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Burton & Dyson helps save LIVES with online Wills
A charity which provides life-saving first responder services to communities across Lincolnshire has given its backing to an innovative new online Will-making facility created by Gainsborough-based law firm Burton & Dyson.
LIVES (Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Services) is staffed by fully trained volunteers who provide life-saving emergency care to patients such as cardiac arrest victims in the vital first few minutes before an ambulance arrives at the scene.
Because they are based within the communities they serve, LIVES volunteers are able to respond to a 999 call in four minutes and 15 seconds on average. Figures show that survival rate after a cardiac arrest is less than five per cent after eight minutes, so having a LIVES volunteer in the area increases these chances to 35 per cent.
As a charity, LIVES relies heavily on donations, including those made through bequests in Wills. The charity has added a link to Burton & Dyson's new Wills Online service on its website, encouraging visitors to consider using this method to remember LIVES in their Wills.
Wills Online provides a straightforward, easy-to-use way for people to create their own basic Will from the comfort of their own home, without having to visit Burton & Dyson's offices.
Senior partner Philip Westcott said: "We are pleased to be able to link up with such a worthy cause in this way. LIVES perform a valuable service to communities across the county, helping save lives in those critical first few minutes before an ambulance arrives.
"By having a link to our Wills Online service on the LIVES website, we hope that it will not only encourage more people to think about making a Will, but will also encourage them to make a donation to this fantastic cause in the process.
"No one knows what tomorrow will bring, so it is important to have your final wishes recorded in a Will. Equally, no one knows when they might require the services of a LIVES volunteer, making it all the more important to help ensure this essential work is able to continue.
"Of course, Wills Online may not be suitable for those with more complex circumstances, but in these cases we can still help you draft a Will which can include provisions for charities such as LIVES."
For further information on Wills Online, please visit www.burtondyson.com/wills-online-service. Further information on the work of LIVES can be found at www.lives-responders.co.uk.