Service charities and groups

Here are links to some of the charities and organisations providing support and advice to veterans and their families.

• ABF The Soldiers’ Charity: Supports soldiers, veterans, and their families.
  
• Combat Stress: Focuses on veterans' mental health, providing specialist treatment and support.
  
• Haig Housing: Offers housing assistance to ex-service people and their dependents.
  
• Alabare: Supports vulnerable, homeless, and marginalized people.
  
• Armed Forces Christian Union: Provides spiritual support and fellowship for Christians in the armed forces.
  
• Alcoholics Anonymous: Assists individuals with personal recovery and continued sobriety.
  
• Help for Heroes: Supports wounded, injured, and sick service personnel and veterans.
  
• SSAFA (Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association): Provides lifelong support to the Armed Forces community.
  
• Royal British Legion: Offers support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces.
  
• Sight Scotland: Supports blind and vision-impaired veterans.
  
• Poppy Scotland: Provides support to veterans and their families in Scotland.
  
• Veterans Aid: Offers emergency support and advice to ex-service personnel in crisis.
  
• BLESMA: Supports limbless veterans to lead independent and fulfilling lives.
  
• RAF Benevolent Fund: Provides support to current and former members of the RAF and their families.
  
• Royal Naval Benevolent Trust: Offers financial support to past and present Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel.
  
• The Not Forgotten Association: Provides entertainment and activities to wounded, injured or sick service personnel and veterans.
  
• The Veterans Charity: Provides rapid support to veterans in need, including food, clothing, and household essentials.
  
• Walking With The Wounded: Supports veterans with mental health issues, employment, and skills training.
  
• Stoll: Provides housing and support services for vulnerable veterans.
  
• RFEA - The Forces Employment Charity: Helps veterans and their spouses find employment.
  
• The Royal Marines Charity: Supports serving and former Royal Marines and their families.
  
• The Warrior Programme: Offers mental health support and recovery programs for veterans and service personnel.
  
• The Poppy Factory: Provides employment and wellbeing support to veterans and their families.
  
• The Defence Medical Welfare Service: Offers support to the Armed Forces community dealing with medical conditions.
  
• The Royal Air Force Association: Supports serving and former members of the RAF and their families.
  
• The Royal British Legion Industries: Provides employment and training opportunities for disabled veterans.
  
• The Royal Naval Association: Supports serving and former Royal Navy personnel and their families.
  
• The Soldiers' Charity: Provides support to soldiers, veterans, and their families.
  
• The Veterans Foundation: Provides grants and support to UK Armed Forces charities and projects.
  
• The Forces in Mind Trust: Aims to ensure all ex-service personnel and their families make a successful and sustainable transition to civilian life.
  
• Blind Veterans UK: Supports blind and vision-impaired veterans to lead fulfilling lives.
  
• Little Troopers: Supports children with parents serving in the British Armed Forces.
  
• HorseBack UK: Offers equine-assisted therapy and personal development programs for veterans.
  
• The Ripple Pond: Provides peer support to adult family members of physically or emotionally injured service personnel and veterans.
  
• The Felix Fund: Supports bomb disposal experts and their families.
  
• Forward Assist: Provides practical and emotional support to veterans, particularly those who face difficulties adjusting to civilian life.
  
• Rock2Recovery: Supports veterans and their families suffering from stress, trauma, and mental health issues..
  
• Care After Combat: Provides support and rehabilitation to veterans in the criminal justice system.
  
• War Widows' Association of Great Britain: Supports widows and widowers of armed forces personnel.
  
• The Gurkha Welfare Trust: Provides support to Gurkha veterans, their families, and communities.
  
• High Ground: helps Service Leavers, Reservists and Veterans to work out what military skills and experience they have, how they will map into the land-based sector and how to access the many opportunities it offers for employment and self-employment.
  
• Naval & Military Bible Society: supplies Bibles and other Christian resources to the Services, uniformed personnel, seafarers and associated organisations both in the UK and worldwide.
  
• The Naval Children’s Charity: We provide financial and holistic support to help children (up to the age of 25) of Naval families, serving and veterans.
  
• The Invictus Games Foundation: Provides sporting events for wounded, injured, and sick servicemen and women.
  
• Salute My Job: Offers employment support and training for veterans and their families.
  
• Armed Forces Education Trust: Provides educational grants to children of service personnel.
  
• Veterans' Growth: Supports veterans through horticultural therapy and education.
  
• Remember Veterans UK: Focuses on mental health support and reducing homelessness among veterans.
  
• Hounds for Heroes: Provides specially trained assistance dogs to injured and disabled veterans.
  
• NHS Armed Forces Network: Offers healthcare services and support for the Armed Forces community.
  
• Sapper Support: Offers mental health support and suicide prevention for serving personnel and veterans.
  
• Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity: Provides support to serving and former naval personnel and their families.
  
• The Rifles Benevolent Trust: Supports riflemen and their families in times of need.
  Fighting with Pride: Supports LGBTQ+ veterans and serving personnel.