Birdlife Australia celebrates Include a Charity Week

Birdlife Australia has joined Include a Charity Week to encourage Australians to “Change the World Tomorrow”

A bequest to Birdlife Australia is the most thoughtful and powerful gift anyone can ever make to ensure a future for Australia’s most endangered birds. A gift in your will costs nothing today but creates lasting benefits for tomorrow. Your decision today becomes your legacy – a future filled with bird song.

This week hundreds of Australian charities have come together for Include a Charity Week – to encourage Australians to consider leaving a gift in their Will to causes they care most about.

This year’s theme, “Plant a Tree Today, Change the World Tomorrow,” is a powerful message for legacy giving. When you plant a tree, you don’t do it for today. You do it for tomorrow – for the lives it might touch, the shade it could offer, the future it quietly shapes. A gift in your Will works the same way.

Please note that Michael Feller has passed away since the filming of this video – we are grateful to his family for providing their consent for his video to be used to promote the importance of leaving a bequest to BirdLife Australia.

Leave a lasting legacy for the birds we love. For more information visit: www.birdlife.org.au/leave-a-gift-in-your-will/

The Fundraising Institute Australia (FIA), is behind Include a Charity Week – a global movement to raise awareness about bequests and the impact they have to transform communities, lives, and the planet. This week 1– 8 September 2025, the campaign brings together more than 100 Australian charities spanning sectors including health, education, the arts, animal welfare, humanitarian aid, and environmental protection.

Include a Charity Week is a moment to pause, reflect, and plan for the future – not just our own, but that of our communities and the planet.

To find out more about Include a Charity Week, or how to leave a lasting legacy through your Will, visit www.includeacharity.com.au