Writers Benevolent Fund
The Writers Benevolent Fund provides assistance to authors finding themselves in financial difficulties.
“What is there that is so pathetic about an old Australian road, lying in all the mystery of neglect beside a new one on which the traffic hurries thoughtlessly? Ah, what richness is in that very neglect! The shadows are different there…”
from The Pea Pickers (1942) by Eve Langley, who died largely forgotten and in reduced circumstances in 1974.
I am in need of assistance
You can apply online for assistance or you can send an email and one of our Trustees will contact you.
Caring for our writers
We are here to provide confidential financial support to established writers who face temporary financial crisis. As a guide, the Trustees may consider support for medical expenses, wheelchairs, mobility devices, funeral costs, short term rent assistance, due or overdue gas/electricity or other utility bills, and urgent house repairs