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Sight Scotland Veterans (Royal Blind)

Scottish Charity Number: SC047192

Established in 1915 to support servicemen who were blinded in WWI, today we help blind and partially sighted veterans no matter how or when they lost their sight – including those who did national service – to adapt to life with a visual impairment.

Contact Information

http://www.sightscotlandveterans.org.uk
hello@sightscotlandveterans.org.uk
2a Robertson Avenue
EH11 1PZ
0131 229 1456

Support Offered

Our offer is as diverse as those we support. We know that everyone faces different challenges and that everyone’s goals are individual. That’s why our team work with everyone in the way which is right for them.

We give support that ranges from practical advice and identifying solutions that help you stay as independent as possible, to vital emotional support and opportunities to meet others facing sight loss.

Sight Scotland Veterans can also provide specialist equipment free of charge to aid independence in day-to-day tasks – from talking watches, cooking aids and electronic magnifiers, to digital technology such as smartphones or tablets with specialist software for people with sight loss.

The charity’s expert rehabilitation team offer one-to-one assessments and tailored training for specialist equipment and cane and mobility training.

Sight Scotland Veterans also runs two activity hubs for veterans with sight loss: the Linburn Centre in Wilkieston, West Lothian, and the Hawkhead Centre in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

Special Boat Service Association

Charity Number: 1168876

To relieve members or their dependants who are in need by virtue of financial hardship, injury or sickness.

Contact Information

ceo@association1664.com
SBS Association
PO Box 1014
Hamworthy
BH15 4YT

Support Offered

Welfare and social activities.

SSAFA

Charity Number: 210760
Scottish Charity Number: SC038056

SSAFA provides lifelong support to anyone who is currently serving or has ever served in the Royal Navy, British Army or Royal Air Force and their families.

Each year, our staff and network of 7,500 volunteers are there for more that 50,000 people, ranging from D-Day veterans to the families of young soldiers wounded in Afghanistan.

Contact Information

http://www.ssafa.org.uk
marketing@ssafa.org.uk
4 St Dunstan's Hill
London
EC3R 8AD
020 7403 8783

Support Offered

6,500 trained caseworkers, operating through a local branch network, specialising in sourcing funds from assistance providers
1,000 volunteers supporting serving personnel and their families on military bases around the world
‘Forcesline’ – confidential helpline accessible from anywhere in the world: www.forcesline.co.uk
2 x SSAFA Norton Homes for families of wounded undergoing treatment at Selly Oak Hospital and Headley Court
3 x support groups for bereaved families, bereaved siblings and families of wounded personnel
Housing advisory service and housing options including a residential care home and temporary ‘Stepping Stone’ ‘housing for estranged families
Healthcare, Social work, victim support and adoption services for serving personnel and their families

Stand Easy Productions

Scottish Charity Number: SC045309

Stand Easy works towards the recovery of Wounded, Injured or Sick Veterans through the use of drama activities.

Contact Information

http://www.standeasyproductions.org/
admin@standeasy.uk
6 High St
Pittenweem
KY10 2LA
01333 278 853

Support Offered

We run a 4 week drama activities project each May. This, at the request of our Veterans, leads to the tour of a play devised by the Veterans together with the actors, both professional and volunteer drama students.
Most of the Veterans we work with have mental health issues such as PTSD, and we have considerable success in improving their lives.
We also run weekly drama workshops which have a strong sociable element to them. This means that we can provide support for our Veterans throughout the year, and Veterans who cannot cope with a 4 week commitment can still be involved. We will be working with schools in the Tayside area to create short scenarios that we will perform to the schools in order to raise discussions about mental health issues.
We work in a way that revives skills that our Veterans already possess: courage, a sense of family, communication skills, a sense of humour, focus on a task, team work etc – skills that are in fact all common to drama work. We then add in the creative and imaginative context of the work and staff. All of this takes place in a safe and secure environment that we take time to build.
We work in partnership with Legion Scotland, Veterans First Point, Combat Stress, Step Together, Help for Heroes Band of Brothers/Sisters, Dundee Council and the Dundee and Angus College.

