Why join the Red and Blue Circle – The Melbourne Football Club Bequest Program?
Join the Red and Blue Circle and make a difference with a bequest to The Melbourne Football Club. Making a bequest is a simple act. It gives you the opportunity of supporting one of the world’s leading football clubs with your will.
What is a bequest?
A bequest is a gift that you make in your will. Bequests can be made in a variety of ways. Some examples include:
- Percentage of your estate
- Nominated dollar amount
- Shares or bonds
- Property or real estate
- Proceeds of life insurance policy
Does the size of your bequest matter?
We welcome bequests of any size. Every bequest helps to make a difference to the future of The Melbourne Football Club.
How will your bequest be used?
Making a bequest is a very personal act. You can choose to leave your gift for general use, or direct it to support a more specific need of the Club. Some of the key areas of need include player equipment and capital development. Our Football Department can assist you and best advise best how you might direct your bequest.
How will you be acknowledged?
The Red and Blue Circle will acknowledge and honour those who intend to remember the Club in their will. In leaving a bequest you automatically become a member of The Red and Blue Circle. You will receive invitations to events as well as mailings of information; providing an opportunity to gain a greater insight into the work of the club. You will also receive a Red and Blue Circle badge once you have notified that you intend to make a bequest. Your generosity will be publicly acknowledged, or you may elect to be recorded as an anonymous member.
How to make a bequest to The Melbourne Football Club?
You make a bequest in your will. The wording provided below is intended as a guide and may assist your solicitor in preparing your will. If you already have made a will and don't want to make major changes, you may simply add a Codicil to include the Red and Blue Foundation.
I give … (specify $ amount, percentage or share of estate, detail property or assets) of the residue of my estate to the Red and Blue Foundation of East Melbourne for its own use absolutely, and I direct that the receipt of the treasurer or other proper officer for the time being of the Red and Blue Foundation shall be a good and sufficient discharge to my trustee(s).
Note: If you are intending to support a more specific purpose or activity at the Club, you will need to state this clearly in your will.
Why notify The Melbourne Football Club of your bequest?
You are encouraged to maintain contact with the Red and Blue Foundation and be involved with The Red and Blue Circle, as this will ensure that you will be kept in touch with what is happening at The Melbourne Football Club. It will also help the Club in the ongoing development of The Red and Blue Circle bequest program.
Learn more about The Red and Blue Circle
For further information, or for a personal introduction to The Red and Blue Circle bequest program, please contact The Melbourne Football Club, on (03) 9652 1111 or, e-mail info@melbournefc.com.au
