Provision Trade Benevolent Institution

The Provision Trade Benevolent Institution (PTBI) is a charity providing financial help to people (or their surviving widows/widowers) who have worked in the provision trade and find themselves in financially distressed circumstances. The PTBI awards a number of financial benefits, these include:

• Quarterly grants
• Summer gifts
• Winter gifts
• One-off payments to assist with special purchases or home improvements

Applicants must have been employed or engaged in the provision trade or the egg industry for a number of years, or be the widow/widower of such person. The provision trade includes bacon, pig meat and canned meat/fish, dairy products, such as cheese, yoghurt, butter, cream and milk powder. Employment in retail, catering and hospitality do not fall within the remit of the PTBI.