STEPWAY

Charity Number: 1186465

To promote and improve mental health awareness and suicide reduction among veterans and family members of the British armed forces living in England and Wales, for the public benefit by preventing them from becoming socially excluded. relieving the dynamic needs with the provision of support services, events, activities, and courses, which promote a sense of belonging and purpose in civilian life.

Contact Information

http://www.stepway.org/
info@stepway.org
The Trinity
Worcester
WR1 2PN
01905 745 253

Support Offered

STEPWAY deliver three main support services.
· 7-step civilian skills program – A course built round mental health awareness, survival kit for civilian life, health body health mind, leading to employment and educational opportunities.
· Banter and Brew sessions – A drop-in service for veterans and family members to have a free breakfast, join in with activities like, art sessions, walk and talk, and table tennis. guest speakers monthly. Working with a variety of organisations and charities for warm referrals.
· The Community Projects – A safe place for the veteran and wider community to visit and take part in activities including: How to grow your own produce at home, Beekeeping, Mushroom farm, Bushcraft and Archery.
These three services are delivered throughout Worcestershire Gloucestershire and the West Midlands. Replicated services for the Prison in-reach Programme at HMP Oakwood and HMP Hewell and supporting the families on the outside.

Tavistock Area Support Services (TASS)

Charity Number: 1129175

Tavistock Area Support Services (TASS) is a local registered charity founded 40 years ago in 1985 to support both older people and those living with disability in Tavistock and outlying rural areas. We provide vital support, services, groups and activities, with the aim to reduce loneliness and isolation and in turn promote friendships and connections, encourage independence, whilst improving health and wellbeing. We offer transport, mobility, outreach and befriending services, clubs and activities, we host lots of other organisations support groups and we have an Armed Forces Veterans Hub.

Contact Information

http://tasstavistock.org.uk/
enquiries@tasstavistock.org.uk
Chapel Street
Tavistock
PL19 8AG

Support Offered

We have a small team of staff and group leaders and a large group of volunteers all DBS checked and trained to support all our services and activities.
We have many of own support groups and welcome other professional, businesses and organisations to regularly attend to provide additional support and advice were necessary including DWP armed forces champion, The RMA-The Royal Marines Charity Transition Officer, Welfare, Training & Education, Padre. The Royal British Legion, HelpforHeroes, Tamar Energy, Tavistock memory Café & Dementia Alliance, Parkinson’s Support Group, Stroke Group, Macular Disease Society, Physically Challenged Group, Devon Sensory team, Grief Friendship Group, 2 rural drop in centres, and a community café.

Team Endeavour Racing 2023 (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
Cromwell House
Hubert Hamilton Rd
Bulford Barracks
SP4 9JY

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 Bolton Guild of Help

Charity Number: 224760
Company Number: 223283

The Guild is set up to provide financial help, practical assistance and pastoral care to needy people residing within the Borough of Bolton. We have been doing this for more than one hundred years.
The Borough consists of Bolton, Horwich, Westhoughton, Farnworth, Blackrod and all the outlying villages plus anywhere else with a BL postcode who pays their council tax to Bolton Council.
Our Bolton Veterans Aid project provides support to an ever growing number of ex-serviceman and woman, and their families, resident in the Borough.

Contact Information

www.boltonguildofhelp.org.uk
info@boltonguildofhelp.org.uk
Scott House
27 Silverwell Street
Bolton
BL1 1PP

Support Offered

The Guild has been providing assistance to needy people in Bolton since 1905.
Assistance offered includes the provision of white & brown goods, school uniforms, and debt management advice via our partnership with Christians Against Poverty (CAP). Also, benefits checks via our partnership with Citizens Advice. But we will consider any reasonable requests for help and each case is judged on its merits.
The Guild also acts as a referral agency to local food banks. And, in partnership with Bolton Lions, we provide needy families with sacks of toys at Christmas
We work in partnership with SSAFA The Armed Forces Charity and, also, the Bolton Armed Forces Centre 4 Veterans in support of the military family within the Borough

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