Journalists Charity

General information

The Journalists’ Charity distributes grants and other forms of financial assistance to those in urgent need. In 2015, we paid out over £330,000 in more than 140 cases with ages ranging from those in their 20s to those in their 90s.

No two cases are the same, no reasons are the same, no needs are the same. What they all have in common is that there is no-one else they can turn to for support.

We also run our own care and retirement homes at Dorking in Surrey. The residents come from all over the UK.

We also work with other charities such as NUJ Extra, the Printing Charity, SAAFA, and Stepchange to ensure the best help and advice is available.

Although the Journalists’ Charity is steeped in history, its work is more vital today than it was when it was founded by Charles Dickens and others in 1864.

It is still run for journalists by journalists, who are all too aware of the pressures facing those working in the media in the 21st century. It supports professional journalists and their dependants from newspapers and magazines, television, radio and on-line.