"Hilfsfond" (Embassy Fund for Austrian UK Residents in Need):
Also this year the Austrian Club London will make a contribution to this important fund. You too can support this initiative by buying raffle tickets at the ball or by choosing the gold and diamond option from the available corporate packages for the AustrianBall2008 . Please help us in our support to people for whom the contributions from the “Hilfsfond” make big difference.

For many years, the Austrian Foreign Office has provided emergency assistance to impoverished Austrian citizens living abroad. This fund is a last resort in cases where other official or private help is not available.

Around Christmas time each year, Austrian embassies around the world offer support to those who require it. To the average person, the support offered to these people is modest, but it makes a huge difference to those who are forced to live in dire circumstances.

The funds provided by Vienna have also been distributed by the Austrian Embassy in London by means of the "Hilfsfond" for many years. This “official endowment” from Austria is supplemented each year by donations from the general public.