Armed Forces Veterans Directory
Produced in part by kind permission of COBSEO (www.cobeso.org.uk)
2/1/2013
WEST WALES ACTION FOR MENTAL HEALTH
Carmarthen Office
ABF - The Soldiers' Charity
Charity No:211645
S Charity No: SC039189
ABF The Soldiers' Charity, giving lifetime support to serving and former soldiers and their families. Includes making grants to individuals and specialist charities that help ex-soldiers and their families.
Contact Information
· http://www.soldierscharity.org
· Mountbarrow House
· 6-20 Elizabeth Street
· London
· SW1W 9RB
· 0845 241 4820
Support Offered
Financial assistance to relieve hardship: grants for living costs, emergency needs, debt relief. Provision of annuities and Educational Bursaries
Care home fees
Home adaptations
Furnishing and equipment
Mobility assistance
Funding Holiday breaks
Aden Veterans Association
No stated aim.
Contact Information
· http://www.adenveterans.org.uk
· 65 Bruce Avenue
· Barnsley
· Yorks
· S70 4EB
· 01526 322697
Support Offered
Forum for Aden Veterans
Air Crew Association
To relieve hardship among people who are eligible for full membership of ACA and their dependants.
Contact Information
· http://www.aircrew.org.uk
· Blossom Cottage
· 54 Green End Street, Ashton Clinton
· Bucks
· HP22 5EU
· 01278 773 954
Support Offered
Speedy "first aid" financial assistance. Advice and guidance to other charities for further help.
Association of Jewish ex-Service Men and Women
Charity No: 1082148
Remembrance of the sacrifices of the past, help for those in need in the present and education for the future.
Contact Information
· http://www.ajex.org.uk
· Shield House
· Harmony Way
· Hendon
· NW4 2BZ
· 020 8202 2323
Support Offered
Publishes journal and participates in events.
BEWSA
Charity No: 1071226
Company No: 4294969
Promote well-being and rehabilitation of disabled ex-Service personnel through sports and sports medicine.
Contact Information
· http://www.bewsa.org
· 12 Tukes Close
· Falmouth
· TR11 2HL
Support Offered
Sports training venues.
Welfare Officer.
Coaching and training.
Blind Veterans UK (formerly St Dunstan’s)
Charity No: 216227
S Charity No: SCO39411
Support for blind and visually impaired ex-Servicemen and women.
Contact Information
· www.blindveterans.org.uk
· 12-14 Harcourt Street
· London
· W1H 4HD
Support Offered
Assistance in accessing benefits and the provision of financial aid.
Nursing and residential care. Short and long term.
Nationwide welfare service, together with lifelong rehabilitation, training and support.
British Forces Foundation
Charity No: 1075109
Boost the morale of the Forces primarily through high quality entertainment and projects designed to bring the public and their Armed Forces closer together.
Contact Information
· http://www.bff.org.uk
· 10a the High Street
· Pewsey
· Wiltshire
· SN9 5AQ
· 01672 564911
Support Offered
Produces shows and other projects designed to support Forces.
British Nuclear Tests Veterans Association
Charity No: 1131134
Contact Information
· http://www.bntva.com
· BNTVA
· BM 5657
· London
· WC1N 3XX
· 0208 144 3080
Broughton House
Charity No: 227864
To provide nursing and residential support for Ex-Service men and women
Contact Information
· http://www.broughtonhouse.com
·
· Park Lane
· Salford
· M7 4JD
· 0161 740 2737
Support Offered
Nursing Care, full residential support. Physiotherapy, welfare. Tailored care plan including nutritional needs
Burma Star Association
Charity No:1043040
Forum and support group for Burma Star veterans.
Contact Information
· http://www.burmastar.org.uk
· 34 Grosvenor Gardens
· London
· SW1W 0DU
· 020 7823 4273 Fax: 020 7730 7263
Support Offered
Welfare assistance is available. The list includes: Top-up fees, nursing care, mobility aids, EPVs, home repairs, white goods etc
Club and social events
Magazine
Church of England Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Housing Association
To manage rented housing for retired ex-HM forces people and their partners.
Contact Information
· http://www.cessaha.co.uk
·
· 1 Shakespeare Terrace
· 126 High Street
· Portsmouth, Hampshire
· PO1 2RH
· 02392 829319
Support Offered
Sheltered housing schemes for former service personnel over 60yrs of age, their spouses, partners, widows and widowers
See sister organisation:Church of England Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Clubs (CESSAC)
Combat Stress
Charity No: 206002
S Charity No: SC038828
Company No: 256353
Combat Stress provides effective treatment and support, delivered by qualified and understanding professionals, to Veterans of the UK Armed Forces who are suffering from mental ill health.
