Poverty & Inclusion Health & Wellbeing 2024
Railway Benefit Fund

Impact Report 2024

Railway Benefit Fund (RBF) has supported railway workers and their families for over 165 years, providing non-repayable grants, confidential advice, a legal helpline and digital financial tools to the entire UK rail community. In 2024 the charity awarded £304,579 in grants to over 1,000 people, including £112,000 preventing homelessness and £47,500 supporting children, generating a total social value of £3,572,904 — a return of £6.44 for every £1 invested.

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📋About

Non-repayable financial grants; confidential advice service; legal helpline; Financial Health Assistant and Money Helper digital tools; free will-writing service; Check In and Chat service for retired workers; community events for retired rail community Custom geography from upload: UK

📊Key Metrics

£304,579 in grants awarded to over 1,000 railway people and their families in 2024 Key Metric 1
Total social value of £3,572,904 generated, equivalent to £6.44 return for every £1 invested Key Metric 2
£112,000 in grants awarded specifically to prevent homelessness among railway workers Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Check In and Chat service saw a 100% increase in users, and retired rail community events doubled in the year
  • £47,500 awarded to support children of railway workers; £6,986 in emergency food grants provided
  • 65% of those helped were under 50 and currently working in rail, demonstrating reach beyond traditional welfare charity demographics

📍Geography

UK-Wide

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