Benevolent Fund 

What is the Benevolent Fund?

The Retreat York Benevolent Fund was established in 1919 when the Committee of Management of The Retreat York, in conjunction with Meeting for Sufferings, issued an appeal to raise a fund.  The primary purpose of the Fund is to assist members of the Religious Society of Friends, and those closely connected with Friends, to meet the cost of treatment at The Retreat where they are unable to meet the full fees payable because they are in “straightened circumstances”.  The intention in setting up the Fund was “to lessen in many Friends’ families the burden which mental affliction inevitably brings”.  The funds held by the Benevolent Fund are kept entirely separate from other finances of The Retreat.  If the income of the fund is not fully utilised in the primary purpose of the Fund then grants can be made towards the cost of care at care facilities’ other than The Retreat York.

The Trustees of the Fund have a duty to ensure that grants are only made in the circumstances envisaged by those who set up the Fund. 

If you would like information on how to access The Retreat's Benevolent Fund please click here.

Please click here for an application form.

Completed application forms should be sent to:

Robert Brownlow
The Retreat
Heslington Road
York
YO10 5BN

If you require further information on the Benevolent Fund please contact Robert Brownlow on 01904 412551 ext 2205 or e-mail rbrownlow@theretreatyork.org.uk