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Veterans Regroup CIC

Company Number: 06995089

Veterans Regroup CIC is an award-winning charitable organisation that has been supporting the Armed Forces community in Cornwall since 2012. We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, registered with the ICO, and proud members of Advice UK, Cobseo and ASDIC. We are also a Veterans’ Gateway partner.

Veterans Regroup CIC provides free support to Veterans, Serving Personnel, Operationally Qualified Seafarers and their immediate families across Cornwall. The organisation currently delivers eight multi-agency Armed Forces hubs, supported by more than 30 statutory and third-sector organisations, alongside specialist money and debt advice, health and wellbeing services, employment support, and a wide range of coffee mornings and social activities.

Contact Information

https://veteransregroup.co.uk
jane@veteransregroup.co.uk
The Workbox
30 Ferris Town
Truro
TR1 3JJ
01209 212579

Support Offered

Our friendly, informal Armed Forces Hubs take place every month in Truro, Launceston, Redruth, Newquay, Penryn, Helston, Penzance and Liskeard. Each hub offers a welcoming space where veterans, serving personnel and families can meet over tea, coffee and biscuits while accessing support with dental appointments, health and wellbeing, housing, welfare, employment, education and training, volunteering, peer support, substance misuse, and compulsive gambling.

We also invite employers who can offer guaranteed interviews for veterans to attend one hub each month, providing a valuable opportunity to learn about job roles, recruitment processes and pathways into employment.

Veterans Response CIC

Company Number: 8350080

Veterans Response CIC is a veteran-led, community-based organisation based in South Tyneside, dedicated to supporting Armed Forces veterans and their families as they transition into civilian life. Established in 2013, the organisation provides holistic, practical support including housing assistance, welfare and benefits guidance, peer-led wellbeing support, and a year-round veterans foodbank.
We also deliver digital inclusion activities, accredited training, and employability support through partnerships with local authorities and colleges. Veterans Response CIC is deeply embedded in the local community and recognised as a trusted first point of contact for ex-service personnel. Our approach is built on lived experience, compassion, and collaboration—ensuring no veteran is left behind.

Contact Information

http://www.veteranstraining.co.uk/
ian.driver@veteranstraining.co.uk
96-98 King Street
Southshields
NE33 1JE

Support Offered

Veterans Response CIC offers tailored, person-centred support to veterans and their families across South Tyneside. Our team—comprising veterans and professionals with lived experience—provides:
• Housing advocacy and tenancy support
• Welfare, benefits, and financial hardship guidance
• A year-round veterans foodbank supporting over 40 families weekly
• Peer-led wellbeing support and assistance navigating NHS mental health services (e.g. Op Courage)
• Digital skills and employment support, including CV writing, training access, and job search help
• Drop-in and outreach services to tackle isolation and promote inclusion
We work in partnership with local authorities, colleges, NHS services, and veteran networks (e.g. ASDIC, Veterans Gateway) to ensure joined-up support. Our expertise lies in building trusted relationships, responding quickly to need, and providing practical, emotional, and transitional support that helps veterans move forward with confidence.

Veterans Scotland

Scottish Charity Number: SC033880

Veterans Scotland’s is concerned with enhancing the welfare and well-being of the Veterans community in Scotland by encouraging cooperation and coordination between the ex-Service charities in Scotland; engaging where appropriate with the UK and Scottish governments on matters relating to veterans affairs and acting as a point of contact for government and other agencies for all matters relating to veterans policy.

Contact Information

http://www.veteransscotland.co.uk
info@veteransscotland.org.uk
New Haig House
Logie Green Road
Edinburgh
EH7 4HR
0131 550 1569

Support Offered

Aid via other charities http://www.veterans-assist.org/

Veterans with Dogs

Charity Number: 1161554
Company Number: 8443724

Helping Lead Independent Lives.

VETERANS WITH DOGS is the UK’s first Charity organisation training Assistance Dogs for British ex-servicemen and women with service-related mental health conditions.

Veterans train in partnership with dogs, strengthening their bond and understanding, leading to greater independence, improved self-esteem and increased quality of life.

Contact Information

http://www.veteranswithdogs.org.uk
info@veteranswithdogs.org.uk
Hannahs at Seale-Hayne
Howton Lane
Newton Abbot
TQ12 6NQ
0843 2898899

Support Offered

Our Partner Animal Life Skills (PALS) programme helps those with “invisible” injuries regain quality of life and independence.

– Proactive participation
– One to one training
– Residential training

Walking With The Wounded

Charity Number: 1153497

Established in 2010, Walking With The Wounded ‘WWTW’ is a leading military charity which recognises that those who served, deserve.

Whether mentally wounded, socially wounded or physically wounded, they deserve the care, support and means they and their families need to function in society, serving in the communities in which they live, reigniting their sense of purpose and making a positive contribution again.

