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NATIONAL ABF The Soldiers' Charity (formerly Army Benevolent Fund)
Mountbarrow House, 6-20 Elizabeth Street, London SW1W 9RB
Tel: 0845 241 4820; Fax: 0845 241 4821
Email: info@soldierscharity.org
www.soldierscharity.org We're here to support the men and women who put everything on the line to defend us, and our country. We're here for them with lifetime support whether they be serving soldiers or veterans. We offer our hand to them as individuals and, when they need help, for their families. We stand by them in conflict and in peacetime, throughout their lives. The immediate help we offer is a lifeline. But we look to the future too, keeping ahead of the game, finding the best ways to give medical, technical and financial support to give the best possible outlook for the men and women who sacrifice so much for us. Soldiers are our family and the support we give makes a huge difference to their lives. Regional offices in: Salisbury, Brecon, Exeter, Shrewsbury, Aldershot, Shorncliffe, Beeston, Colchester, Edinburgh, Strensall, Preston, Belfast, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man and Cyprus. Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Woman
Shield House, Harmony Way, Off Victoria Road, London NW4 2BZ
Tel: 020 8202 2323; Fax: 020 8202 9900
Email: headoffice@ajex.org.uk
www.ajex.org.uk Organise educational and social unctions, assist in social welfare work, arrange outings for disabled people, provide financial assistance to people in need and offer advice where necessary. At Ease
Bunhill Fields Meeting House, Quaker Court, Banner Street
London EC1Y 8QQ
Tel: 020 7490 5223
Email: info@atease.org.uk
www.atease.org.uk Voluntary organisation providing advice, support and representation to members of the Armed Forces, their families and friends. Combat Stress: Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society
Tyrwhitt House, Oaklawn Road, Leatherhead KT22 0BX
Tel: 01372 841600
Email: contactus@combatstress.org.uk
www.combatstress.org.uk The Society provides specialist treatment and welfare services for veterans suffering from psychological injuries associated with service trauma. Forces-Helpline.com
www.forces-helpline.com Provided by ex-forces personnel to help you address any bully or bullying issues you may be experiencing or have experienced while serving in the Navy, Army or Royal Air Force. Also contains useful contacts, links and information. The National Gulf Veterans and Families Association
Offices 57-60 The Pavilion, 536 Hall Road, Hull HU6 9BS
Helpline: 0845 257 4853
Tel: 01482 808730; Fax: 01482 808731
Email: info@ngvfa.org.uk
www.ngvfa.com Independent, registered charity offering counselling, and support and advice on health, welfare and other matters to Gulf War Veterans and their families. Haig Homes
Alban Dobson House, Green Lane, Morden, Surrey SM4 5NS
Tel: 020 8685 5777; Fax: 020 8685 5778
Email: haig@haighomes.org.uk
www.haighomes.org.uk The object of Haig Homes is to provide housing assistance to ex-Service people and/or their dependants. Currently this object is achieved by letting homes at affordable rents. To be considered for housing, applicants must have a British Armed Forces connection and be in housing need. RAF Association (RAFA)
117 1/2 Loughborough Road, Leicester LE4 5ND
Tel: 0116 266 5224; Fax: 0116 266 5012
www.rafa.org.uk The RAF Association (RAFA) is a membership organisation of serving and former members of the Royal Air Force, their families and dependants and all those supporting the aims of the Association. It is the largest single-service membership organisation in the United Kingdom and has roughly 74,000 members and 500 Branches in the UK, Europe and further afield. The Association provides help and advice, assistance, comradeship and, where required, welfare and care for the whole RAF family. Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
12 Park Crescent, London W1B 1PH
Support Line Tel: 0800 169 2942
www.rafbf.org We are the RAF's leading welfare charity providing practical, financial and - in some cases - emotional support to all members of the RAF family, from childhood through to old age. We help with issues from childcare and relationship difficulties to injury and disability, and from financial hardship and debt to illness and bereavement. The Royal British Legion
199 Borough High Street, London SE1 1AA
Legionline Tel: 0845 7725 725; Tel: 020 3207 2100
