🧩 Welfare & Immediate Needs
- Royal British Legion – The UK's largest Armed Forces charity, offering lifelong support to serving and ex‑serving personnel and families through welfare, recovery, rehabilitation, advice, and advocacy. britishlegion.org.uk
📞 0808 802 8080
- SSAFA (Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association) – The oldest tri-service charity, providing welfare support including housing, mentoring, disability assistance, and mental health services for personnel and families. ssafa.org.uk
📞 0808 260 6780
- Help for Heroes – Supports veterans and their families with physical and mental health support, grants, recovery centres, community programs, and education/training opportunities. helpforheroes.org.uk
📞0300 303 9888 (Mon-Fri)
- Combat Stress – The UK's leading mental health charity for veterans, specialising in PTSD treatment, anxiety, depression, and trauma recovery programs. combatstress.org.uk
📞0800 138 1619
- ABF The Soldiers’ Charity – The national charity for the Army family, offering grants for independent living, elderly care, education, employability, mental fitness, families, and housing, supporting ~70k people annually. so...harity.org
📞0207 901 8900
- Veterans Welfare Group – A veteran-led organisation providing peer-led welfare guidance and practical support based on lived experience.
📞0330 056 0174
- The Veterans Charity – Provides urgent aid—food, utilities, clothing, communication, and household items—to veterans in immediate need.
📞01271 371001
🏠 Housing & Homelessness
- Haig Housing Trust – The leading provider of affordable housing for ex-service personnel in the UK, with over 1,500 properties and guidance services. haighousing.org.uk
📞0208 685 5777 (Mon – Fri)
- Veterans Aid – Offers immediate assistance—food, clothing, emergency accommodation—to veterans facing homelessness and poverty.
📞0207 828 2468
- Helping Homeless Veterans UK – Provides direct support and accommodation for veterans sleeping rough.
📞07841 374320
- Help 4 Homeless Veterans – Yorkshire charity offering B&B stays and support toward long-term housing.
📞07305 260798 (Mon – Fri)
- Stoll – Delivers supported housing for vulnerable veterans across the UK. www.stoll.org.uk
📞0207 385 2110 (Mon – Fri)
- Alabaré Homes for Veterans – Offers supported housing and resettlement services across England & Wales.
📞01722 322882
🧠 Mental Health & Wellbeing
- PTSD Resolution – Delivers free therapy and support to veterans and their families dealing with PTSD. www.ptsdresolution.org
📞0300 302 0551 (Mon–Fri 9–5)
- Help for Heroes (mental health services)
👨👩👧👦 Children & Families
- Little Troopers – Supports children of serving or veteran parents through educational resources and school outreach. www.littletroopers.net
- Scotty’s Little Soldiers – Provides long-term emotional, practical, and financial support to bereaved military children up to age 25. www.scottyslittlesoldiers.co.uk
- Naval Children’s Charity – Delivers support through family counselling, grants, and overseas assistance to children of naval personnel.
- SSAFA (family support arm)
- Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity (family grant support)
💼 Education & Employment
- Forces Employment Charity – Offers career guidance, CV/interview support, and training to veterans and their families. forcesempl...ent.org.uk
- Lifeworks (RBLI) – Helps veterans and military families with employability programmes and skill-building courses. wearelifew...rks.org.uk
- Veterans Work – Connects veterans with employment opportunities through employer partnerships and outreach.
- Veterans First UK – Runs a “Veterans Village” delivering housing, healthcare, employment, and training services. veteransfi...stuk.co.uk
🦾 Specialist Support
- Blesma, The Limbless Veterans – Since 1932, supports veterans with limb loss or loss of sight/limb use through rehabilitation, welfare, and prosthetic assistance. [blesma.org]
📞0208 590 1124
- Gurkha Welfare Trust – Provides healthcare, education, livelihood support, and community development for Gurkha veterans and their families in Nepal and the UK.
📞01722 323 955
- RNBT (Royal Naval Benevolent Trust) – Offers financial grants and residential care to naval veterans, Royal Marines, ratings, and their families in need. rnbt.org.uk
📞02394 216294
- RAF Benevolent Fund – Provides emotional, financial, and practical support to serving and former RAF personnel and their families, including childcare, disability aids, and ongoing welfare assistance. www.rafbf.org
📞0300 102 1919
- Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) – National charity for sailors and marines, distributing grants, emergency support, and family assistance. rnrmc.org.uk
📞023 9387 1520
- Association of Royal Navy Officers – Offers financial grants to naval officers and their families in times of hardship. www.arno.org.uk
📞020 7402 5231
- Armed Forces Christian Union (AFCU) – Provides pastoral support and spiritual companionship to military personnel and veterans. www.afcu.org.uk
📞01793 783123
- Aggie Weston’s – Offers pastoral care and family support services to Royal Navy and Royal Marine communities. www.aggies.org.uk
📞07977 641876
✅ Devon-Specific Charities & Groups
📞 01271 371001
- SSAFA Devon Branch – Local volunteer-led support for veterans and serving personnel. (Wyvern Barracks Exeter)
📞 020 4566 9131
- Royal British Legion Devon Branches – Provide local welfare, Remembrance activities, and community events.
- Alabaré Homes for Veterans (Devon) – Offers supported housing within Devon.
📞 01237 425922
- Local Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Clubs – Community gatherings in Exeter, Plymouth, and Barnstaple for peer support and friendship.
