Community & Social Justice Health & Wellbeing 2024
RAF Benevolent Fund

Annual Review 2024

The RAF Benevolent Fund is the leading welfare charity for the RAF family, supporting serving and ex-RAF personnel and their dependants through financial grants, housing, mental health and rehabilitation.

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People supported: thousands of RAF community Key Metric 1
Income: multi-million £ Key Metric 2
Serving since: 1919 Key Metric 3
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Financial grants, housing support, mental health, physical rehabilitation, welfare casework, care homes

📊Key Metrics

People supported: thousands of RAF community Key Metric 1
Income: multi-million £ Key Metric 2
Serving since: 1919 Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Provided financial and welfare support to thousands in the RAF community
  • Maintained care home provision for elderly RAF veterans
  • Delivered mental health and rehabilitation services across the RAF family

📍Geography

UK-Wide

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