The Fund can provide respite care, bereavement support or arrange telephone groups to help those isolated or lonely.

[2] The RAF Benevolent Fund is also the official guardian of the Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park, London.

The first welfare assistance the RAF Benevolent Fund gave was a shilling for a night's lodging to give the recipient a chance to seek work.

Other early assistance included money to provide a beneficiary with tools of his trade and the repair of a pair of working boots.

On 29 April 1941 all 48 aircraft flew into La Guardia Field for a dedication and fundraising event which included Royal Navy officers from the battleship HMS Malaya, in New York for repairs, as honored guests.