Member Directory

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.

Personal Finance Soc (Forces MoneyPlan)

Company Number: 5084125

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) is the professional body for the financial planning profession in the UK and a part of the Chartered Insurance Institute.
In 2017 the PFS established a pro bono services called Forces MoneyPlan offering free generic financial guidance to Armed Forces personnel and Veterans. This free and confidential service is part of our commitment under the Armed Forces Covenant to help ensure that recipients are placed in a more informed position in respect of their overall financial well-being and less vulnerable to financial misinformation and scams.
Pro bono services are a key offering of most professions and an important part of our ongoing campaign to build trust amongst consumers and membership organisations. The PFS has offered free generic financial guidance via MoneyPlan (a joint initiative with Citizens Advice) for several years and Forces MoneyPlan is a targeted extension of this hugely successful brand initiative.

Contact Information

https://www.thepfs.org/about-us/initiatives/forces-moneyplan/
Lyn.new@thepfs.org
Personal Finance Society
42-48 High Road
South Woodford
E18 2JP
07900 226151

Support Offered

Forces Moneyplan offers a free, confidential one-off consultation (by phone, face to face or online) with a fully qualified and regulated financial adviser who is a member of the Personal Finance Society and compliant with the societies code of ethics. The financial adviser will provide what is known as generic financial guidance designed to help individuals identify and better understand their financial needs or specific financial issues, services and/or products and make better informed decisions as a result. It will not involve giving personal recommendations about the suitability of specific products or services or their sale or promotion, as this is what is known as regulated financial advice which is outwith the scope of this offering.
Currently Forces MoneyPlan is promoted by several organisations that work in partnership with the PFS . These include:
The Veterans Gateway – all forces veterans can access the service via:
www.thepfs.org/about-us/initiatives//forces-moneyplan/forces-veterans.
The OnCourse Foundation – members of this forces charity can access the service via: www.thepfs.org/about-us/initiatives/forces-moneyplan/on-course-foundation/
Blesma – members of this forces charity can access the service via:
www.thepfs.org/about-us/initiatives/forces-moneyplan/blesma/
The Forces Pension Society – members of this forces charity can access the service via:
www.thepfs/about-us/initiatives/forces-moenyplan/forces-pension-society/
We currently have capacity to work in partnership with additional members of Cobseo and look forward to expanding our service accordingly. If you would like to know more, please contact either Tony Miles (Forces MoneyPlan Project Manager) tony.miles@thepfs.org or Lyn New (Forces MoneyPlan Administrator) Lyn.new@thepfs.org

Phoenix Heroes CIC

Company Number: 11479548

Phoenix Heroes CIC is a non-profit Community Interest Company supporting veterans, serving members of the Armed Forces and their families with a range of support services. We build veteran communities and create a natural peer support environment where our core support services are delivered directly to those who need additional help.

Contact Information

http://www.phoenixheroes.co.uk
info@phoenixheroes.co.uk
Castle House
South Street,Ashby De La Zouch
LE65 1BR
01206 932488

Support Offered

Employment networking – ERS Silver Award holders and aligned with many veteran friendly UK Companies.
Mental Health Support – BACP member Therapist and partnering PTSD support organisation. Our core team members are PTSD Awareness CPD accredited trained. Phoenix Heroes are also BACP organisational members.
Community Building – Our Veteran Carp Angling Club (VCAC) is one of the fastest growing communities in the UK. We have our own L1 & L2 Angling Coaches, and we are a “Get Fishing for Wellbeing” Angling Trust partner. We have a range of different community building initiatives and we are very family focussed.
Tackle 4 Heroes – Our Tackle 4 Heroes project is operating on a national scale enabling us to give FREE fishing equipment to our beneficiaries and their families so they can join our community fishing events.

Poppy Factory, The

Charity Number: 225348
Company Number: 00204405

The country’s leading employment charity for veterans with health conditions or impairments.

The Poppy Factory provides bespoke opportunities and ongoing employment support for hundreds of disabled veterans around the country, helping to restore their financial independence through sustainable and rewarding work.

Contact Information

http://www.poppyfactory.org
Administrator@poppyfactory.org
20 Petersham Road
Richmond
TW10 6UR
020 8940 3305

Support Offered

A regional team of career experts work with employers to help veterans with health challenges into rewarding and sustainable work.

Consultants work with each veteran to create a personal career plan, give free CV and interview training, and source local job opportunities with supportive employers. A network of volunteer mentors and ongoing in-work support ensures that Poppy Factory ‘clients’ thrive in their new workplace.

Any veteran with a physical or mental health condition can register, as long as they are no longer being supported through the Career Transition Partnership as part of their resettlement. The Poppy Factory’s Getting You Back To Work service has already helped hundreds of disabled veterans into meaningful and sustainable work.

Twitter: @PoppyFactory
Facebook: The Poppy Factory

Poppyscotland (Earl Haig Fund Scotland)

Scottish Charity Number: SC014096
Company Number: 194893

Poppyscotland provides life-changing support to the Armed Forces community.

