The Harwell, Chilton and Culham Welfare Fund was established in 1951 to afford financial assistance to any necessitous current and former employees (including their immediate families) of the organisations listed below at the Harwell, Chilton or Culham sites:

Notes to eligibility

• Employees of predecessor organisations (e.g. National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB), Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), Research Sites Restoration Ltd (RSRL)) are eligible for assistance.
• In the event of any of the organisations listed above being taken over by, or merged with, another organisation eligibility for assistance continues unchanged.
• Employees of the above organisations who have been transferred to a successor organisation (e.g. through contractorisation or divestment) which is carrying out part of the undertaking previously carried out by the above named organisations, at Harwell, Chilton or Culham sites remain eligible for assistance. Eligibility is retained if primary successor organisations are subject to further change, such as further divestment. Such eligibility extends to employees recruited directly by the successor organisations while at the Harwell, Chilton or Culham sites.

The Charity is funded entirely by voluntary donations and from legacies, and is a Registered Charity (No 213839). The Fund can give grants and interest-free loans and is administered by Trustees, who are current or ex-employees of the organisations above, and include Trade Union representatives.