A FIRM is offering free wills for key workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Accord Legal Services launched its Free Wills for Key Workers initiative.

This offer is open to all NHS staff and other frontline workers across England, Wales and Scotland. Once a keyworker contacts Accord they will be aligned with a local estate planning consultant. This person will be a local point of contact, and will be responsible for taking Will instructions from them.

The appointments are conducted by telephone, Skype, Zoom or any other online platform the keyworker feels most comfortable with. The appointments usually take around half an hour on average.

Once instructions have been taken, they are sent to the legal team, comprised of lawyers and STEP qualified staff that will draft the will and return it by post directly to the client. All of Accord's wills are created on an advised basis – every consultation is bespoke and every will drafted accordingly, unlike online templates ensuring the best possible service.

Consultants can also provide advice on a number of other estate planning services, including tax, Lasting Powers of Attorney, trust services and probate should anyone require further specialist advice.

Accord are offering this unique service that is truly free as a gesture of good will and as a genuine thank you to all NHS staff and key workers keeping people safe during this time.

Sarah Williams, CEO, said: "I think I can speak for everybody in this country when I say we are immensely grateful for the vital work the NHS is doing.

"The NHS has given us all so much; the Free Wills for Key Workers Initiative is our way of giving something back.

"This pandemic has proved that none of us know what is around the corner. Making a Will may not be at the top of everybody’s list of priorities right now, but it is nonetheless vitally important. We want to make it easier than ever before for our key workers to cross this task off their to-do list.

"We have already partnered with Norwich and Norfolk University Hospital, who have informed their staff of our services via their intranet system. We have been inundated with calls and emails demonstrating a real and urgent need for our services by frontline staff and we want to help as many key workers as possible fee that they and their families are safeguarded at this unprecedented time."