www.britishlegion.org.uk The Royal British Legion safeguards the welfare, interests and memory of those who are serving or who have served in the Armed Forces. We are one of the UK's largest membership organisations and recognised as custodians of Remembrance. We also run the annual Poppy Appeal. Details of national and overseas branches can be found on website. Royal Fleet Auxiliary Organisation
PO Box 52, Barnard Castle, County Durham DL12 2BA
Tel: 01434 220000
Email: lookout@rfa-association.org
www.rfa-association.org Association open to all serving and retired personnel. It offers emotional and practical advice and support to members and their dependents in times of hardship as well as preserving the traditions of the Service and perpetuating the memory of those members of the Service who have died in the service of their country. Association of Royal Navy Officers
70 Porchester Terrace, London W2 3TP
Tel: 020 7402 5231; Fax: 020 7402 5533
Email: osec@arno.org.uk
www.arno.org.uk Afford financial assistance when in need to officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines and their respective Reserves, both active service and retired, and to their widows, ex wives and dependants. Royal Naval Benevolent Trust
Castaway Hous, 311 Twyford Avenue, Portsmouth PO2 8RN
Tel: 023 9269 0112; Fax: 023 9266 0852
Email: rnbt@rnbt.org.uk
www.rnbt.org.uk
Give help, in cases of need, to serving and ex-serving ratings of the Royal Navy and other ranks of the Royal Marines and their dependants. Operate an annuity scheme, financial support, and nursing and residential homes for elderly Sailors and Royal Marines and their wives and widows. Offer advice on welfare matters. Royal Navy Community Website
www.rncom.mod.uk Naval Community Website with lots of helpful information and support. SSAFA Forces Help
19 Queen Elizabeth Street, London SE1 2LP
Tel: 0845 1300 975
Email: info@ssafa.org.uk
www.ssafa.org.uk National charity offering financial, practical and emotional support to members of the Armed Forces, ex-members, and their families. Details of regional branches can be found on website. Veterans UK (Service Personnel & Veterans Agency)
Tomlinson House, Norcross, Thornton-Cleveleys FY5 3WP
Helpline: 0800 169 2277; Textphone: 0800 169 3458
Email: veterans.help@spva.gsi.gov.uk
www.veterans-uk.info Advice and information for people concerning war pensions or war widows pensions. Information and assistance on where and how to get expert help. Subjects covered include welfare rights, service pensions, tracing former comrades, contacts for military and other organisations. The 'Not Forgotten' Association
4th Floor, 2 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0DH
Tel: 020 7730 2400/3660; Fax: 020 7730 0020
Email: director@nfassociation.org
www.nfassociation.org There are thousands of disabled ex-servicemen and women in this country. They have been injured in conflicts around the globe over many decades. Now most of them are elderly and often frail and although their essential needs may be provided for, The "Not Forgotten" Association is able to give them some of the "extras" which most of us take for granted, something to look forward to - something to make life worth living. Those eligible are ex-service or serving men and women who have a War Pension or are in receipt of compensation from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or who are currently suffering from some form of ill-health. We ensure that they are not forgotten by providing entertainment and recreation to help bring a little happiness and joy into their lives. SCOTLAND Veterans Scotland
New Haig House, Logie Green Road, Edinburgh EH7 4HR
Tel: 0131 550 1569; Fax: 0131 557 5819
Email: vsadmin@poppyscotland.org.uk
www.veteransscotland.co.uk Veterans Scotland's objectives are to relieve suffering hardship and distress and to promote the relief of need and education among: men or women who have at any time served with any branch of the naval, military and air forces of the Crown or her allies; men or women who have at any time served with the Merchant Navy or the Nursing Services who have been involved in active service, and wives, widows, husbands, widowers, partners, children and dependants of any of the above. Erskine
7 West George Street, Glasgow G2 1BA
Tel: 0141 221 5562; Fax: 0141 221 5024
www.erskine.org.uk Founded in 1916, Erskine has provided nursing and medical care for former members of our Armed Forces through two world wars and the more recent conflicts and peace keeping initiatives of the twentieth and twenty first centuries. Re-building shattered lives, restoring dignity and providing first class care to ex-Service men and women both young and old have been the cornerstones on which Erskine has built an unrivalled reputation. |
