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Officers’ Association Scotland

Charity Number: SC010665
Scottish Charity Number: 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
Edinburgh
EH7 4HR
0131 550 1575 / 1581

Support Offered

Direct financial assistance, one-off and annual grants, vocational training grants and business start-up loans.

Employment and career transition services to serving and former officers.

Officers’ Association

Charity Number: 201321

Dedicated exclusively to supporting officers, ex-officers and their dependants. Including provision of employment services, financial and welfare support. Works in close collaboration with other charities.

Collocated with The Soldier’s Charity, RFEA and the Haig Housing Trust and Cobseo.

Contact Information

http://www.officersassociation.org.uk
info@officersassociation.org.uk
40 Caversham Road
Reading
RG1 7BT
020 7808 4160

Support Offered

Short and long term financial help and advice for ex-officers and their families, throughout their lives.

Access to residential homes for disabled and single persons.

Employment support and job finding for officers and ex-officers throughout their working lives. Part of MoD Career Transition Partrnership.

Outside the Wire (Matthew Project)

Charity Number: 1122801
Company Number: 6388343

Outside the Wire provides a bespoke alcohol, drug and PTSD service, offering confidential advice and support.to current and ex HM Forces personnel and their families across Norfolk,Suffolk and Essex.

E-mail:
wayne.copsey@matthewproject.org
outsidethewire@matthewproject.org

Contact Information

http://www.matthewproject.org/outsidethewire
enquiry@matthewproject.org
The Matthew Project
70 – 80 Oak St
Norwich
NR3 3QA

Support Offered

We offer free 1 to 1 sessions, either at home or at an outreach location, to provide support with:

• relapse prevention
• harm reduction
• advocacy
• family support
• therapy
• onward referrals

Pain Association Scotland

Scottish Charity Number: SC014486

To provide self-management for those burdened with chronic pain via monthly group meetings or by one-to-one sessions by arrangement.

Contact Information

www.painassociation.co.uk
info@painassociation.com
Suite D
Moncrieffee Business Centre
Friarton Road,Perth
PH2 8DG
0800 783 6059

Support Offered

Providing valuable tools helping veterans manage their pain more effectively on a day-to-day basis and help lead an improved quality of life.

PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide

Charity Number: 1070896
Company Number: 3555482

PAPYRUS is the only national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide. We exist to reduce the number of young people who take their own lives by equipping both them and their communities with the skills to recognise and respond to suicidal behaviour, to prevent, to intervene, and to encourage self-care.

Suicide is the single biggest killer of young people in the UK today. According to the ONS in this country last year over 1600 young people took their own lives, which equates to over 5 people dying by suicide every single day

Our helpline, HOPELINEUK provides confidential support and advice to young people and to anyone worried about a young person by telephone, text, email and webchat.

We offer a range of suicide prevention training and advice to communities and professionals to equip young people, their families and those that care for them with right tools to keep them safe.
PAPYRUS is also a campaign organisation and press for change using hard-hitting dynamic campaigns as well as continuing to present evidence to those in power so that lessons can be learned and that learning implemented to help save young lives.

Contact Information

http://www.papyrus-uk.org/
admin@papyrus-uk.org
2 Bankside
Crosfield Street
Warrington
WA1 1UP
01925 572444

Support Offered

Our helpline, HOPELINEUK is the suicide prevention intervention service in the UK operating across 4 channels – telephone, email, text and webchat in the UK.
All our HOPELINEUK Advisers are employed members of staff, not volunteers are all highly trained and experienced mental health and suicide prevention experts.
We take call from those under the age of 35 experiencing suicidal thoughts and work with them to put a plan in place to keep them safe.
We also take calls from all those with care for or who are worried about a young person – be that family member, friend, teacher, counsellor or colleague for advice and guidance on how to keep a young person safe.
We offer a de-brief service for professionals who have had a conversation with a young person at risk of suicide to talk through how the conversation went, and to advise on possible future issues and conversations.
All our Community Development Staff are highly trained and experienced trainers with excellent presentation skills, they are all also ASIST trained and fully aware of all matters relating to suicide and suicide prevention
We run awareness raising and training courses to all members of the community that are appropriate and safe.
Members of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group.
Members of the National Advisory Group on Suicide and Self-harm in Wales.
We are members of the National Helpline Partnership and of the Child Helplines International body.
We are signed up members of the Fundraising Regulator.

Royal Artillery Centre for Personal Development

Charity Number: 1111106
Company Number: 5454676

Providing nationally recognised civilian qualifications to Service personnel, and the wider defence community including veterans and dependants.
From a qualification in teaching to an award in digital skills, we offer over a variety of civilian vocational and professional qualifications to improve the skills and knowledge of serving personnel, and in preparation for their next career.

Contact Information

http://www.racpd.org.uk
info@racpd.org.uk
RA Barracks
Larkhill
Salisbury
SP4 8QT

Support Offered

We have Learning Centres all over England, as well as opportunities for work-based and online learning.
• Some courses are free or subsidised and, as an approved MOD ELC provider, serving and retired personnel can use their learning credits to offset the cost of the courses.

Royal British Legion Industries

Charity Number: 210063

A not-for-profit charity providing accommodation, employment and support services to Armed Forces individuals and families, particularly those who have experienced injury or sickness.

