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Naval and Military Bible Society

Charity Number: 1102593
Company Number: 5021052

Our mission is to supply Bibles and Christian resources to the uniformed services, seafarers and associated organisations.

Literature is provided on request and reimbursement is sought through donations and sponsorship to meet production costs and overheads.

Contact Information

https://nmbs.org.uk/
enquiries@nmbs.org.uk
Castaway House
311Twyford Avenue
Portsmouth
PO2 8RN
02392699873

Support Offered

Bibles and Christian resources

Never Such Innocence

Charity Number: 1156148
Company Number: 8680319

Never Such Innocence provides children and young people the opportunity to share their thoughts on conflict through poetry, art, speech and song writing.
We hold Workshops, Community Roadshow events and hold an Annual International Competition. We provide powerful platforms for young people to have their voices heard.

Contact Information

http://www.neversuchinnocence.com
enquiries@neversuchinnocence.com
11 Slingsby Pl
WC2E 9AB
0207 836 2603

Support Offered

Our Voices of Armed Forces Children Programme invites service and veteran children, aged 6-18, to use the arts to share what it means to be a service child of the Royal Navy, Army or RAF. We focus on peer to peer empathy on service life, working with both service children and their families.

Pegasus Men’s Wellbeing Centre CIC

Company Number: 09113207

Pegasus – Men’s Wellbeing Centre exists to improve the mental health and wellbeing of men by ensuring that no man has to face life’s challenges alone.
Our purpose is to provide accessible, professional support that enables men to seek help early, build resilience and improve their emotional wellbeing before difficulties reach crisis point. We are committed to reducing stigma around men’s mental health, preventing suicide, tackling social isolation and helping men develop the confidence and skills to lead healthier, more fulfilling lives.
Through counselling, education, community engagement and partnerships, Pegasus works to create a society, where asking for help is seen as a strength, support is accessible to everyone who needs it, and every man has the opportunity to thrive.

Contact Information

http://pegasusmenswellbeing.co.uk
Carnon Building B
Wilson way
Pool
TR15 3RS
01209 205785

Support Offered

Pegasus – Men’s Wellbeing Centre is a multi-award-winning Community Interest Company providing professional mental health and wellbeing support for men across the UK.
Established in 2014, Pegasus offers accessible, trauma-informed counselling, psychotherapy and wellbeing programmes delivered by qualified and trainee counsellors under professional supervision. We support men experiencing a wide range of challenges, including anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD/C-PTSD, suicidal thoughts, relationship difficulties, bereavement, addiction, domestic abuse, financial pressures and social isolation.
Our services are available in person, online, by telephone, through Walk & Talk therapy and home visits where appropriate, helping to reduce barriers to accessing support.
Alongside one-to-one counselling, we deliver group programmes, psychoeducation, community wellbeing initiatives and training designed to improve emotional resilience and encourage early intervention.
Pegasus has extensive experience supporting members of the Armed Forces community, including serving personnel, veterans and their families, recognising the unique impact that military service, transition to civilian life and trauma can have on mental health.
Our person-centred, evidence-informed approach focuses on helping individuals build resilience, improve wellbeing and achieve lasting positive change.
Our mission is to ensure that no man has to face life’s challenges alone by providing safe, compassionate and professional support that empowers men to thrive.

Sale Sharks Community Trust

Charity Number: 1142956
Company Number: 07461043

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.

Contact Information

http://www.salesharks.com/community
community@salesharks.com
Sale Sharks High Performance Centre
Carrington Lane
Manchester
M31 4AE

Support Offered

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.

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.

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 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.

University of Winchester

Company Number: 05969256

The University of Winchester remains committed to the mission it has served for 175 years, since 1840: ‘to educate, to advance knowledge and to serve the common good.’ The University provides values-driven higher education through excellent programmes of study, sustained by teaching and research of the highest quality.

The University of Winchester leads the Service Children’s Progression Alliance (SCiP Alliance), which seeks to champion the success of children from military families through further and higher education into thriving careers and lives. In keeping with our commitment to serve the common good and our strong relationships with many local and national partners supporting armed forces families, the Alliance incorporates both research and practice hubs designed to help professionals help children and young people succeed at every stage of their education journey.

Contact Information

http://www.winchester.ac.uk
wp@winchester.ac.uk
The University of Winchester
Sparkford Road
Winchester
SO22 4NR

Support Offered

Universities in Support of Wounded, Injured and Sick Service Personnel (UNSWIS) programme, which provides work experience, taster sessions, and advisory visits for veterans.

Heritage for Heroes – undergraduate archaeology programme, which supports skills and career development for wounded, injured and sick serving personnel and veterans.

University experience days, advice and aspiration- and awareness-raising support for children and young people, and their teachers, in Hampshire and the surrounding area.

The Service Children’s Progression Alliance – the university leads the SCiP Alliance, which develops pioneering research and practice designed to enhance the practice of professionals in schools, colleges and universities through an online hub and a range of supporting projects.

Walk Talk Action CIC

Company Number: 12230721

Walk Talk Action supports veterans and their families by combining outdoor activity, conversation, and community involvement to promote better mental health, physical
wellbeing, and social connection. Our organisation creates inclusive, judgement‑free spaces where people can walk together, share experiences, access peer support, and take meaningful steps toward recovery, resilience, and a renewed sense of purpose. We aim to
reduce isolation, build confidence, and empower individuals to take positive action in their lives and communities through a 10 Step Programme initiative.

Contact Information

http://www.walktalkaction.co.uk
teri@walktalkaction.co.uk
Unit 10
Newstead Industrial Trading Estate
ST4 8HX
07804 577783

Support Offered

Walk Talk Action provides structured wellbeing support for veterans and their families through a blend of outdoor activity, peer connection, and guided personal
development. Our expertise lies in creating safe, inclusive environments where individuals can rebuild confidence, reduce isolation, and take meaningful steps toward improved mental and physical wellbeing.

A core part of our support is our 10‑Step Programme, a practical, action‑focused pathway designed to help participants regain structure, purpose, and momentum in their lives. The programme combines walking, talking, and goal‑setting with peer support and community engagement, enabling veterans to progress at their own pace while being supported by others with shared experiences. Through our walks, group sessions, and structured programme, we help individuals develop resilience, strengthen social networks, and take positive action toward long‑term wellbeing and community involvement.

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