Contact Information
· http://www.combatstress.org.uk
· Tyrwhitt House, Oaklawn Road
· Leatherhead
· Surrey
· KT22 0BX
· 01372 587000
Support Offered
Clinical assessment / 2-6 weeks therapy at 3 treatment centres.
Community outreach services . Clinical and welfare for treatment and support of Veterans of the British Armed Forces with mental wounds, at home or in their community. Limited family and carer support.
Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS)
Charity No: 1087210
Company No: 04185635
To ensure the well-being of all Armed Forces personnel.
Contact Information
· http://www.dmws.org.uk
· The Old Stables
· Redenham Park, Redenham
· Near Andover, Hampshire
· SP11 9AQ
· 0207 248 8800
Support Offered
Delivers an independent and impartial 24 hour specialist welfare service to those members of the British Armed Forces who are receiving hospital care, their dependant relatives and entitled civilians in order to contribute to the coherence of the recovery and rehabilitation pathway for service personnel. The crucial practical and emotional support is provided at times when it is most needed and is bound by a code of confidentiality. DMWS brings the Covenant between the Armed Forces and the Nation to life through its support of the wounded, injured and sick whilst under hospital care.
Erskine
S Company No: 174103
S No: SC006609
Providing nursing care, housing and employment for veterans.
Contact Information
· http://www.erskine.org.uk
· The Erskine Home
· Bishopton
· Renfrewshire
· PA7 5PU
· 0141 8121100
Support Offered
Long-term nursing and dementia care
Respite care
Long-term housing for independant living
Employment for disabled veterans in supported environment (Social Firms).
Transitional support (vocational training, employment & welfare).
Forces in Mind Trust
Charity No:1145688
Company No: 07855145
FIMT Objectives are:
§ The prevention and relief of poverty ,the protection of mental and physical health and the relief of sickness and need amongst serving and former serving members of the armed forces by means of the provision of mentoring, services, facilities and equipment to support their treatment, rehabilitation, resettlement, education, training and employment and thereby support their transition to civilian life
§ The protection of the mental and physical health, and the relief of poverty of the families and dependants of serving and former serving members of the armed forces in all cases for the benefit of the public.
Contact Information
· http://www.fim-trust.org
·
· Mountbarrow House
· 6-20 Elizabeth Street
· London
· SW1W 9RB
Forces Pension Society
Company No: 6363256
We campaign on behalf of all ranks of all three Services to seek improvements to the Armed Forces Pension Schemes (AFPS): we also campaign to resolve unfairness within the AFPS and we seek to ensure that all serving and retired members of the Armed Forces and their dependents receive the occupational pension to which they are entitled.
Contact Information
· www.forcespensionsociety.org
·
· 68 South Lambeth Road
· London
· SW8 1RL
· 020 7820 9988
Support Offered
We are a membership society and provide our members with expert specialist advice on their individual AFPS problems
We have a wide range of additional benefits available to our members
Gardening Leave
Charity No: 1119786
S Charity No:SCO038563
Company No: 6091057
To improve the mental and physical well-being of ex-Service personnel using Horticultural Therapy in walled gardens.
Contact Information
· http://www.gardeningleave.org
· PO Box 95
· Alnwick
· Northumberland
· NE66 1TA
· 01292 521444
Support Offered
Therapy through gardening participation.
George Cross Island Association
Commemorate the Siege of Malta (1940-43), provide a focal point for those who lived through it; accumulate and publish memories and records of the event.
Contact Information
· www.georgecrossisland.org.uk
· 29 Pigeonhouse Lane
· Rustington
· West Sussex
· BN16 2AY
Support Offered
Forum
Online contact point
Greenwich Hospital
Benvolence for Royal Navy and Royal Marines seafarers, grants, donations, pensions, sheltered housing and education (parent charity for the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook)
Contact Information
· http://www.grenhosp.org.uk
· 3 Creed Court
· 5 Ludgate Hill
· London
· EC4M 7AA
Support Offered
Block grants, donations, pensions administered through the RNRMC
3 sheltered housing schemes, for former RN and RM mariners over 60 yrs of age, their spouses, partners, widows and widowers
Limited number of bursaries for full boarders at RHS for the children and grandchildren of RN, RM and British Merchant Navy.
Haig Homes
Charity No: 207318
Charitable Housing Trust for ex-Service people and their dependants.
Contact Information
· http://www.haighomes.org.uk
· Alban Dobson House, Green Lane
· Morden
· Surrey
· SM4 5NS
· 020 8685 5777
Support Offered
Family homes to let at affordable rents. Some single accommodation, some for the disabled and frail.
Haig Housing Trust
Charity No:1125556
S Charity No: SC040058
Company No: 06593129
Housing Association for ex-Service people and their dependants.
