The mission of the Fundação Britânica de Beneficência is to preserve the dignity and promote the welfare of elderly individuals in a vulnerable situation, whose autonomy and links of protection and care have become undermined, in recognition of those who, in the past, did so much for us. The FBB – Fundação Britânica de Beneficência (British Charitable Foundation) is designated, under Brazilian Law, as a Public Interest Civil Society Organisation, an OSCIP (Organização da Sociedade Civil de Interesse Público) and has been in existence in the State of São Paulo since 1947. The FBB’s care activities are based on its acute awareness that the ageing process involves biological, psychological, economic, social and cultural transformations. Its approach is based on actions aimed at preserving the dignity and ensuring the wellbeing of individuals over the age of sixty, many of whom have found that their independence and protection links have eroded over the years and that their need for care has substantially grown. The work of the Foundation, divided into several Programs carefully developed by our staff, have had a significant impact and made a huge difference in the lives of innumerable elderly people in need of various degrees of assistance throughout their lives. This is how we reciprocate the kindness of those who have done so much for us. The FBB was established and is maintained by the British Community in São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil. Its chief ally and sustaining entity is the British Society São Paulo. The British Society is a social organisation whose objective is to promote and preserve the British cultural heritage in the State of São Paulo. It regularly mobilises the community to hold charitable events in support of the assistance provided by the Fundação Britânica de Beneficência.