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Who We Help In its First Annual Report, published in 1921, PCAC recorded that "Help was given to numerous musicians, artists, schoolmasters, teachers and governesses; to architects and surveyors, authors and journalists, barristers and solicitors, engineers, doctors, actors, ministers of religion, nurses, senior civil servants and members of many other callings". Today its beneficiaries still include representatives of every one of those professions. But PCAC has also moved with the times. While applications from governesses are still received, they are now vastly outnumbered by requests for help from members of the so-called "new professions" - advertising, public relations, science and I.T. General Criteria Under its Memorandum and Articles of Association, The Professional Classes Aid Council can provide assistance only to: ....• Members of an established profession, or those who hold a university degree or ......recognised professional qualification. ....• The spouses, partners, children or stepchildren of such individuals. Applicants are expected to have claimed all possible State Benefits and any support to which they are entitled from relevant professional organisations. PCAC is not able to help with the cost of medical treatment. Applicants must be resident within the United Kingdom. |