Walking With The Wounded gets those who’ve served – and their families – back on their feet. We do three things: employment, mental health and care coordination which are saving jobs, homes, relationships and lives for the veterans who are struggling since leaving the military.

Our innovative partnerships with the NHS England wide OP Courage service , and Head Start , own mental health programme enabling 121 therapy within days, are delivering significant, positive, social impacts across the UK.

We have Integrated Regional Services in the North East, North West , East of England and in the South East.

Contact Information

http://walkingwiththewounded.org.uk
info@wwtw.org.uk
42 Canada Street
M40 8AE
01263 863900

Support Offered

Deliver employment, mental health and care coordination programmes to ex-servicemen and women.

War Memorials Trust

Charity Number: 1062255

War Memorials Trust works to protect and conserve war memorials in the UK.

Contact Information

http://www.warmemorials.org
info@warmemorials.org
70 Cowcross Street
London
EC1M 6EJ

Support Offered

War Memorials Trust provides advisory and advocacy services to anyone with a war memorial enquiry, financial assistance for repair and conservation through grant schemes and is a key referral point for all issues regarding war memorials. Issues it deals with include addition of names (current and previous conflicts), preventing theft and advising how to appropriately maintain and conserve memorials

War Widows Association of GB

Charity Number: 1002656

Pressure group to improve the conditions of War Widows and their dependants, petitioning for improvements in pensions, benefits and other issues.

Contact Information

http://www.warwidows.org.uk/
info@warwidows.org.uk
199 Borough High Street
London
SE1 1AA
0845 2412 189

Support Offered

Newsletter. Comradeship.
Branches for social events.

We Are With You (Addaction)

Charity Number: 1001957
Scottish Charity Number: SC040009
Company Number: 02580377

We Are With You (formerly Addaction) is one of the UK’s leading mental health, drug and alcohol charities. We work with adults and young people, in community settings, in prisons, in residential rehab and through outreach. In 2017 we supported 140,000 people.

We believe that everyone can change and we support them to do it.

Our services include support around Mental Health, and Alcohol and Drugs, for a range of groups and populations including adults, young people, friends and family, veterans, people involved with the criminal justice system, and older people.

Contact Information

https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/
info@wearewithyou.org.uk
Lower Ground Floor
Gate House
1-3 St Johns Square,London
EC1M 4DH
020 7251 5860

Support Offered

Since 2014, We Are With You (formerly Addaction) has supported over 500 veterans with problems related to drugs and alcohol through our pioneering Right Turn programme.
Right Turn is a veteran-specific substance misuse recovery model that acknowledges the specific experiences of people in the armed forces community and focuses on re-directing the comradeship that underpins military life towards supporting recovery. Amongst a range of opportunities, support comes in the form of specialist one-to-one sessions, peer-support groups, access/referral to prescribing services, and pathways to other veteran services.

Support for veterans with substance or alcohol misuse problems is available at any We Are With You service.

Widowed and Young

Charity Number: 1164988

WAY is the only national charity in the UK for people aged 50 or under when their partner died. It’s a peer-to-peer support group run by a network of volunteers who have been bereaved at a young age themselves, so they understand exactly what other members are going through.

WAY was founded in 1997 and now has more than 2,800 members across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. WAY aims to provide peer-to-peer emotional and practical support to young widowed men and women – married or not, with or without children, whatever their sexual orientation – as they adjust to life after the death of their partner.

Contact Information

http://www.widowedandyoung.org.uk
enquiries@widowedandyoung.org.uk
Suite 14
College Business Centre
Uttoxeter New Road
DE22 3WZ

Support Offered

WAY offers a unique peer-to-peer support network to anyone who has lost their partner at a young age. We know that talking to and socialising with others who have been through a similar experience can be an enormous help when you are trying to rebuild your life after bereavement.

If you were bereaved when you were aged 50 or under, married or not, with or without children, whatever your sexual orientation, race or religion – you are welcome to join WAY.

Witham Hub

Charity Number: 1188048

The aims of the Witham Hub are to promote social inclusion for the public benefit of individuals living within the town of Witham and its surrounding area by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.
To develop the capacity and skills of individuals living within that community who are socially and economically disadvantaged in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society.

To ensure that no one goes hungry by offering food support whenever needed, via our self-referral scheme, by referral from trusted partners or by our community fridge. We offer a no questions asked food parcel to bridge a gap when funds are tight but also offer someone to chat with if needed supporting mental health. Offering a friendly space for a cuppa and a chat. Our ethos is we put the unity back in community.

Contact Information

http://www.withamhub.co.uk/
info@withamhub.co.uk
17 The Grove Centre
Witham
CM8 2YT
01376 617998

Support Offered

We offer many services:
Food support, mental health counselling with trained counsellors, assistance with form filling, volunteering opportunities for all both able bodied and disabled people which can lead to employment. We operate crafting workshops and drop-in groups including physical exercise groups. We also offer crisis prevention services and collaborate with professional services to support vulnerable individuals and families.

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