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news, facts, figures and updates...

About the Benfund

Who benefits?

The BOSS Federation Benevolent and heart failure. A litre of water with the help of treatment. The beneficiaries.
Fund, set up in 1925, helps people was drained from his lung but Fund provided John with one-off Anyone who has worked or
who work or have worked in the fortunately he survived and was grants to assist with the purchase currently works in the industry can
Stationery, Office Supplies and able to go home. The Fund pays a of a car and a computer. apply for help – every application is
Office Machines industries. They quarterly grant, and paid the petrol The Fund gives quarterly grants considered on its own merits.
help people like Ian who is 52, with to enable his wife to travel daily to 29 beneficiaries and twice a
a wife and school-age children. He the 50 miles to visit him in hospital. year provides help with telephone n IF YOU KNOW OF
has spondylitis and is unable to They help people like John costs for some others. It pays ANYONE WHO MAY
work, being in constant pain, and who worked in the industry for a Christmas voucher of £35 in QUALIFY FOR THE FUND’S
dosed with morphine. years before being diagnosed December to 64 recipients and HELP, CONTACT THE
One Christmas, Ian was rushed with an aggressive form of cancer. throughout the year it provides SECRETARY, philippa@
into intensive care with meningitis Thankfully, he was able to beat this one-off grants to existing and new bossfederation.co.uk

Benfund update

Fund-raising continues

In the previous issue of BOSS All that is truly impressive: but video that highlights the work Antalis Mcnoughton; Talk Paper;
Today we told you about the when it comes to fund raising, of the Fund and some of the Office Depot; Vasanta; Colop and
fantastic team and individual you can never raise enough people we have helped over Sealed Air.
efforts by our fund-raising money. So a major fund-raising the past year. There will also be
heroes: the Spicers C2C cycle event in October will hopefully a raffle to benefit the Fund. We n IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE
ride team; Philip Beer running get the attention of generous- would like to thank all those WHO MAY QUALIFY FOR
the Norfolk Hero quadrathlon; minded BOSS members who have donated the prizes THE FUNDS’ HELP, CONTACT
and the London-to-Paris cycle throughout the country! for this: Pilot Pen; Durable, Office THE SECRETARY, philippa@
ride done by David Langdown At the annual Industry Awards Team; Kraft; GfK; R K Harrison bossfederation.co.uk
and his colleagues. night we will be showing a short Insurance; Newell Rubber Maid;

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