ABF CYPRUS

The Army Benevolent Fund is the Army’s national charity.  Since the end of the Second World War it has helped soldiers, former soldiers and their families in times of real need.  The charity provides timely practical and financial support to four generations of Army Families, the physically disabled, the mentally ill, the homeless, the unemployed and the elderly. In the spirit of a “hand-up rather than a hand-out the Fund promotes and encourages self-reliance, self-confidence and a better quality of life.  The Army Benevolent Fund (Cyprus) is the local embodiment of these ideals.

For more than 60 years now the Army Benevolent Fund has existed to help soldiers, former soldiers and their families who are in need and that need, sadly, does not go away. Rather, and in the light of recent operations, it increases and the costs rise exponentially.  The ABF, in partnership with Corps and Regiments, disburses some £10 million every year to meet that need in both individual cases and by assisting other, mainly Service charities, that help our people.  In an era when we are bombarded by a plethora of good causes, the one thing that lifts the importance of the ABF above many others is that it helps those who are unselfishly working to make other peoples lives better.

General the Lord Guthrie GCB CMG CBE

President The Army Benevolent Fund