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Suffolk Family Carers

Charity Number: 1069937
Company Number: 3507600

Caring can be extremely complicated. The maze of rights and entitlements can be complicated. Filling in paperwork can be complicated. Trying to organise a break can be complicated. Our feelings about caring can certainly be complicated.

We’re here to make sure that no matter how complicated your query or your experience, you don’t have to care alone.
99% of family carers felt that Suffolk Family Carers listened, and gave them information and advice to empower them to make informed decisions about their caring role.

We provide innovative services, often ahead of the field. Our work with young carers is now long established and well respected in over 90 schools and colleges across Suffolk.
We have support workers in all the main hospitals across Suffolk, and GP surgeries in West & East Suffolk, to identify and support family carers.
Our work within the sphere of mental health and wellbeing is considered exemplary by family carers and practitioners alike. Signposting to relevant agencies and providing positive opportunities to meet others in a similar situation, share viewpoints and discuss different strategies.

Contact Information

http://suffolkfamilycarers.org/
hello@suffolkfamilycarers.org
Unit 9
Hillview Business Park
Old Ipswich Road,Claydon
IP6 0AJ

Support Offered

Suffolk Family Carers provides a wide range of support to unpaid family carers of all ages across Suffolk, helping them manage the emotional, practical and logistical challenges of caring. Our services are designed to ensure carers feel visible, valued, supported and connected.

1. Information, Advice and Guidance
– Offering comprehensive information and advice to help carers understand their rights, access support, and navigate complex systems such as health, social care, and benefits.
– Information Line handles more than 10,000 queries a year, providing tailored advice and practical solutions.

2. Emotional and Wellbeing Support
– Emotional support for family carers, recognising that caring can be isolating and emotionally complex. This includes wellbeing services regarded as exemplary by carers and practitioners.
– Support includes opportunities to meet others in similar situations, share experiences, and learn strategies for managing challenges.

3. Support in Hospitals and the Community
– Suffolk Family Carers has support workers based across major hospitals in Suffolk and in community locations across East and West Suffolk. These teams identify carers early and provide on the spot support.

4. Young Carer and Young Adult Carer Services
– Support for children and young people who care for family members, working in over 90 schools and colleges across Suffolk.
– They also support young adult carers aged 16–24 with tailored advice, training and opportunities.

6. Mental Health and Neurodivergent Support
– Specialist mental health and wellbeing support, signposting to relevant agencies and offering positive opportunities for peer connection.
– Neurodivergent (ND) Project, offering support, workshops and condition specific courses for carers.

7. Education, Training and Courses
– Educational programmes and training to help carers develop skills, better manage their caring responsibilities, and understand relevant conditions or systems.

8. Social Groups, Support Groups and Community Activities
– Support groups and social programmes that help carers build networks, reduce isolation, and access peer support.

9. Breaks and Respite Support
– Respite pass schemes are available to help carers take breaks from their responsibilities, supporting their own health and wellbeing.

Serving Suffolk Families Past & Present:

Suffolk Family Carers also delivers dedicated support through its Serving Suffolk Families work, focusing on the unique needs of family carers in the Armed Forces community living in Suffolk. This programme ensures that forces families—who often face mobility, separation, and increased emotional pressures—are identified, supported, and connected with the right services.

Support is offered to anyone in the armed forces community who has a family caring role, this includes serving, reservists, cadets, veterans, ex service.

Providing:

Information, advice and guidance- tailored specifically for family carers in the armed forces community , helping them understand rights, entitlements and local support options.

Awareness‑raising within the Armed Forces community, ensuring family carers are recognised and can access timely support.

Partnership working with military welfare teams, including at Wattisham Flying Station, RAF Honington and Rock Barracks, to ensure families based on‑site or in the wider community can easily seek help.

Carer Support Groups on military bases, run in partnership with SSAFA, offering a safe space for Armed Forces families to meet, share experiences and access emotional support. These groups run monthly at RAF Honington.

