The Guild Chest is a benevolent fund for the benefit of Guild members and their dependants in financial need. It is administered in strict confidence by its Trustees, who will consider any reasonable request on terms to be agreed. It can offer interest-free loans to help with ill health or bereavement, or to cover a temporary or more serious cash-flow situation.

The Chest's funds are purely comprised of donations made by Guild members. A collection is made at the beginning of each year, on Master's Night, and is then deposited into a bank account which is managed solely by the Guild Chest Trustees, until an application is made. This year, due to continuing Covid restrictions, and our new hybrid meeting format, we have set up this Just Giving page, so that donations can be made by members virtually.