# Bankers Benevolent Fund to support National Autistic Society

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/11/28/bankers-benevolent-fund-support-national-autistic-society/
- Published: 2007-11-28T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The National Autistic Society (NAS) is working in partnership with the Bankers Benevolent
Fund to help as many families as possible from the banking community who are affected
by autism. The Fund will give up to £750,000 to the charity during the one-year ‘
Investing in Brighter Futures’ programme.
The Bankers Benevolent Fund is a charity
for bank employees, past and present, and their dependants. Those bank employees
and their families who live with the lifelong disability will be eligible to apply
for an individualised package of NAS support services. Services such as the help!
programme, will be offered based upon individual needs. In addition, every applicant
family, successful or not, will be given Life Membership of the NAS.

Marie Street, an employee with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) and mother
of a 16 year old son with autism, said: “I urge families in the banking community,
living with autism who are thinking about applying to the Investing in Brighter 
Futures programme to do so. The right support can make an enormous difference to
peoples’ lives.”

Trevor Anderton, NAS Director of Fundraising, said: “We are positive that the scheme
will be successful and hope that our partnership with the Bankers Benevolent Fund
will encourage other organisations to support the NAS and help make a difference
to the over half a million people in the UK with autism.”

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