Team Endeavour Racing (UK) CIC

Company Number: 15164719

TEAM ENDEAVOUR RACING is open to Wounded, Injured and Sick (WIS) serving personnel and veterans. It provides a foundation as a transition vehicle supporting and empowering team members into future employment, training or education, utilising peer mentoring and providing support and assistance through its network partners.

Contact Information

http://www.teamendeavourracing.co.uk
enquiries@teamendeavourracing.co.uk
47 Durrants Road
Rowlands Castle
Hampshire
PO9 6BE
07881363431 / 08706010041

Support Offered

We are part of the Battle Back programme and sports recovery. We support Help for Heroes Rolling Recovery Programme and offer additional vocational support.
Our objectives are:

a. To introduce and increase participation at the sports recovery event and to allow WIS personnel to take their first step, without committing to a full season.
b. Provide new team members for next season or give someone an exciting ride in a racing powerboat. This will increase our numbers further and promote our inclusion initiative whilst enabling transition.
c. Provide RYA courses – provided for individuals interested in Powerboats. RYA PB2, Intermediate & Advanced, Safety Boat and VHF Radio.
d. Provide opportunities for those not wishing to compete, but wish to participate in shore support, maintenance, National Race Support, scrutineering and photography.

Our aims are to develop, inspire and challenge Team Members during this demanding and difficult time transitioning from the Armed Forces, in a secure environment supported by volunteers with service backgrounds including its own WIS personnel and veterans. The project prides itself on the same values and goals to develop personal and team development post injury in the Armed Forces.

Our overarching objectives are to: Inspire, Develop and Challenge.

The Armed Forces Equine Charity

Charity Number: 1184971
Company Number: 11843722

We support serving members of the Armed Forces, their partners and families; military veterans and those who have been bereaved; alongside the local community around where the Armed Forces are based.
We promote the efficiency of the Armed Forces, by nurturing talent, broadening opportunity and supporting the mental, physical and emotional well-being needs.

Contact Information

http://www.armedforcesequine.com
info@armedforcesequine.com
PO Box 2465
Salisbury
SP4 5AX

Support Offered

We’re constantly adapting our approach to best suit the needs of those who come to us for support. We provide the following programmes:
Sport and Recreation – We support active lifestyles and the benefits they have on health and well-being, by providing equine competitions, sporting events and recreational activity. We aim to make our equine centres affordable to all who wish to use them.
Health and Wellbeing – We provide Equine Assisted Services (EAS) to Therapy, Recovery and Rehabilitation. We aim to deliver four equine therapy courses each year to help veterans who are facing severe mental challenges. The Virtual Equestrian Centre provides a platform with pre-recorded video content, tailored to the demands of equestrianism, and is accessible to everyone online.
Learning – We provide Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) to the Neuro Diverse community by focussing on developing life skills, values and building confidence and character.
Welfare – We provide community hubs in our centres, and have a Welfare Hub and Community Café in Tidworth
Governance and Assurance – We provide our equine centres with governance and assurance to deliver a firm base from which to operate.

The Art of War Foundation

Charity Number: 1208599

The Art of War Foundation exists to support the mental health and welfare of current and former service personnel, their families, and their communities – fostering resilience, pride, and connection through the power of art.

Contact Information

http://www.theartofwarfoundation.com/
admin@theartofwarfoundation.com
5 Bluestone Court
Backworth
NE27 0GH

Support Offered

The Art of War Foundation is a charity, set up with the aims of:

· Providing art/creative workshops to support mental health and wellbeing

· Provision of mental health support kits and advice

· Fundraising to support mental health activities for armed forces personnel, veterans and their families, including providing support to other armed forces charities

· Raising awareness and tackling the stigmas associated with mental health and creating a community to provide support

The Block Armed Forces Foundation

Charity Number: 1205854
Company Number: 12949232 (previously a CIC)

The Block Armed Forces Foundation is a veteran-led charity based in the North West that provides practical support, advice and advocacy to serving personnel, veterans and their families. The organisation is committed to improving the lives of members of the Armed Forces community by addressing the challenges they face in areas such as housing, employment, health, wellbeing, financial hardship and social isolation.

