World Jewish Relief

The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief, formerly Central British Fund for German Jewry, (CBF) which currently operates under the name World Jewish Relief (WJR), is a British charitable organisation and the main Jewish overseas aid organisation in the United Kingdom. The charity's patron is King Charles III.

From 1933 the organisation helped Jewish refugees from Europe emigrate and settle in the UK and Palestine. Israel's first president, Chaim Weizmann was one of the organisation's founding members.

Today, World Jewish Relief is the UK Jewish community’s humanitarian and development agency. The charity assists vulnerable people in 21 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. Its programmes focus on tackling poverty, supporting refugees into employment, and responding to international disasters. It works with Jewish and non-Jewish communities.

World Jewish Relief was formed in 1933 to support German Jews under Nazi rule and helped organise the Kindertransport which rescued around 10,000 German and Austrian children from Nazi Europe.

After the war, the organisation brought 732 child Holocaust survivors to Britain; the first 300 are known as the Windermere Children and collectively they are known as 'the boys'.