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JDF Welfare Fund

The JDF Welfare Fund

The Fund provides assistance to meet a need in special cases of hardship in respect of serving and former members of the JDF. Although soldiers leaving the JDF after a long period of service normally receive pensions or gratuities, there are always cases of genuine hardships and nothing can contribute more to the confidence and well-being of a soldier and so to his morale than a knowledge that every soldier is a member of one family and that his family will help him if he or she is in need or distress.

In addition to the above, the Fund may be used to:

  • Provide items of historical interest for the Force Museum;
  • Provide additional embellishments or equipment for the Regimental Band;
  • Meet the expenses of official entertainment which may be beyond the means of the Officers of the JDF.
  • Meet expenditure on a number of small unforeseeable items which cannot be properly met from public funds.

The Fund is sustained by voluntary contributions (one day’s pay from all ranks) through salary deduction each year, and by contributions made by Units from fund-raising functions.

The Fund is administered by the Regimental Council that consists of serving officers of the Regular and Reserve Force together with three former officers who are elected to serve for a period of three years at a time. The Chairman of the Council is the Chief of Staff.

There is a Finance Committee comprising all Commanding Officers, a former Officer, a serving Officer who should not be below the rank of Captain, a serving Non-Commissioned Officer, a Reserve Force Officer and a Reserve Force Non-Commissioned Officer.

The status of the Fund is published quarterly.