Contact Information
· http://www.haighomes.org.uk
· Alban Dobson House
· Green Lane
· Morden
· SM4 5NS
· 020 86855777
Support Offered
Specialists in providing suitable accomodation for disable service personnel and for single job-seeing Service-leavers.
King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes
Charity No: 208944
Independent hospital committed to help Service personnel and their partners.
Contact Information
· http://www.kingedwardvii.co.uk
· Beaumont Street
· London
· W1G 6AA
· 020 7486 4411
Support Offered
Uninsured serving and ex-Service personnel, their spouses, ex-souses and widow(er)s benefit from subsidised rates and grants.
Lady Grover’s Fund
Friendly Society Register No : 474 F
The Object of the Fund is to help Officers to defray expenses incurred by the illness of their dependants.
Membership is open to any Officer, male or female, serving or retired, of the three Services, who holds or has held a regular commission for a minimum of five years.
Membership is also open to widows or widowers of Officers, divorced wives or husbands of Officers, for their own benefit or that of their children, and for descendant carers of Officers (all within certain criteria).
Contact Information
· http://www.ladygrover.org.uk
·
· Mountbarrow House
· 6-20 Elizabeth Street
· London
· SW1W 9RB
· 0207 808 4180 / 0845 873 7161
Support Offered
For an annual subscription of £35, a member is entitled to the following range of benefits:
Hospital accommodation for up to 8 weeks—max £1540 per week
Nursing at home for up to 8 weeks—max £315 per week
Domestic help at home for up to 12 weeks—max £196 per week
Convalescence under medical advice —max £315 per week
Ex gratia payments in special cases of hardship.
Maximum payment—£6,300 a year
Legasee Educational Trust
Charity No: 1145354
Legasee is a charity working with veterans to advance the education of the public in the effects of military activity and to promote the conservation of records of veterans who have been involved in military conflict.
Contact Information
· http://www.legasee.orrg.uk
·
· 14 Printing House Yard,
· Hackney Road,
· London,
· E2 7PR
· 02070339773
Support Offered
We work with military associations, museums and regiments to ensure that the personal recollections of individuals experiences of military life are recorded, easily accessible and preserved forever.
We create cross syllabus educational projects that can stimulate and inform.
We have a back ground in broadcast television and can provide a full range of high quality production services at discounted rates. Get in touch if you have a project or person you want filming.
Lord Leycester Hospital
Independent charity providing accommodation for ex-Servicemen and their wives
Contact Information
· http://www.lordleycester.com
· 60 High Street
· Warwick
· CV34 4BH
· 01926 491422
Support Offered
Sheltered housing for ex-Servicemen and wives.
National Ex-Prisoners of War Association
Charity No: 292804
Campaigning for compensation for ex-prisoners of war.
Contact Information
· no website at present
· 59 Pinkwell Lane
· Hayes
· Middlesex
· UB3 1PJ
Support Offered
No funds. Appeal in progress
Forum and research resources for ex-POWs.
National Service Veterans Alliance
1. To gain publicity and official recognition of our service.
2. To be awarded a Medal for our National Service, a 'Conscript's Medal' indicating the theatre of our service. Nb: Now agreed to be that of the 'NDM' the National Defence Medal to be awarded to all H M Armed forces personnel who served in Defence of the realm.
3. To have those genuinely suffering in any way through their service appropriately compensated by the Government. To campaign for adequate State Retirement Pension.
4. To lobby Central and Local Government to erect memorial/s, and or other tangible commemorative devices to our dead.
5. To seek the establishment of exhibits within museums and other organisations to depict National Service.
6. To foster reunions of the National Servicemen.
Contact Information
· 220 Kingsground
· Eltham
· London
· SE9 5EW
· 0208 859 8378
Support Offered
Comradeship and common interest
Normandy Veterans Association
To promote communication amongst members.
Organise visits to Normandy
Organise Memorial Parades
Contact Information
· http://www.nva-online.org.uk/
·
· 1 Chervilles,
· Maidstone,
· Kent
· ME16 9JE
· 01622 726854
Support Offered
Financial & Personal
Northern Ireland Veterans Association
Forum and news for Northern Ireland veterans.
Contact Information
· http://www.nivets.org.uk
· PO Box 2208
· Gloucester
· GL3 9BZ
Support Offered
Support and Guidance for Northern Ireland Veterans
Officers' Association Scotland
S Charity No: SC010665
Provision of employment and career transition services for serving and former officers; relief of distress among former regular or reserve officers and their dependants. Applicants must be resident in Scotland at the time of their initial application or have been members of a Scottish Regiment.
Contact Information
· http://www.oascotland.org.uk
· New Haig House
· Logie Green Road