Iprovision the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (Cipr) Benevolent Fund

Iprovision, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Benevolent Fund, is a charity founded in 1965 with a mission to prevent and relieve poverty while enhancing wellbeing for public relations practitioners, former members, employees, and their close dependants facing hardship. Core values of compassion, fairness, discretion, professional solidarity, human dignity, and resilience drive its person-centred philosophy, prioritizing holistic support that builds long-term individual resilience through practical, evidence-based interventions complementing state benefits, with decisions rooted in merit-based, anonymous assessment to uphold equity and avoid stigma.

The fund delivers targeted relief for economic crises, unemployment, illness, disability, bereavement, and family hardship among PR professionals and dependants, offering means-tested cash grants for living costs, emergency needs, and care expenses; mental health counselling via dedicated helplines; debt advice and career guidance; retraining and education funding to enable re-employment and professional re-entry; and flexible one-off or ongoing support tailored to individual circumstances. The 75 Fund advances diversity and inclusion by removing financial barriers for early-career entrants, returners after breaks, and individuals from lower socio-economic or underrepresented backgrounds through sponsorship of training fees, CIPR membership, and career development opportunities, fostering an inclusive communications sector via proactive wellbeing, employability training, and resilience-building for those experiencing mental health challenges, financial insecurity, or professional exclusion.

Exclusively serving the public relations and communications community—practitioners at all career stages, families in crisis, and disadvantaged newcomers—it excludes support outside this sector, non-merit-based requests, or duplication of state provisions. Distinctive for its niche focus as the sole UK fund for PR wellbeing, it emphasizes confidential, trauma-informed, preventative approaches like mental health first aid, holistic family support, and inclusive professional pathways, prioritizing lived-experience understanding of industry-specific stressors to deliver stigma-free, high-impact solidarity.