New Digital Service ‘Don’t Wish You Had’ Allows Users to Create and Share Important Personal Messages

A new digital service has launched which enables users to record and share messages for loved ones, providing the opportunity to impart vital advice and instructions at the time of their passing.

The very first UK digital legacy service, Don’t Wish You Had provides an easy-to-use platform for users to create a diverse range of messages and instructions for loved ones, covering everything from pet care to funeral arrangements. The service, more than a simple video or audio log, enables the user to create dozens of personalised messages for their family and friends. Designed as a digital time capsule, the service keeps the user’s memory alive using their own words.

The service was created to empower users to record heartfelt goodbyes to family members, but also provide a source for users to express their preferred level and type of care, should they not be able to articulate it themselves. An aim of the service is also to give users the opportunity to record their memories in cases of degenerative illness. The person using the service can commit their legacy to a format that will not degrade or become lost, all the time preserving a lifetime of memories. It is also a powerful tool for creating legacy messages for children and grandchildren, with users able to record unique messages for delivery on key dates such as Christmas and birthdays.

Don’t Wish You Had is also a practical service, as users can record and securely store passwords to social media sites and other online resources that relatives may need access to. The ultimate aim of the service is to create a ‘Digital Diary’, through which relatives and close friends can still hear and see their dearly departed long into the future.

Jon Turner, CEO and founder said, “We know how hard it can be to sort through a person’s affairs when they pass on – or even whilst they are suffering an illness and not able to communicate – and feel like you are doing the things that they want. With Don’t Wish You Had, we feel that we’ve provided a personalised, secure service that gives relatives and friends an insight into their loved on when they most need it.

“We pride ourselves on delivering a comprehensive service that people feel confident in using, knowing that their legacy, instructions and memories are safely stored and available when needed. It’s vitally important that people leave behind the messages they feel are important. It’s a service we’re very proud of and if it can help people through what is the most difficult of times, we’ll be happy.’
To find out more, visit http://www.dontwishyouhad.com/