Contact Information

http://www.poppyscotland.org.uk
New Haig House
Logie Green Road
Edinburgh
EH7 4HR

Support Offered

Money raised from the Scottish Poppy Appeal and Poppyscotland’s year-round fundraising enables them to deliver support to members of the Armed Forces community in Scotland by providing tailored funding and assistance. The charity also funds services in advice, employment, housing, mental health, mobility and respite.

PTSD Resolution

Charity Number: 1202649

PTSD Resolution helps Veterans, Reservists and Families who are struggling to reintegrate into a normal work and family life because of trauma suffered prior to and during service in the UK Armed Forces.

Contact Information

http://www.ptsdresolution.org
contact@ptsdresolution.org
c/o Chantry House
22 Upperton Road
Eastbourne
BN21 1BF
0300 302 0551

Support Offered

PTSD Resolution accepts referrals from all sources including self-referral. Screening verifies eligibility and assigns the nearest available therapist, from a network of 200 registered with the Professional Standards Authority through the Human Given Institute. Help is provided free, locally, and in complete confidence, designed to reduce symptoms typically within six sessions. There is no requirement to re-tell or re-live the trauma. Assistance is provided for finding social support as required. Results are followed up after three months.

Queen Mary’s Roehampton Trust

Charity Number: 211715

Broadly speaking, QMRT makes grants to charitable organisations which provide support to men and women who served in any of the Armed Forces of the Crown and who were injured or disabled in such service, and to their widows and other dependants.

Contact Information

qmrt@hotmail.co.uk
2 Sovereign Close
Quidhampton
Salisbury
SP2 9ES

Support Offered

The Trustees meet the object of the Trust by making grants to any charitable institutions or organisations whose objects include the reception, accommodation, treatment or after-care of people who come within the Trust’s object as set out above. The Trustees may also make grants in aid of medical or surgical research into the needs of injured and disabled persons who served in the Armed Forces.

Mindful of the ever-changing landscape within the serving and ex-service community, and the evolving needs of beneficiaries, the Trustees review the grant-giving policy on an annual basis.

Queen Victoria Seamen’s Rest

Charity Number: 1153185
Scottish Charity Number: 1106126
Company Number: 5218014

Established in 1843, the Queen Victoria Seamen’s Rest (QVSR) is a charity which provides accommodation and welfare support to active and retired seafarers, veterans of the armed forces and others in need.
QVSR seeks to support each resident to achieve lifestyle and personal development goals whether this is simple companionship, the development of leisure interests, training and employment or a move to more independent living.

Contact Information

http://www.qvsr.org.uk
enquiries@qvsr.org.uk
121-131 East India Dock Road
Poplar
E14 6DF

Support Offered

QVSR’s Welfare Team assists residents with benefit applications and access to individual grants as well as providing support with medical and emotional issues through signposting to appropriate organisations. QVSR aims to provide an environment where residents are able to rebuild their lives, regain their self-confidence and make the transition from homelessness to more
independent living.
QVSR’s facilities include en-suite bedroom accommodation, modern restaurant and evening coffee shop, TV lounges, Wi-fi, snooker and pool, gym, Chapel, multi-faith or “quiet room” and garden.

RAF Benevolent Fund

Charity Number: 1081009
Scottish Charity Number: SC038109

The RAF’s leading welfare charity, providing practical, financial and personal lifetime support to all members of the RAF family whether serving or veterans and their families.

Contact Information

http://www.rafbf.org
mail@rafbf.org.uk
67 Portland Place
London
W1B 1AR
020 7580 8343

Support Offered

Provides practical, financial and – in some cases – emotional support to all members of the RAF family, regardless of rank, from childhood through to old age.

Help with top-up care fees

Help with disability

Adaptations
Equipment
Mobility
Death and Disablement in Service

Housing assistance
Education costs
Financial Need

Property Repairs

Welfare breaks

Support for the serving RAF

“Airplay” Youth Support Project
Childcare centres
Benefits and Money Advice Service
free relationship counselling

RAF Central Fund

Charity Number: 1152560

Sitting within the heart of the Royal Air Force, the RAF Central Fund, originally founded by serving RAF personnel are dedicated to providing support to enhance the sense of well-being, morale and community cohesion for those serving in the RAF today and into the future.

Contact Information

http://www.rafcf.org.uk/
mail@rafcf.org.uk
SO2 Service Funds, HQ Air command
Hurricane Block
Ground Floor,RAF High Wycombe
HP14 4UE
01494 569068

Support Offered

Direct financial assistance, primarily through grant making to assist with:

Community support and welfare projects
Supporting the RAF Sports Associations
Support for individual, section and unit sporting endeavours
Capital support for sport facilities
Personal development awards
Expeditionary welfare grants
Donations to linked Service charities to support the serving RAF community

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