Aims to further the efficiency of the Service and caring for its community.
Contact Information
Bellington
Hexham
NE48 2DG
Support Offered
Grants and benefits for those in need.
Online Forum for members. Counselling and welfare services.
Aims to further the efficiency of the Service and caring for its community.
Grants and benefits for those in need.
Online Forum for members. Counselling and welfare services.
To provide veterans with the care, support, and comradeship they need in order that they can grow old with dignity
Retirement accommodation for soldier veterans aged 65yrs and over with no dependents and with a welfare need.
As of the 1st April 2019, the Royal Marines Association and The Royal Marines Charity have merged. The routine working name (borrowing from ABF The Soldiers Charity) is ‘RMA – The Royal Marines Charity’.
To enhance the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the Royal Marines
To sustain and promote the heritage and esprit de corps of the Royal Marines
To provide welfare support, advice and friendship to serving and retired Royal Marines and their families
To generate funds, non-financial benefits and access to employment in order to provide the best possible through life charitable support
Established to further the efficiency and well-being of the Service, preserve its traditions and encourage recruiting. MOU with RN for serving RN / RM / RNR / RFA / QARRNS
Helps members access all forms of benefits, compensation, pensions, etc.Medium size almonising charity fund serving and ex Naval Forces.
Network of 400 branches and 40 clubs offering comradeship and support; welfare help and those looking for jobs.
The RNBT was established under Royal Charter in 1922 to help those who are serving or have served as Warrant Officers and below in the Royal Navy or Royal Marines, and their dependants, in times of need and distress; the collective term for the RNBT’s beneficiaries is The RNBT Family.
Grants to assist with a wide range of individual needs
Regular charitable payments to older members of The RNBT Family on especially low incomes
Care of older people at the RNBT’s care and nursing home near Chatham, Kent and
The RNBT’s alms-house in Hornchurch, Essex
Advice on welfare related matters
A Special group of Volunteers, recently formed to try and offer a much needed service of friendship, support and comfort.
Friendship, support and comfort
Sharks Community Trust is the charitable arm of Sale Sharks, the North West’s only Premiership Rugby club. The charity was established in 2012 to help use rugby and sport for the wider community benefit, drawing on the core values of rugby, which are teamwork, respect, enjoyment, discipline and sportsmanship, to deliver a range of community engagement programmes.
The use of rugby and sport has been used for many years to engage young people, and it is this interest that Sharks Community Trust seeks to draw upon. This includes delivering numeracy programmes in the classroom, linking sport with encouraging healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle, and delivering education particularly to young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET). The Trust also has a comprehensive disability and inclusion programme, ‘In The Pack’ delivering a mixture of multi-sports and wheelchair sports to people with special and additional needs along with a successful ex-service personnel programme ‘Sharks Forces’ that supports veterans and their families with the transition from service to civilian with housing, employment and social and physical activity support.
We offer services and activities to improve the physical health, mental health and employability skills of ex-service personnel and their families. We give them a visibility within their community delivering the project at community venues. Delivering drop-in social hubs to develop and maintain relationships with individuals who are sceptical and nervous at engaging with civilian society. Enhancing personal and social skills such as communication skills and confidence along with increasing employability skills and their well-being. We also work with the veteran’s family, introducing an intergenerational approach. We use our relationship with community rugby clubs across the North West to create a social hub for the whole community. We use gym and sport facilities based within clubs and use the clubhouse to host themed workshops. We also work closely with rugby clubs to identify volunteering opportunities as part of the programme. We create and offer a wide range of sporting activities for Veterans who are blind or visually impaired, there is a huge gap in the local offering from other key stakeholders in regards to physical activities suitable for Veterans with additional needs.
Samaritans provides completely confidential emotional support face-to-face and via phone, email and text message, around the clock every day of the year. Last year this equated to 5.3m contacts for support. Our 21,000 volunteers, working in our network of 201 branches across the UK and the Republic of Ireland answering a call for help every six seconds and are trained to support people in emotional distress and vulnerable situations, such as those faced by veterans, reservists and service families; mental health issues, relationship breakdown, financial difficulties and suicidal thoughts.
Completely confidential emotional support face-to-face and via phone, email and text message, around the clock every day of the year.
Sandes is a Christian Mission that has provided pastoral and welfare care to the Army since 1869. Sandes provides catering and recreational Centres for men and women serving with the Army and RAF. Our Centres are within military bases where everyone can feel at home and set apart from the stresses of the normal military environment. Our Centres are “A PLACE TO FIND SPACE”, where soldiers and their families can experience that “home from home” comfort and space to get away from it all.
Sandes provides quality home-made food in relaxing surroundings. As a Christian Mission, we act as a listening ear to anyone who needs it, and demonstrate the Christian faith by unconditionally caring for, helping and befriending members of HM Forces.
Provide supported independent living accommodation for ex-Service people and ex-Merchant mariners who are homeless or in need.
Help with benefits and pensions.
Financial support for residents on very low incomes.
128 high quality, single, en-suite rooms with full catering service in Edinburgh and Dundee. 25 affordable rental flats.
Practical, emotional and welfare support including housing support. 24 hour support warden cover.
Afghanistan support
In light of recent events in Afghanistan, please find information and support resources here