Member Directory

Veterans In Action

Charity Number: 1128026
Company Number: 06715319

VIA help veterans who have suffered the effects of war or who have found the transition to civilian life difficult.

Contact Information

http://www.veteransinaction.org.uk
info@veteransinaction.org.uk
The Old Grain Store
Redenham Park
Andover
SP11 9AQ
01264 771658

Support Offered

VIA take a non-therapy approach and instead use centre based projects, adventurous activities and expeditions to help rebuild veterans’ confidence, self-esteem and self-belief.

Veterans in Communities

Charity Number: 1151194
Company Number: 08230197

Veterans In Communities (VIC) is an ex-services charity based in Rossendale, East Lancashire.
VIC was established in September 2012 to support serving, ex-service personnel, their families and members of the uniformed services who have experienced difficulties with transitioning back into the community on leaving the services.

Contact Information

http://www.veteransincommunities.org
info@veteransincommunities.org
Veterans In Communities
12 Bury Road
Haslingden
BB4 5PL
01706 833180

Support Offered

The VIC model is organic in its development and recognises a need to support veterans through a number of community-based activities in East Lancashire and parts of Greater Manchester.
VIC is currently delivering a number of activities and services; Community Outreach, Social Inclusion, Outdoor activities, Family Support, Community based projects, a Community Arts and Craft group, and Community Singing Group.
Our community projects and activities give the opportunity to use the skills and experiences gained from their service careers. These activities also give the opportunity to gain further qualifications that are recognised in civilian life and can lead into future employment.

Our activities have been designed to build confidence, self-esteem, motivation and team building through peer support.

Veterans into Logistics

Charity Number: 1198343
Company Number: 14300119

Veterans into Logistics offers vulnerable veteran cohorts a unique, supported pathway of fully funded HGV driver training into secure, skilled employment with our respected logistics partners that include Asda, Muller and Stobart.

Our objects are, the prevention or relief of poverty and our mission is to work with early service leavers and veterans including those facing housing insecurity, with criminal convictions, chronically unemployed and those struggling on low incomes due to skills underutilisation.

Contact Information

http://veteransintologistics.org.uk/
info@veteransintologistics.org.uk
Birch Mill Business Centre
Heywood Old Road,Rochdale
OL10 2QQ
0161 527 9490

Support Offered

We further support veterans with life-skills including CV writing, interview techniques, mentoring and buddying in their new logistics careers.

Half our skilled team are veterans – together with our beneficiaries, AF communities and organisations, logistics partners and other training providers, we ensure our support remains relevant and bespoke to each veteran learner we support on their new life journey.

Veterans Orthopaedic Service (RJAH Hospital)

Charity Number: 1058878
Company Number: Z4918057

The Veterans Orthopaedic Service currently provides unique care for both serving and ex-service personnel from every military background, air, sea and land – regardless of their length of service. The service is based at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (RJAH) in Oswestry, North Shropshire, a renowned specialist centre for the treatment of orthopaedics and all musculoskeletal conditions.

Our aim is to provide world class facilities that are tailored to suit military Veterans to give the best possible care we can, as our Veterans so richly deserve.

Contact Information

http://www.rjah.nhs.uk
rjah.fundraising@nhs.net
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt
Orthopaedic Hospital Trust
Oswestry
SY10 7AG
01691 404588 / 07964 214068

Support Offered

The service was set up in 2013 by Lt Col Carl Meyer who is a consultant military orthopaedic surgeon. Lt Col Carl Meyer has served as a Medical Officer in both the Gulf War and more recently in Afghanistan, where he was involved in treating local civilians, as well as injured troops. He has special clinical interests in hip and knee replacement and in trauma; his military work has informed his practice and driven his understanding of the experiences and expectation of veteran patients.

Col Meyer is supported by a team of highly skilled clinical colleagues with a passion for veterans’ medicine. A dedicated centre for the treatment of patients has recently been approved following a fundraising campaign. The building is set to be opened in the early part of 2022.

Veterans Outdoors

Charity Number: 1175204

Based in the South West, Veterans Outdoors is a unique charity offering support, friendship, and outdoor wellbeing activities. We understand the therapeutic benefits of working with horticulture, nature and animals or simply just being outdoors walking, kayaking, learning rural craft skills or just sitting around the fire drinking tea. We do all this and more – and our activities are open to anyone who has served in the Armed Forces, is still serving or who has a spousal connection. We also have unique ‘women only veterans’ projects too.

Contact Information

http://www.veteransoutdoors.org.uk
info@veteransoutdoors.org.uk
c/o 4 Stonesclose
Galpin Street
Modbury,Ivybridge
PL21 0RZ
07760 729080

Support Offered

Whether you want a new or different experience, to learn a new skill, try a new hobby or just be part of something and meet new friends, we’d love to hear from you. For those that need it, our programmes are proven to build confidence, help reconnections with family and friends and improve physical and mental wellbeing. If you’d like to find out more about what we’re up to and become part of our growing family of veterans contact us on 07760 729080 or via the email and website below.

Veterans Outreach Support

Charity Number: 1154429
Company Number: 08479090

Veterans Outreach Support provides welcoming and relaxed places where UK veterans and family members can come for confidential social or psychological support, or simply to meet for a chat and a cuppa. Former members of British Armed Forces and Reserves, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and the Merchant Navy are all welcome. Drop In centres are normally open once a month, follow the link to their website for more details.

