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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.

Officers’ Association Scotland

Charity Number: SC010665
Scottish Charity Number: SC010665

Provision of employment and career transition services for serving and former officers; relief of distress among former regular or reserve officers and their dependants. Applicants must be resident in Scotland at the time of their initial application or have been members of a Scottish Regiment.

Contact Information

http://www.oascotland.org.uk
New Haig House
Logie Green Road
Edinburgh
EH7 4HR
0131 550 1575 / 1581

Support Offered

Direct financial assistance, one-off and annual grants, vocational training grants and business start-up loans.

Employment and career transition services to serving and former officers.

Officers’ Association

Charity Number: 201321

Dedicated exclusively to supporting officers, ex-officers and their dependants. Including provision of employment services, financial and welfare support. Works in close collaboration with other charities.

Collocated with The Soldier’s Charity, RFEA and the Haig Housing Trust and Cobseo.

Contact Information

http://www.officersassociation.org.uk
info@officersassociation.org.uk
40 Caversham Road
Reading
RG1 7BT
020 7808 4160

Support Offered

Short and long term financial help and advice for ex-officers and their families, throughout their lives.

Access to residential homes for disabled and single persons.

Employment support and job finding for officers and ex-officers throughout their working lives. Part of MoD Career Transition Partrnership.

On Course Foundation

Charity Number: 1136618
Company Number: 7267733

OCF provides long-term benefits for wounded, injured and sick Servicemen and women and former Service personnel through the medium of golf. It provides golf familiarisation, skills and employment training, and facilitates work experience placements and full-time employment opportunities.

Contact Information

http://www.oncoursefoundation.com
info@oncoursefoundation.com
28 Falstaff House
Bardolph Road
Richmond
TW9 2LH
020 8334 2010

Support Offered

OCF offers confidence-building practical training and contributes to long-term development plans, which are key elements of the physical and psychological recovery process and transition to civilian life.

Operation Christmas Box

Charity Number: 1112260
Company Number: 5523632

To provide gifts to the UK Armed Forces, principally but not exclusively, Christmas Boxes to every Royal Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Airman, Airwoman and officer serving unaccompanied overseas on Christmas Day and away from their families and friends.

Contact Information

http://www.operationchristmasbox.org
charles.wookey@operationchristmasbox.org
The Teasel Barn
Belluton
Pensford
BS39 4JJ

Support Offered

Principally Christmas Boxes but Operation Christmas Box has been asked by the MOD to intervene on other occasions and has provided fleece blankets to the Role 3 Medical Facility in Camp Bastion and beach towels to the De-compression Team in Cyprus. We are willing to consider other similar ideas if the need is supported by PJHQ (J1) and the MOD Service Personnel Support Team.

Outside the Wire (Matthew Project)

Charity Number: 1122801
Company Number: 6388343

Outside the Wire provides a bespoke alcohol, drug and PTSD service, offering confidential advice and support.to current and ex HM Forces personnel and their families across Norfolk,Suffolk and Essex.

E-mail:
wayne.copsey@matthewproject.org
outsidethewire@matthewproject.org

Contact Information

http://www.matthewproject.org/outsidethewire
enquiry@matthewproject.org
The Matthew Project
70 – 80 Oak St
Norwich
NR3 3QA

Support Offered

We offer free 1 to 1 sessions, either at home or at an outreach location, to provide support with:

• relapse prevention
• harm reduction
• advocacy
• family support
• therapy
• onward referrals

Pain Association Scotland

Scottish Charity Number: SC014486

To provide self-management for those burdened with chronic pain via monthly group meetings or by one-to-one sessions by arrangement.

Contact Information

www.painassociation.co.uk
info@painassociation.com
Suite D
Moncrieffee Business Centre
Friarton Road,Perth
PH2 8DG
0800 783 6059

Support Offered

Providing valuable tools helping veterans manage their pain more effectively on a day-to-day basis and help lead an improved quality of life.

PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide

Charity Number: 1070896
Company Number: 3555482

PAPYRUS is the only national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide. We exist to reduce the number of young people who take their own lives by equipping both them and their communities with the skills to recognise and respond to suicidal behaviour, to prevent, to intervene, and to encourage self-care.

Suicide is the single biggest killer of young people in the UK today. According to the ONS in this country last year over 1600 young people took their own lives, which equates to over 5 people dying by suicide every single day

Our helpline, HOPELINEUK provides confidential support and advice to young people and to anyone worried about a young person by telephone, text, email and webchat.

We offer a range of suicide prevention training and advice to communities and professionals to equip young people, their families and those that care for them with right tools to keep them safe.
PAPYRUS is also a campaign organisation and press for change using hard-hitting dynamic campaigns as well as continuing to present evidence to those in power so that lessons can be learned and that learning implemented to help save young lives.