Operating from its accessible community hub on Walton Road, Liverpool, The Block delivers a range of frontline services designed to help veterans achieve stability, independence and long-term wellbeing. The charity works closely with local authorities, housing providers, healthcare services, employers and military charities to ensure veterans receive coordinated and effective support.

Contact Information

http://theblockaff.org
support@theblockaff.org
241-243 Walton Road
Liverpool
L4 4AR
0151 281 4837

Support Offered

Key areas of support include:

· Housing advice, homelessness prevention and tenancy sustainment.
· Employment, training and skills development opportunities.
· Health and wellbeing support, including referrals to specialist services.
· Welfare and benefits guidance.
· Community engagement, peer support and social inclusion activities.
· Advocacy and casework for veterans with complex needs.

The Buchanan Trust

Charity Number: 235867

The Buchanan Trust provides support and assistance for those that have served in the UK’s armed forces who are in need of assistance or interested in a career in agriculture. We provide short to medium term accommodation in self contained flats and cottages on our rural estate near Ledbury for veterans and their families whilst they decide on careers in the rural or construction sectors
Training is available on our Bosbury Estate and in nearby colleges for new skills and qualifications to enhance veterans’ employability and earning capacity. We have permission for a residential training centre as well and are fund raising for that at present.
We also link with partner charities for woodland skills and therapy in our estate woodlands and work experience with Highground as well as on our in hand livestock farms.

Contact Information

https://www.buchanan-trust.org.uk/
info@buchanan-trust.org.uk
Estate Office
North Farm
Ledbury
HR8 1JY

Support Offered

Residential accommodation for those in financial need whilst getting back on track for a civilian career or deciding upon one after leaving the forces.
Training to gain employment skills.
Jobs on the estate as and when available, both full and part time.

The David Ellis Charity

Charity Number: 1192363

The David Ellis Charity is proud to be an armed forces-friendly organisation whose purpose is to support armed forces veterans, their families, and those visiting Dorset. This includes supporting serving armed forces personnel and families living in and working in Dorset.

The David Ellis Charity provides:

• The advancement of health and the improvement of lives through free recreation, leisure, social welfare activities, education and training.
• Facilities for recreation and leisure-time occupation in the interests of social welfare to improve the condition of life, by providing a fulfilling, calming and safe environment, where peer-to-peer support and self-dependency are encouraged.
• The relief of veterans in need because of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage by providing advice, grants and provision of items to encourage self-dependency in partnership with veterans and their families who live in Dorset.

The David Ellis Charity is a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant and, by pledging support to the Dorset armed forces community, demonstrates an enduring commitment to those who proudly protect the nation.

Contact Information

http://thedavidellischarity.com/
admin@thedavidellischarity.com
13 Earl Close
Dorchester
DT1 1DY

Support Offered

The David Ellis Charity delivers an established programme of free fitness classes and other health and wellbeing activities funded by grant awards, fundraising, and sponsorship at venues in Dorset. Exercise fitness and Pilates instructors are all CIMSPA-registered qualified fitness professionals, who tailor exercise classes to meet the needs of a range of physical challenges.

Once a month, walk leaders lead a group walk and a chat in the beautiful Dorset countryside at a variety of well-established town and countryside walk routes. Licensed Archery GB instructors can help veterans and families new to archery learn and enjoy the sport. As well as being a rewarding physical activity, archery can also help boost mental wellbeing.

A weekly veterans and families drop-in session provides veterans and families with free refreshments and the opportunity to chat with others who might have similar experiences. Veterans and families can relax and enjoy a chat amongst friends with free on-site parking and wheelchair access.

