this year’s entries into Upscale 5.0 - a growth programme that helped success stories like Monzo, Bulb and Bloom and Wild.

AltFi31 January 2020

Making a will: 10 things you should know

More than half of British adults have not made a will. Of those who have, many have not updated their wills for some time, which is reflected in the soaring number of inheritance disputes heard in the High Court…

Financial Times3 January 2020

Fixed-fee £595 probate service seeks to undercut lawyers and banks hitting the bereaved with estate charges running into thousands of pounds

A fixed-fee probate service aimed at under-cutting banks and solicitors that charge a percentage of an estate has been launched by online wills specialist Farewill.