PBF (Property Benevolent Funds) was established in 2007 as a joint venture by five benevolent funds, all of which are registered charities, to raise awareness of the help that they are able to provide to members (and the dependants of members) engaged in the property and construction industries who experience difficulties including bereavement, accident, ill-health, disability, the separation of families or problems in retirement.
Member charities include the Architects Benevolent Society, the Benevolent Fund of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Bfime (Benevolent Fund of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers), IET Connect (Institution of Engineering and Technology Benevolent Fund) and LionHeart.
PBF provides charitable help through grants and loans, advice, information and counselling, and in some cases through the provision of residential care and sheltered housing. There are potentially up to half a million members and their families from birth to over 100 years of age who could benefit from the services provided.
Click here (276KB) to read more about the help we provide (last updated 29/1/10).
PBF attended their first conference as an alliance in November 2008- the British Council of Shopping Centres’ (BCSC) Showcase in Liverpool. BCSC generously gave PBF a complimentary stand at the Showcase. Further details of the conference can be found at Property Ben Funds at 08 BCSC Showcase ...
Last year PBF attended BCO Annual Conference (May 2009), Interbuild (October 2009 and BCSC Showcase (November 2009), The Civils, 25-26 November 2009, Earls Court, London Click here for more details.
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Further details for PBF member charities can be found at:
The Architects Benevolent Society
43 Portland Place, London W1B 1QH
www.absnet.org.uk
Registered Charity No 265139
Welfare Team T: 0207 5802823 F: 0207 9006847 E: help@absnet.org.uk
General: Norman Webster, Development Manager
The Benevolent Fund of the Institution of Civil Engineers
30 Mill Hill Close, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1NY
www.ice.org.uk
Registered Charity No 208229
General contacts:
Kris Barnett, Director T: 01444 417979 F: 01444 453307 E: kris.barnett@ice.org.uk
Val Colville T: 01444 417979 E: Val.Colvillle@ice.org.uk
Support Network (Benevolent Fund of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers)
3 Birdcage Walk, London SW1H 9JJ
www.supportnetwork.org.uk
Registered Charity No 209465
General contact:
Anni Broadhead, Director T: 020 7304 6812/6816 F: 020 7973 1262
E: info@supportnetwork.org.uk
IET Connect (Institution of Engineering and Technology Benevolent Fund)
Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL
www.ietconnect.org
Registered Charity No 208925
General contacts:
Chris Oxland, Chief Executive T: 0207 3445719 E:COxland@theiet.org
Caroline Hobden E: chobden@theiet.org
LionHeart
Surveyor Court, Westwood Way, Coventry CV4 8BF
www.lionheart.org.uk
Registered Charity No 261245
Welfare team T: 0845 6039057 F: 024 76474701 E: help@lionheart.org.uk
General contacts:
Chris Wall, Head of Marketing & Fundraising T: 02476 466696 E: cwall@lionheart.org.uk
Mike Carter, Chief Executive T: 02476 473936 E: mcarter@lionheart.org.uk
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