0 in Britain, an organization to which members pay small amounts of money over a long period so that when they are ill or old they will receive money back
1 in the UK, an organization to which members pay amounts of money regularly over a long period so that when they are ill or old they will receive money back
Friendly societies and trade unions have their badges, banners, and buttons.
Friendly societies have largely taken to investing their surplus funds in loans to members on the building society principle.
With this intention, he established two friendly societies in the place, and afterwards a local bank for the savings of the industrious.
He was accountant to the overseers and highway surveyors, and clerk to the local friendly society.
Members of friendly society sick clubs had access to a contract doctor and sickness benefits in the event of their being unable to work.
Only in the spheres of organized sport, friendly society activity, economic and trade co-operation was the railway workforce strongly represented in town-based social organizations.
That pension, however, should be based rigidly on the contribution principle, and should be passed to an independent body of the mutual, friendly society type.
These societies could give fresh life to the whole friendly society movement.
