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Veterans Foundation

Charity Number: 1166953
Scottish Charity Number: SC046571

The Veterans’ Foundation gives grants to organisations that support serving and former members of the armed forces, and their dependants, who are in need.

Contact Information

http://www.veteransfoundation.org.uk/
enquiries@veteransfoundation.org.uk
Thistle Court
1-2 Thistle St
Edinburgh
EH2 1DD

Support Offered

The Veterans’ Foundation raises funds through donations and through running the Veterans’ Lottery.

Veterans Growth

Charity Number: 1183537

Veterans’ Growth provides horticultural therapy to veterans facing mental health issues.
Set amidst beautiful Sussex farmland, our site offers a relaxing green space where veterans can come to immerse themselves in nature and learn horticultural skills.
During their time on site, participants socialise with other veterans, gain confidence, knowledge and experience and some go on to find employment within the industry.
The charity also conducts woodland management and green woodwork, alongside Mechanics and Carpentry skills.
The aim of the charity is to provide support and a place on the programme to every veteran in the UK who wants to attend and/or is unable to access help through other channels.
If one life is saved as a result of contact with the charity, we will call it a success.

Contact Information

http://veteransgrowth.org
hello@veteransgrowth.org
Rocks Farm
Oast Cottage Lane
Westfield
TN35 4RS
07379 435513

Support Offered

Veterans’ Growth is run by a veteran with a lived experience, the staff understand that all veterans are different and need different levels of assistance and are all fully trained to provide the best level of service to the veterans community.
Veterans Growth receives referrals from the NHS Op Courage team up and down the country and has contacts to enable us to advise veterans where help that cannot be provided by our small team can be given by other organisations.
Our team consists of Social and Therapeutic trained Horticulturists, Woodland skills manager and many many more skills that can be used to assist a veteran in their personal journey.

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 in Crisis CIC

Company Number: 11321939

To support veterans and their families in Sunderland.

Contact Information

http://www.veteransincrisis.co.uk
info@veteransincrisis.co.uk
ERV
1 Roker Avenue
Sunderland
SR6 0BY
01915671878

Support Offered

Veterans in Crisis provide support directly for most problems brought to our attention. Having built a reputation in Sunderland for engaging with veterans, we are able to provide them with everything they need including:

• Homelessness to Housing
• Furnishing homes
• Mental Health 1-2-1 counselling (including their partners and children) BACP qualified
• Warm and Welcoming Spaces on behalf of Sunderland City Council
• Covid and Flu immunization advice
• Food Banks in 2 locations
• 24-hour fully furnished emergency apartment
• Cooking and washing facilities for veterans to use
• Warm clothing and bedding
• Help with DWP and housing form filling.
• Accelerated access to GP practices. We have a trained Armed Forces Champion in every Sunderland GP surgery.
• Socially prescribed activities
• Employment training, CV creation and interview techniques
• Sporting activities
• Free hot meals every week
• Art Therapy in partnership with Sunderland University
• Group therapy including Dog Walking and Walk and Talk
• We receive approximately 4 referrals a week. They come from GP’s and national organisations like The Royal British Legion, Walking with the Wounded, or Op Courage, all without a local presence in Sunderland.

We do signpost to other service providers that are better placed than ourselves such as Drug and Alcohol advice and Gambling advice.

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
Atrium House
574 Manchester Road,Bury
BL9 9SW
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.

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