Contact Information

http://www.papyrus-uk.org/
admin@papyrus-uk.org
2 Bankside
Crosfield Street
Warrington
WA1 1UP
01925 572444

Support Offered

Our helpline, HOPELINEUK is the suicide prevention intervention service in the UK operating across 4 channels – telephone, email, text and webchat in the UK.
All our HOPELINEUK Advisers are employed members of staff, not volunteers are all highly trained and experienced mental health and suicide prevention experts.
We take call from those under the age of 35 experiencing suicidal thoughts and work with them to put a plan in place to keep them safe.
We also take calls from all those with care for or who are worried about a young person – be that family member, friend, teacher, counsellor or colleague for advice and guidance on how to keep a young person safe.
We offer a de-brief service for professionals who have had a conversation with a young person at risk of suicide to talk through how the conversation went, and to advise on possible future issues and conversations.
All our Community Development Staff are highly trained and experienced trainers with excellent presentation skills, they are all also ASIST trained and fully aware of all matters relating to suicide and suicide prevention
We run awareness raising and training courses to all members of the community that are appropriate and safe.
Members of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group.
Members of the National Advisory Group on Suicide and Self-harm in Wales.
We are members of the National Helpline Partnership and of the Child Helplines International body.
We are signed up members of the Fundraising Regulator.

Personal Finance Soc (Forces MoneyPlan)

Company Number: 5084125

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) is the professional body for the financial planning profession in the UK and a part of the Chartered Insurance Institute.
In 2017 the PFS established a pro bono services called Forces MoneyPlan offering free generic financial guidance to Armed Forces personnel and Veterans. This free and confidential service is part of our commitment under the Armed Forces Covenant to help ensure that recipients are placed in a more informed position in respect of their overall financial well-being and less vulnerable to financial misinformation and scams.
Pro bono services are a key offering of most professions and an important part of our ongoing campaign to build trust amongst consumers and membership organisations. The PFS has offered free generic financial guidance via MoneyPlan (a joint initiative with Citizens Advice) for several years and Forces MoneyPlan is a targeted extension of this hugely successful brand initiative.

Contact Information

https://www.thepfs.org/about-us/initiatives/forces-moneyplan/
Lyn.new@thepfs.org
Personal Finance Society
42-48 High Road
South Woodford
E18 2JP
07900 226151

Support Offered

Forces Moneyplan offers a free, confidential one-off consultation (by phone, face to face or online) with a fully qualified and regulated financial adviser who is a member of the Personal Finance Society and compliant with the societies code of ethics. The financial adviser will provide what is known as generic financial guidance designed to help individuals identify and better understand their financial needs or specific financial issues, services and/or products and make better informed decisions as a result. It will not involve giving personal recommendations about the suitability of specific products or services or their sale or promotion, as this is what is known as regulated financial advice which is outwith the scope of this offering.
Currently Forces MoneyPlan is promoted by several organisations that work in partnership with the PFS . These include:
The Veterans Gateway – all forces veterans can access the service via:
www.thepfs.org/about-us/initiatives//forces-moneyplan/forces-veterans.
The OnCourse Foundation – members of this forces charity can access the service via: www.thepfs.org/about-us/initiatives/forces-moneyplan/on-course-foundation/
Blesma – members of this forces charity can access the service via:
www.thepfs.org/about-us/initiatives/forces-moneyplan/blesma/
The Forces Pension Society – members of this forces charity can access the service via:
www.thepfs/about-us/initiatives/forces-moenyplan/forces-pension-society/
We currently have capacity to work in partnership with additional members of Cobseo and look forward to expanding our service accordingly. If you would like to know more, please contact either Tony Miles (Forces MoneyPlan Project Manager) tony.miles@thepfs.org or Lyn New (Forces MoneyPlan Administrator) Lyn.new@thepfs.org

Phoenix Heroes CIC

Company Number: 11479548

Phoenix Heroes CIC is a non-profit Community Interest Company supporting veterans, serving members of the Armed Forces and their families with a range of support services. We build veteran communities and create a natural peer support environment where our core support services are delivered directly to those who need additional help.

Contact Information

http://www.phoenixheroes.co.uk
info@phoenixheroes.co.uk
Castle House
South Street,Ashby De La Zouch
LE65 1BR
01206 932488

Support Offered

Employment networking – ERS Silver Award holders and aligned with many veteran friendly UK Companies.
Mental Health Support – BACP member Therapist and partnering PTSD support organisation. Our core team members are PTSD Awareness CPD accredited trained. Phoenix Heroes are also BACP organisational members.
Community Building – Our Veteran Carp Angling Club (VCAC) is one of the fastest growing communities in the UK. We have our own L1 & L2 Angling Coaches, and we are a “Get Fishing for Wellbeing” Angling Trust partner. We have a range of different community building initiatives and we are very family focussed.
Tackle 4 Heroes – Our Tackle 4 Heroes project is operating on a national scale enabling us to give FREE fishing equipment to our beneficiaries and their families so they can join our community fishing events.

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