Contact Information

http://www.vosuk.org
admin@vosuk.org
The Royal Maritime Club
75-80 Queen Street
Portsmouth
PO1 3HS
02392 731 767

Support Offered

Veterans Regroup CIC

Company Number: 06995089

Veterans Regroup CIC is an award-winning charitable organisation that has been supporting the Armed Forces community in Cornwall since 2012. We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, registered with the ICO, and proud members of Advice UK, Cobseo and ASDIC. We are also a Veterans’ Gateway partner.

Veterans Regroup CIC provides free support to Veterans, Serving Personnel, Operationally Qualified Seafarers and their immediate families across Cornwall. The organisation currently delivers eight multi-agency Armed Forces hubs, supported by more than 30 statutory and third-sector organisations, alongside specialist money and debt advice, health and wellbeing services, employment support, and a wide range of coffee mornings and social activities.

Contact Information

https://veteransregroup.co.uk
jane@veteransregroup.co.uk
The Workbox
30 Ferris Town
Truro
TR1 3JJ
01209 212579

Support Offered

Our friendly, informal Armed Forces Hubs take place every month in Truro, Launceston, Redruth, Newquay, Penryn, Helston, Penzance and Liskeard. Each hub offers a welcoming space where veterans, serving personnel and families can meet over tea, coffee and biscuits while accessing support with dental appointments, health and wellbeing, housing, welfare, employment, education and training, volunteering, peer support, substance misuse, and compulsive gambling.

We also invite employers who can offer guaranteed interviews for veterans to attend one hub each month, providing a valuable opportunity to learn about job roles, recruitment processes and pathways into employment.

Veterans Response CIC

Company Number: 8350080

Veterans Response CIC is a veteran-led, community-based organisation based in South Tyneside, dedicated to supporting Armed Forces veterans and their families as they transition into civilian life. Established in 2013, the organisation provides holistic, practical support including housing assistance, welfare and benefits guidance, peer-led wellbeing support, and a year-round veterans foodbank.
We also deliver digital inclusion activities, accredited training, and employability support through partnerships with local authorities and colleges. Veterans Response CIC is deeply embedded in the local community and recognised as a trusted first point of contact for ex-service personnel. Our approach is built on lived experience, compassion, and collaboration—ensuring no veteran is left behind.

Contact Information

http://www.veteranstraining.co.uk/
ian.driver@veteranstraining.co.uk
96-98 King Street
Southshields
NE33 1JE

Support Offered

Veterans Response CIC offers tailored, person-centred support to veterans and their families across South Tyneside. Our team—comprising veterans and professionals with lived experience—provides:
• Housing advocacy and tenancy support
• Welfare, benefits, and financial hardship guidance
• A year-round veterans foodbank supporting over 40 families weekly
• Peer-led wellbeing support and assistance navigating NHS mental health services (e.g. Op Courage)
• Digital skills and employment support, including CV writing, training access, and job search help
• Drop-in and outreach services to tackle isolation and promote inclusion
We work in partnership with local authorities, colleges, NHS services, and veteran networks (e.g. ASDIC, Veterans Gateway) to ensure joined-up support. Our expertise lies in building trusted relationships, responding quickly to need, and providing practical, emotional, and transitional support that helps veterans move forward with confidence.

Veterans with Dogs

Charity Number: 1161554
Company Number: 8443724

Helping Lead Independent Lives.

VETERANS WITH DOGS is the UK’s first Charity organisation training Assistance Dogs for British ex-servicemen and women with service-related mental health conditions.

Veterans train in partnership with dogs, strengthening their bond and understanding, leading to greater independence, improved self-esteem and increased quality of life.

Contact Information

http://www.veteranswithdogs.org.uk
info@veteranswithdogs.org.uk
Hannahs at Seale-Hayne
Howton Lane
Newton Abbot
TQ12 6NQ
0843 2898899

Support Offered

Our Partner Animal Life Skills (PALS) programme helps those with “invisible” injuries regain quality of life and independence.

– Proactive participation
– One to one training
– Residential training

Walking With The Wounded

Charity Number: 1153497

Established in 2010, Walking With The Wounded ‘WWTW’ is a leading military charity which recognises that those who served, deserve.

Whether mentally wounded, socially wounded or physically wounded, they deserve the care, support and means they and their families need to function in society, serving in the communities in which they live, reigniting their sense of purpose and making a positive contribution again.

Walking With The Wounded gets those who’ve served – and their families – back on their feet. We do three things: employment, mental health and care coordination which are saving jobs, homes, relationships and lives for the veterans who are struggling since leaving the military.

Our innovative partnerships with the NHS England wide OP Courage service , and Head Start , own mental health programme enabling 121 therapy within days, are delivering significant, positive, social impacts across the UK.

We have Integrated Regional Services in the North East, North West , East of England and in the South East.

Contact Information

http://walkingwiththewounded.org.uk
info@wwtw.org.uk
42 Canada Street
M40 8AE
01263 863900

Support Offered

Deliver employment, mental health and care coordination programmes to ex-servicemen and women.

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