Grant Recipients

The Care Professionals Benevolent Fund continue to provide the upmost discretion to all those who have applied for support from the fund. We are sincerely grateful to all grant recipients who have allowed us to share their story, where applicable names have been changed to maintain anonymity.

A care assistant who needed help to pay for her baby’s funeral.

As a care assistant, Rachael was also the busy mother of a baby boy. She and her husband were looking forward to the birth of their second son - but tragically, he was born 14 weeks prematurely, and died after major surgery. With no savings, very little money, and not entitled to any state benefit, [...]

A care worker who needed help to care for her son.

Susan, a single mother, worked as a Care Worker for 5 years before becoming a full time carer for her son, Lewis in 2007. Lewis was diagnosed with extreme Tuberous Sclerosis at the age of three, he is now nineteen and still requires 24 hour care. Susan has ongoing medical conditions and because of [...]

The CPBF Supports McIntosh Family

The Care Professional’s Benevolent Fund is delighted to have recently been able to help the McIntosh family from Derbyshire purchase a new vehicle that will dramatically reduce the stress they face when embarking on the long journey to Sheffield Children’s Hospital with their sick twins Chester and [...]

The CPBF supports carer in time of need.

The Care Professionals Benevolent Fund is delighted that it has been able to continue helping carers by offering financial assistant to Tracey Fernandez, a 37 year old full time mother from Cardiff, South Wales. Tracey is the wife of Stephen Fernandez, a 41 year old care assistant who tragically [...]

Charity helps lady from Croydon

The Charity recently received an application for support from a 57 year old former care professional, Cassandra, from East Croydon. Cassandra is the proud mother of six grown up children and was diagnosed with severe depression after her husband walked out on her which subsequently left her [...]

CPBF supports care worker following road accident

In March 2010, the charity received an application from SW, a 55 year old care professional, who has worked in the independant sector since 1997. Tragically, she was involved in a road traffic accident in January 2010 - the trauma of which resulted in SW suffering from a speech impairment due to [...]

Charity delighted to help care worker in North Wales

The CPBF are delighted to have been able to step in to assist PC, a senior care assistant, with 13 years service in the independent care sector. In March 2010, the charity received a request from a housing charity based in North Wales advising us of the plight of PC. Having now retired, PC [...]

CPBF supports former care worker in North West

In February, the CPBF were contacted by the Pathways Advisory Service of the Department of Work and Pensions. The Charity was asked to support an individual, who having spent 16 years working as a carer in the Manchester area, found herself unable to work, as a result of a series of health [...]

CPBF support couple in South Wales

Having suffered the immense trauma of losing their 17 year old son in a road traffic accident, Mrs. D. of South Wales then had a massive heart attack. Following extensive surgery, Mrs. D. is still unable to work in the Care Home, where she has worked for the past 11 years. The Charity was [...]

CPBF makes first grant of support

The Care Professionals Benevolent Fund, which has been formed to assist all types of care professionals who are working, or who have worked, in the long term care sector by providing them with grants to help them through hard times, is delighted to announce that it has this week made it’s first [...]