Get Support

Get Support

In order to ensure we can, where appropriate, provide assistance quickly please do not contact us directly in the first instance, as this will only slow the immediate response.

If you are a:

Serving soldier or the dependant of a serving soldier please contact your Unit Welfare Officer, Personnel Recovery Officer, Resettlement Officer, or the Army Welfare Service.

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Veteran, or the dependant of a veteran, or a widow or widower please contact your local SSAFA office or your Royal British Legion office or, if you are in Scotland, Poppy Scotland. You can find your nearest branch by clicking on the links above.

OR

Caseworker please use the guidance and contact numbers provided on Casework Management System.

Please note that in order to provide assistance, we require each request to be accompanied by a written confidential report. Either SSAFA or The Royal British Legion, provides our charity with the background to the case. Therefore, it is important to contact SSAFA or The Royal British Legion in the first instance to speed up our ability to assist you.

Cost of Living Support Pamphlets

Each edition contains a lot of help and advice to help with the current cost of living crisis we are going though.

Reprinted by kind permission of the RDG

Edition #1

Contents: Recommended organisations to provide advice and support; Improving your credit rating; Making the most of your money; Communicating Help for Households and Cost-of-Living Payments; Frequently asked questions; Wraparound Childcare; Eligibility criteria; How to claim/payment journey; Defence Gateway Applications; Mental Health Support; and Useful Apps & Tips

Edition #2

Contents: Recommended organisations to provide advice and support; Help for Households; Offers - Groceries; Discounts and Offers - Retail; Discounts and Offers - Utilities; Cutting the cost of daily travel; Travelling on a budget; Debt Support and Advice; Community Support; So how can we support our community?; and Useful Apps & Tips

The first call for help takes courage

Op COURAGE - The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service contact details across England.

Contact Information

The following organisations can help you directly with any specific need. The links below will take you to their respective websites where you will find more information and support.

The Royal Tank Regiment Benevolent Fund

The Royal Tank Regiment Benevolent Fund Charitable Objects:- To relieve either generally or individual, present or past members of The Royal Tank Regiment and their immediate dependants who are in need, hardship or distress. To promote the efficiency of The Royal Tank Regiment through the education and training of serving members of the Regiment

Veterans’ Gateway

The first point of contact for veterans seeking support. We put veterans and their families in touch with the organisations best placed to help with the information, advice and support they need – from healthcare and housing to employability, finances, personal relationships and more.

The Royal British Legion

The Legion is here to help members of the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force, veterans and their families. And we’re not going anywhere. We support serving and ex-serving personnel all year round, every day of the week. Our support starts after one day of service and continues through life, long after service is over.

Blind Veterans UK

Blind Veterans UK helps ex-Service men and women of every generation rebuild their lives after sight loss. Since 1915 we’ve provided rehabilitation, training, practical advice and emotional support to tens of thousands of blind veterans.

SSAFA

Our support covers both regulars and reserves in the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the British Army and the Royal Air Force and their families, including anyone who has completed National Service. They are all entitled to lifelong support from SSAFA, no matter how long they have served.

Army Benevolent Fund

We are a grant-making charity, supporting 70,000 people in around 60 countries each year. We do this by awarding grants to individuals and families, and providing essential funding to around 90 charities and organisations that support the Army family. When we hear of a person or family in need, we aim to respond within 48 hours.

BLESMA

We are the only national Service charity that supports limbless veterans for the duration of their lives, offering financial and emotional support to them and their families. Since WW1 we have worked tirelessly to guarantee that our limbless veterans are not failed, forgotten or to left to fend for themselves.

Combat Stress

Combat Stress are the UK's leading charity for Veterans mental health. For over a century, it has been helping former servicemen and women deal with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Today they provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues related to their military service.

F4H

F4H is a charitable organisation designed specifically to offer support to service leavers and veterans who may find their transition to civilian life a challenge. Once a military career has ended, a minority of our servicemen and women struggle to re-adjust to life as a civilian, the consequence of which can lead to lack of direction and poor choices. For some this might manifest itself as simple anxiety and nervousness about their future. However, for a few it may be the start of a downwards spiral, beginning with a loss of identity and purpose that leads to a way of life that progresses to disillusionment, uncertainty and/or loneliness. Homelessness, self-harming and depression may follow, with dependency and crime thereafter. Prison may then beckon and ultimately – for a small number – suicide might be considered. Our delegates may find themselves anywhere on this spectrum. We are here to help…