Mutual association for a common financial or social purpose
For the Australian charitable organization, see Benevolent Society.
For other uses, see Fraternity (disambiguation).
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The club secretary calling the roll of the Harting Old Club, one of the oldest friendly societies in England
A friendly society (sometimes called a benefit society, mutual aid society, benevolent society, fraternal organization or ROSCA) is a mutual association for the purposes of insurance, pensions, savings or cooperative banking. It is a mutual organization or benefit society composed of a body of people who join together for a common financial or social purpose. Before modern insurance and the welfare state, friendly societies provided financial and social services to individuals, often according to their religious, political, or trade affiliations. These societies are still widespread in many parts of the developing world, where they are referred to as ROSCAs (rotating savings and credit associations), ASCAs (accumulating savings and credit associations), burial societies, chit funds, etc.
A friendlysociety (sometimes called a benefit society, mutual aid society, benevolent society, fraternal organization or ROSCA) is a mutual association...
Foresters FriendlySociety is a British friendlysociety which was formed in 1834 as the Ancient Order of Foresters. As of 31 December 2016, the society had...
Shepherds FriendlySociety is a UK friendlysociety and one of the oldest mutual insurers in the world. It is an incorporated society in the United Kingdom...
Exeter FriendlySociety (which since 2015 has traded as The Exeter) is a British friendlysociety offering a range of insurance products including Income...
This is a list of friendly, mutual and benevolent societies. AARP Ancient Order of Foresters Askrigg FriendlySociety Australian Natives' Association...
Friendlysociety brasses were the emblems of village friendlysocieties or clubs common in the west of England between the late 18th and early 20th centuries...
retirement products. The first known meeting of the Liverpool Victoria FriendlySociety was in March 1843 but there is no record of the members of the committee...
Scottish Friendly Assurance Society Limited (Scottish Friendly) is a leading UK mutual life and investments organisation. It provides a range of investment...
friendly societies. The FriendlySocieties Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict No 28) The FriendlySocieties Act 1867 (31 Vict No 27) The FriendlySocieties Act 1877...
of banks in Australia, as well as restricted ADIs, credit unions, friendlysocieties and subsidiaries and branches of foreign banks in Australia. Financial...
in 1834, were convicted of swearing a secret oath as members of the FriendlySociety of Agricultural Labourers. They were arrested on charges under the...
Ruthwell Presbyterian Church in Dumfriesshire, Scotland founded a friendlysociety to create a cooperative depository institution at which his poorest...
National Friendly is the trading name of National Deposit FriendlySociety, a British friendlysociety providing financial products and services. It was...
The Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity FriendlySociety Limited, also called the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows; trading as The Oddfellows...
A benefit society, fraternal benefit society, fraternal benefit order, friendlysociety, or mutual aid society is a society, an organization or a voluntary...
In military terminology, friendly fire or fratricide is an attack by belligerent or neutral forces on friendly troops while attempting to attack enemy/hostile...
of the Lonach Highland and FriendlySociety, made up of men from the Strathdon area of Aberdeenshire in Scotland. The society was formed in 1823. The principal...
form FriendlySocieties in these cities, communicate with each other, and correspond with the African Institution and with the FriendlySociety in Sierra...
Grand United Order of Oddfellows FriendlySociety (GUOOFS) is an odd fellows grand lodge founded in 1798 and based in Manchester, England. From the early...
charitable aims. Many friendlysocieties, benefit societies and mutual organisations take the form of a fraternal order. Fraternal societies are often divided...
Vitus Fraternal Forestry Independent Order of Foresters Foresters FriendlySociety Ancient Order of United Workmen Freemasonry DeMolay International International...
company's president and CEO. Foresters traces its origins to a British FriendlySociety, a mutual organization caring for the sick. Membership was originally...
Commission on FriendlySocieties' Final Report. It was one of the FriendlySocieties Acts 1875 to 1895. The Act encouraged friendlysocieties to register...
A burial society is a type of benefit/friendlysociety. These groups historically existed in England and elsewhere, and were constituted for the purpose...
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