# CEBF helping those in need with 118 233

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/12/07/cebf-helping-those-need-118-233/
- Published: 2006-12-07T13:32:52+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

CEBF helping those in need with 118 233

The Charity Employees Benevolent Fund (CEBF), which works to support those people
in need throughout the UK who have worked, or are still working for a charity along
with their families, is pleased to announce its first commercial partnership. On
1st June 2006, 2Affinity & Beyond Ltd launched a directory enquiries line 118 233
and has pledged to donate 9p from each and every call to the CEBF.

The Charity Employees Benevolent Fund (CEBF) was set up and registered as a charity
in 2003 with one aim – to support charity employees in times of need. The fund provides
a range of assistance that includes; welfare support and advice, financial grants
and allowances, information and a network of friendship. Our support is available
to any person who is or has been an employee of a UK charity and their families 
if they are currently resident in the UK.

## Advertisement

 [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/)

In order to develop our work and reach as many people in need as possible, it is
essential for the CEBF to become an established voice in the charity sector and 
for us to be accessible to each and every charity and their employees. In order 
to achieve these ambitions we must significantly increase our income by exploiting
opportunities such as this partnership.

118 233 is available on all BT landline networks as well as O2 and Vodafone mobile
networks. 2Affinity & Beyond Ltd is in negotiations with other mobile networks in
order to make it available to the wider public. 118 233 is cheaper than the most
popular directory enquiry services currently on the market and by choosing to use
118 233 and encouraging others to do so you will be providing much-needed help to
people in need by facilitating the expansion of the CEBF’s work.

For more information on 118 233 or the work of the Charity Employees Benevolent 
Fund, please feel free to contact Barnaby Wynter, Trustee of the CEBF on 020 7415
7004 or at in**@******rg.uk.

For More Information:

Barnaby Wynter

Tel: 020 7415 7004

E-mail: in**@******rg.uk

**Notes to Editors**

The Charity Employees Benevolent Fund (CEBF) was set up and registered as a charity
in 2003 with one aim – to support charity employees in times of need. The Fund provides
a range of assistance that includes; welfare support and advice, debt counselling,
care or support at home, financial grants and allowances, and information and network
of friendship. Our support is available to any person who is or has been an employee
of a UK charity and their families if they are currently resident in the UK.

Since its inception the CEBF has achieved a great deal, thanks to the hard work 
and commitment of its Board of voluntary Trustees and its Chairman who along with
our Treasurer and two of our Trustees now hold or have held senior positions in 
major benevolent funds and charities. The fact that all of the work has been carried
out on a voluntary basis has made the CEBF extremely cost effective.

However, most members of the Board of Trustees are employed full-time, and do not
have sufficient time to succeed in developing the charity to its enormous potential
so we must concentrate on raising the capital required to employ our first member
of staff. Our Trustees’ wealth of knowledge and experience provides the basis for
our advocacy work and we are striving to expand our activities in order to meet 
the individual needs of our client group.

This service is already in place for almost every organisation in the private and
public sectors. There are over 1000 benevolent funds in the UK that support people
who have worked in specific industries, professions, and arts. These benevolent 
funds provide advice, signposting, and financial support to their beneficiaries 
in times of need. However, until the CEBF was set up, there was not a single organisation
providing these services to charity workers.

There is a tremendous need for the CEBF. More than half a million people currently
work in the charity sector and it is widely documented that on average they earn
less than their private sector counterparts. It is a significant problem that many
of the near 190,000 charities cannot offer staff benefits or long-term contracts.
We know just how important the work of the CEBF can be to so many people throughout
the UK who devote their careers to helping the most needy people in our society,
and often to the detriment of their own long-term future.

For more information please call 020 7415 7004 or visit our website: www.cebf.org.
uk.