The AOF, often called the Foresters Friendly Society, is based in Southampton with a network of branches around the country. This site provides details of: the savings, investment and protection products available; historical background on the Foresters; their social, benevolent and charitable work through local branches (plus their contact details); and a members' forum.

The AFS is the representative body for UK friendly societies. The site aims to keep member societies aware of developments in the industry and to provide information about friendly societies to everyone, including information on member societies. UK friendly societies provide assurance, insurance and healthcare products to millions.

British Airways Benefit Fund is exclusively for staff of British Airways and service partner organisations and provides practical care and financial support during times of ill health. The Fund is a division of British Benefits Friendly Society Ltd. Details of benefits and forms download.

The society offers Permanent Health Insurance, Low Rate Loans and Financial Planning for Education, Sickness and Nursing Advice. Product details including the Century Plan capital account are available plus downloadable forms.

Cirencester Friendly Society - A Holloway society whose "Income Assured" schem is designed to meet the needs of the self-employed, those in employment who must rely on state benefit during periods of incapacity and those who simply want to protect their savings during periods of prolonged incapacity.

CS Healthcare specialises in providing health insurance exclusively for civil servants, employees in the public sector and privatised industries, and their families who are living in the UK. Former employees can also benefit.

A Friendly Society open to members of the Communications Workers Union and their families. Includes an on-line enquiry form for its Life & Savings Policy. Also details of car, household and holiday insurance.

Single product guide, including company and contact details.

Providing sickness and accident protection and a cash lump sum in the future. The society was founded in 1908 by dentists for dentists and today is still limited to dentists.

The Druids Sheffield Friendly Society offers practical and affordable savings schemes and insurance plans to meet the needs of people from all walks of life. Site includes an on-line equiry form.

Offers healthcare plans and private health insurance for UK residents and those who reside abroad for part of the year. The site includes contact & product details, also help for members making a claim.

UK's largest tax-exempt Friendly Society. Family Assurance Provides Savings Bonds, Children's Savings Bonds and Investment Products.

Directory of friendly societies with historical features and other background information.

An Open University research group set up to promote research into the history and operation of friendly societies, to exchange information about them and to raise awareness of the historical and current roles of friendly societies.

GUOOFS claims to be the oldest and longest established of all the traditional branch friendly societies. Details of a range of life, sickness and investment products plus a fund manager link. Branch directory, who's who, and quiz - need Shockwave.

Health Shield is a non-profit making friendly society and has over 125 years experience of healthcare provision, specialising in cash benefits healthcare schemes for companies and individuals throughout the UK.

Contact details for this Leicester based society plus unit prices for its linked funds updated weekly.

Provide permanent health insurance PHI and tax exempt savings bonds. Mutual society based in Gloucester.

A leading friendly society in the UK. Offers straight-forward, value-for-money products for you and your children, many tax-free.

Leeds based friendly society. Offer sickness, life and tax-exempt savings products.

The largest UK friendly society, located in Bournemouth. Offers a wide range of products and services: includes savings and investment products, credit cards and loans, insurance and financial advice.

Provides tax-exempt savings products for adults and children, and a single premium with-profits bond. Link to UIA household, motoring and travel cover.

A regional friendly society offering a range of products: regular savings, lump-sum investment, funeral expenses plan and insurance ISA. Full product details and quotations available.

Details of services and benefits to support members, along with the lodges which have active social programmes and provide help and support to members in the local area. The society has a connection with the Citizens Advice Bureau to provide effective support to members nationally.

The society specialises in providing Impaired Life Annuities(e.g. compulsory purchase annuities for retirement and purchased life annuities especially for the immediate needs of long term care). The site is intended for use mainly by professional financial advisers.

The society's Income Protection Plan provides Pharmacists and those working in the pharmaceutical industry with an income to help maintain their standard of living during periods of incapacity due to illness or accident. Also has a "tax-free" savings plan.

This specialist friendly society is a leading provider of income protection products. It offers a variety of deferred IP products which feature a range of deferred periods (including one day), provide a lump sum at age 60 and waiver of premium.

POIS is now part of Family Assurance Friendly Society. A range of savings, insurance and investment products are available to employees of the Royal Mail, BT and the Civil Service.

The police service's very own financial services organisation providing a range of products and services exclusively for the police family.

A regional society with offices in Manchester, Preston and Cardiff. Offers a range of traditional life and savings friendly society products. Founded in 1837 by the Welsh reformer Robert Owen.

This society offers financial services to people who are non-drinkers. More than an alcohol-free friendly society, its members share a common vision of a better way to live and a truly mutual society. In addition to product and contact details, there is information on a unique museum about the society.

Royal Liver operates throughout the UK and in Ireland. It offers a range of insurance products (including life, protection, pensions, ISAs and other savings policies; also home, motor and wedding insurance). On-line application is available through the site for most of these products.

A friendly society originally set up by teachers and for teachers. Now open to the anyone working in the education sector. Benefits include Sickness Income Plan (for those in the education sector) and Tax-exempt Investment Policy (for everybody).

A Glasgow based friendly society providing Investments, Pensions, Life Assurance, Tax Free Savings Plans. Full details of ISAs, lump sum investments, pensions, life assurance products and printable application forms.

Details of the society's decision to cease writing new business from May 2002, along with Q&A and contact information for existing policyholders.

With a new name and corporate identity to link the former "Independent Druids" society to the city of Sheffield it boasts a range of savings, sickness, insurance ISA and investment products.

The Shepherds Friendly Society is a mutual organisation, a society run and managed by its members for its members. Site describes the life products available to members and includes a rather jolly animated sheep menu!

The friendly society for total abstainers from alcohol. Contains details about the society's heritage, its product range and other membership information.

Membership of the society is open to all. It offers a range of products: tax-free savings for adults and children, ISAs and stakeholder pensions. Applications may be made on-line.

Non-profit friendly society for employees of British Telecom, The Post Office, Civil Services and associated bodies. Offers a limited private healthcare scheme.

The former Tunbridge Wells Equitable Friendly Society is now rebranded as "The Children's Mutual". The society aims to focus on providing medium to longer term flexible savings plans so that families can give their children a financial head-start. It has closed its pensions and protection insurance products to new business.

A society dedicated to employees of the public transport industry and their families. Details of Endowment, Life, Sickness and Hospital benefits available to members and downloadable claim forms.

Tunstall Assurance is now part of the Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society Limited.

Savings and investment products for the Civil and Public service. Membership is only open to those groups of people.

A local friendly society based in Wiltshire offering an income replacement sickness plan which allows you to elect for immediate or deferred payment of claims. In addition you can expect to receive a cash lump sum at retirement.