Contact Information

http://www.rbli.co.uk
enquiries@rbli.co.uk
Hall Road
Aylesford
ME20 7NL

Support Offered

RBLI delivers LifeWorks, an innovative and personalised guidance course to those transitioning out of the Armed Forces or Veterans who need to review their employment options or general career direction. Building on existing skills for employment beyond the Armed Forces, Lifeworks is designed to maximise potential for a successful and sustainable career in Civvy Street.

We also provide accommodation to Armed Forces personnel as well as a range of healthcare and welfare services

Rural Veterans Hubs (Kirklees)

Charity Number: 1204103

We hold two sessions per month (with ad hoc trips, meals out, education etc) and we are committed to supporting veterans and their families within the Kirklees rural community. We aim to provide social, services and sanctuary for military veterans. We provide indoor and outdoor projects, education with speakers on all manner of subjects from medical healthcare, (our local GPs were involved in setting these hubs up), history of the area, learning to do things, for example, cookery, wood whittling, wreath making, Jesmonite models. Our aim is to integrate some of our more vulnerable veterans back into society, with trips out, with doing some woodwork for a local school, art work. We have found that some of our veterans suffering with combat related PTSD are enjoying being with like-minded veterans and the more vulnerable are being looked after and are speaking freely with others about their trauma which is helping them tremendously. We have done questionnaires which shows we have got this right, with one veteran saying “we had saved his life”.

Contact Information

http://www.rvhkirklees.org/
Ruralveteranshubs@gmail.com
105 Stocks Way
Shepley
HD8 8DN
07394 630 371

Support Offered

We are fully supported by our local GPs and if we have a veteran we are worried about we can call that persons GP. (The GPs will then contact that veteran for a medicines review so that they can speak to the veteran and ascertain whether or not they need help). All our Trustees have had first aid training, MH training and some counselling (although we do not counsel our veterans).
We have regular talks from GPs, OTs, Physiotherapists, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and the aim is to ensure that our veterans do not miss out on their medical checks as the hubs were set up to address health inequalities in the rural areas of Huddersfield and veterans were seen to be the ones missing out.
We believe that whilst doing crafts etc our veterans are bonding with their colleagues and this is the time when they all get to speak about their ‘war experiences’. There is lots of banter and laughs.
We have veterans who are physically disabled as well as those with mental health problems, CPTSD, anxiety, depression, loneliness and some who are just there for the banter, talks and crafting sessions. Veterans are making new friends and with that comes the “If you need someone to go with you, Ill go with you” attitude, offering lifts and offering help with things that the more disabled veterans cannot do.
We liaise with the RBL, SSAFA if any of our veterans need help and support. We also liaise with the local council re: housing and in the past have used H4H for various activities.
The local social prescribers at our GP practices refer into us as do Walking with the Wounded and H4H.

Salute MyJob

Company Number: 8117441

A world of opportunity exists for ex-Servicemen and women when they leave the Armed Forces. SaluteMyJob is a business with a social purpose that works to connect members of the Armed Forces community with the opportunities available to them.

Contact Information

https://www.salutemyjob.com/
info@salutemyjob.com
Hartham Park
Corsham
SN13 0RP
01249 691417

Support Offered

Helping jobseekers at any stage of their military transition or career journey to plan and prepare for their next job, SaluteMyJob provides free employment-related resources, advice and training to veterans, reservists and their families. SaluteMyJob’s free online training platform, which is exclusive to the Armed Forces community, enables them to adapt or develop the skills they need to improve their competitiveness and to secure successful employment.

Alongside its career support, SaluteMyJob works with supportive employers around the UK to provide the Armed Forces community with access to relevant jobs, work placements, apprenticeships and more. These organisations and their opportunities feature in SaluteMyJob’s unique directory of Forces-friendly employers.

Service Dogs UK

Charity Number: 1165409
Company Number: 9553131

Service Dogs UK is a unique charity that partners Veterans with PTSD from the Armed Forces and Emergency Services with specially selected dogs from ‘rescue’. Once partnered they embark on a 9 – 12 month journey together, where under our expert guidance, they reach accreditation as an Assistance Dog Partnership.

There is no cost to the Veteran for the dog, the equipment, training, food or insurance, the charity pays all the costs of running the programme until the partnership eventually becomes accredited. It is a challenging journey but the Veterans are supported every step of the way as they work alongside other Veterans with PTSD and mentors who have completed the course. They learn to work as a team, to get to know each others needs and to become an excellent partnership that is proud to be seen in public and wear the special red harness.

All of our Veterans have free ongoing support from us for the life of the partnership and are prioritised for successor dogs. A re-test is required every year at no cost to the Veteran, the continuous support and assistance provided by the charity is part of our commitment to those who have served.

Contact Information

http://www.servicedogsuk.org
getintouch@servicedogsuk.org
Fareham Marina
Lower Quay
Fareham
PO16 0RA
03301200755

Support Offered

Our training methods and our programme have been formulated following extensive research with the help of a Churchill Fellowship in the USA and the Netherlands. The programme has been proven at every level and is accredited internationally and a member of Assistance Dogs UK.

At each Hub we have a dedicated training team who are there to guide the prospective teams through the programme and onto accreditation. We have Veteran mentors who are on hand to provide support throughout the programme and we link in with other Armed Forces Charities to try and ensure ‘wrap around’ assistance if required.

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