Qualified first aid instructors provide training and a recognised H&S qualification to support the employment of veterans, military spouses/partners, and their families, including cadet instructors and volunteers. Funding can also be provided for short vocational courses that enhance employability and facilitate a smooth transition into civilian life for veterans and their families.

Regular volunteer opportunities are offered at local venues and events to boost confidence, enhance CVs and job applications that can improve career options for the Dorset armed forces community. Volunteering also provides a good opportunity for peer-to-peer support and to build self-dependency.

The Ulysses Trust

Charity Number: 1170600

The Trust provides funding assistance to challenging expeditions and adventurous activities involving members of the Volunteer Reserve Forces and Cadet Forces of the UK, in order to develop character and values such as teamwork, leadership, courage and resilience, supporting individual’s physical/mental health and wellbeing, as well as supporting retention and recruitment to cadet and reserve forces, plus wider benefits to our communities and society at large (eg increased academic attainment, reduced crime etc..).

Contact Information

http://www.ulyssestrust.co.uk
Honsec@ulyssestrust.co.uk
c/o David Evans & Co Ltd
Stowegate House
37 Lombard Street,Lichfield
WS13 6DP
0300 102 1992

Support Offered

Founded in 1992, the charity has raised over £3.5M to support over 40,000 individuals to participate in over 3,000 expeditions in the UK and abroad – from cadet Adventure Training and Duke of Edinburgh expeditions, to sailing, canoeing and hiking expeditions – to climbing Everest and crossing the Antarctic.
Applications that meet our charitable objectives are assessed by experienced Adventure Training and Expeditions experts, who understand the nature of challenge and adventure (which may vary depending on the participants). We support applications from all cadet and reserve forces, but grants are more generous to expeditions where there are a high number of people from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, where the need is greatest, and the impact and social value is maximised.

The Warrior Programme

Charity Number: 1120893
Company Number: 6263721

The Warrior Programme is a personal motivation and training programme. The course teaches individuals how to take control of their life, and how to increase confidence, motivation and focus, enabling participants to create a healthy, independent and balanced life style. The programme is particularly suitable for ex Service and Serving personnel in transition post operations.

Contact Information

http://www.warriorprogramme.org.uk
enquiries@warriorprogramme.org.uk
1 Thorpe Close
London
W10 5XL
0808 801 0898

Support Offered

3 day educational and motivational training programme and monthly meetings.

Turn to Starboard

Charity Number: 1161201
Company Number: 9182207

Turn to Starboard uses sailing courses to support those affected by military operations.

Contact Information

http://www.turntostarboard.co.uk/
info@turntostarboard.co.uk
Turn to Starboard
Unit 15, Pearces Mill
Falmouth Wharves, North Parade,Falmouth
TR11 2TF
01326 314262

Support Offered

Families weeks – we take a Service family sailing in Cornwall and out of their normal environment. Helping them re-engage with each other after separation.

Zero to Hero – in which we support individual Service personnel who have fallen on particularly hard times to reach RYA Yachtmaster Cruising Instructor and reintegrate them with a career in the marine industry. Provision of a personal Yachtmaster mentor, 1 to 1 support where needed, flexibility to extend the course, career advice and support to enter the marine industry.

RYA courses – provided for groups who have experienced or been affected by operations. RYA Day Skipper courses provide an opportunity to share experiences in a unique environment.

Tall Ship experience – The Princes Trust have gifted us the 92ft Pilot Schooner previously called ‘Spirit of Fairbridge’. She has 18 berths to facilitate larger groups with traditional gaff rigged Tall Ship sailing. Amongst other trips we are planning a ‘Round Britain’ experience in June 2015.

Boat Build project – currently we rely on boat charter to facilitate our sailing. To ensure our long term future we are building a Rustler 42 specifically for our beneficiaries. We also hope to access boat building courses on our project for veterans or those transitioning.

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