The rise in the cost of living in recent years has affected millions of people including serving personnel and Veterans.
To help ensure that these difficulties are met with a swift and effective response, the Women’s Royal Army Corps Association has formed a new partnership with The Veterans Charity.
The partnership means that the charity will assess and deliver immediate needs support on behalf of WRAC Association, with the trust covering the costs of the support being provided. The charity will also actively promote the partnership to reach out to women who served in the Corps and may be needing support.
“Our message is this: If YOU are a woman who served in the Army, even for just one day, and you are facing hardship, you can apply to receive RAPID support with essentials like food shopping, utilities, or clothing through a new partnership between the WRAC Association and The Veterans Charity.”
– Col (Retd) Isabel McCord, Chairman, ATS & WRAC Benevolent Funds Grants Committee
Danny Greeno, CEO of The Veterans Charity said:
“We are extremely pleased to have been approached by the WRAC Association to form this exciting new partnership and to be providing support to Veterans of the WRAC.
“We have proudly supported many female Veterans during the past 15 years and we are very excited to be working with the WRAC to expand this support and most importantly, to help ensure that women who served in the WRAC and ATS know that support is there for them should they experience difficulties. Sadly, we are aware that many may not consider that they are entitled to support as they may have served for a short time due to the restrictions placed on women in the military in the past.
“Hardship is affecting many people and our support exists to deliver a rapid reaction to the most urgent needs, alleviating that hardship and the distress it can cause.”
The partnership formally began on 1 March 2023 and is being underwritten with a grant from the WRAC Association which The Veterans Charity will use to draw down funds to deliver the rapid support for essentials such as food shopping, utilities support, clothing, household items or communications devices and credit.
Several women who served in the WRAC have already been supported by the partnership.
