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who is eligible?
  • children of past and present bank employees whose families are suffering financial difficulties due to a bereavement, ill health or disability.

  • one of the parents needs to have worked in banking and needs to meet our service criteria - although they don’t still have to be in the industry when the Fund is contacted.
    • How do we help?
    The Fund helps out financially in a number of ways:

  • a regular allowance towards the cost of living, to help families rise above the poverty line

  • a contribution towards day-to-day school expenses such as books, school equipment, lunches, travel costs

  • help towards the cost of extra mural activities, such as music lessons, field trips and outings

  • limited help with public school fees for younger children (until they reach the age of moving to their next school)

  • an allowance to students in higher education to supplement a Local Education Authority loan.

    Eligibility is at the discretion of the Bankers Benevolent Fund and is subject to length of service as well as income, savings or evidence of ill health, as appropriate.
    • you can download a pdf application form here*
    If you’d like to find out more, please call us on 020 7216 8981 or use the contact us page on this website.
    You can also write to us at:
    The Bankers Benevolent Fund,
    Pinners Hall
    105 - 108 Old Broad Street
    London EC2N 1EX
    * if you are having difficulty viewing pdf files it probably means you need to download adobe reader which you can do by clicking here
    The Fund does not provide assistance for:

  • debt repayment

  • school fees except in exceptional circumstances

  • business ventures

  • private medical treatment

  • situations where statutory or other sources of funding are available