Service Charities
www.supportoursoldiers.co.uk - Encouraging and providing support for members of the British Armed Forces on overseas Operations and their families at home. Since the launch in March 2003 over 70,000 morale boosting care parcels have been sent to those on the frontline in Afghanistan and Iraq.
www.ptsdresolution.org - Post Traumatic Stress can affect service personnel at any time, and can have an impact on their families. This charity offers treatment nationwide through their network of registered counsellors. Also ring 0845 021 7873.
www.helpforheroes.org.uk - A charity for the wounded in Britain's current conflicts.
www.ticketsfortroops.org.uk - Tickets For Troops is a non profit organisation dedicated to securing the donation of tickets to concerts, sporting events and cultural events across the country to members of HM Forces.
www.afghanheroes.org.uk - Afghan Heroes has been launched by a group of mothers with the aim of helping our service personnel directly on the front line; the families of those who have fallen and our returning service personnel who have witnessed these horrific losses of their fellow comrades.
The Army Dependants' Trust - The Army Dependants' Trust is a charity which provides discretionary cash grants specifically to relieve immediate financial hardship for the family of the death of a member.
www.raf-ff.org.uk - RAF Families Federation website.
www.forceschildrenstrust.org - The Forces Children’s Trust is a charity devoted to helping dependent children that have lost a parent whilst serving with the Armed Forces.
www.qahh.org.uk - The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home, West Sussex is a registered charity and provides nursing and rehabilitation care to physically disabled ex-Servicemen and Women from across the country.
www.soldierscharity.org - The Army’s national charity which provides help for soldiers and their families. Visit the Army Benevolent Fund Giftshop at www.armybenfundshop.org
www.soldierscharity.org/events-and-campaigns/value-for-valour/ - The Value for Valour (V4V) campaign encourages sports venues and businesses to offer discounts for soldiers and raise money for ABF - The Soldiers' Charity.
www.ssafa.org.uk - The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help. National charity helping serving and ex-Service men, women and their families.
www.combatstress.org.uk - Charity offering information on Combat Stress.
www.britishlegion.org.uk - Royal British Legion offering information for and about ex-service personnel.
www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.org - Holywood Army base memorial garden which has become a poignant place of pilgrimage for the bereaved families of security forces personnel killed in the Troubles and other conflicts around the world. Well worth a visit to honor those who have given their lives to make the world a safer place.
www.nff.org.uk - Navy Families Federation website.
www.wrvs.org.uk - helping people in hundreds of communities throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Volunteers and employees work together to support people in need who might otherwise feel lonely and isolated, whether at home, in hospital, or in times of crisis.
www.armywidows.org.uk - The Army Widows Association was formed by widows in 2004. Their aim is to offer comfort, support and friendship to the widows and widowers of service men and women and help them resolve some of the difficulties they may face after the death of their spouses.