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A CENTURY OF ASSISTANCE
| 题名： | A CENTURY OF ASSISTANCE |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | JAMES DAY |
| 摘要： | For 100 years now, TBF has been helping to support public transport workers and their families. The charity provides cash grants, medical assistance, a comprehensive range of alternative therapies, convalescence, counselling, legal advice and more to its membership, open to all affiliated with public transport in Great Britain. I spoke to John Sheehy, the organisation's CEO. A former London Underground tube driver, he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1997. "At the time, this meant I couldn't go near the track," he said. "I had to apply for a new job within London Transport (LT), so I applied for a job within the charity. I've been there ever since, and worked my way through to my current position as CEO." Though the original Train Omnibus and Tramway Benevolent Fund was set up in 1923, the organisation's roots go back to the First World War. The TOT - Train Omnibus Tram Mutual Aid Fund - was established by a group of 12 transport companies for the benefit of workers in London who had enlisted for fighting. The transport companies matched the one penny subscriptions paid by their workers. The fund supported members and their families through financial hardship, as well as offering medical and legal advice. TOT would send "comforts" to 8,000 fighting people, to make their lives better and support their families back home. |
| 出版年： | 2023 |
| 期刊名称： | Buses |
| 卷： | 75 |
| 期： | 818 |
| 页码： | 36-38 |
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