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Fares4Free

Scottish Charity Number: SC046606

The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

Contact Information

http://www.Fares4Free.org
info@fares4free.org
New Haig House
Logie Green Road
Edinburgh
EH7 4HQ

Support Offered

Fares4Free work with taxi firms, drivers and community transport organisations to provide veterans with free transport to help them access essential services and fight isolation one mile at a time.
Fares4Free drivers provide a welcoming safe environment and a listening ear.
Expertise:
Transport and journey planning.
Signposting

FEC – Forces Employment Charity

Charity Number: 1061212
Scottish Charity Number: Sc039262
Company Number: 3270369

Part of the Career Transition Partnership. To help men and women of all ranks leaving the Armed Forces to find and remain in employment throughout their working lives.

Contact Information

http://www.forcesemployment.org.uk/
info@forcesemployment.org.uk
Mountbarrow House
6-20 Elizabeth Street
London
SW1W 9RB

Support Offered

Counselling and support.
Job finding, advice and search.

Felix Fund

Charity Number: 1142494

To assist with the well-being of individuals within the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) community past, present and future.

Contact Information

https://www.felixfund.org.uk/
melanie@felixfund.org.uk
Vauxhall Barracks
Foxhall Road
Didcot
OX11 7ES
07713 752901

Support Offered

The Felix Fund offers welfare support through:

• Therapeutic breaks for those recently returned from operational tours.
• Specialist coaching and mentoring to help relieve stress related illness.
• On-camp rehabilitation facilities.
• Confidential Helpline through Sapper Support.

And financial assistance:
• To the families of EOD operatives who have lost their lives.
• For funding of specialist equipment for physically and mentally injured serving and ex-serving soldiers.
• to EOD operatives and their families when facing hard times.

Fighting With Pride

Charity Number: 1191863
Friendly Society Register No: 12735805

Contact Information

https://www.fightingwithpride.org.uk/
info@fightingwithpride.org.uk
45 Roedean Crescent
Brighton
BN2 5RG

Support Offered

FWP is a lived-experience charity supporting the health and wellbeing of LGBT+ Veterans, service personnel and their families. We are particularly supporting those most impacted by the ban on LGBT+ personnel serving in the Armed Forces prior to January 2000, and are helping reconnect these Veterans to the military family and support services.

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal’s Volunteer Corps)

Charity Number: 249360

To provide rapid response teams in support of civil and military authorities during a major event, incident, or in planning and exercise roles.

Contact Information

http://www.fany.org.uk/
hq@fany.org.uk
Wellington Barracks
Birdcage Walk
SW1E 6HQ
02079745459

Support Offered

• Liaise and plan with UK civil and military authorities, supporting them during emergencies.
• Select, train and develop active members with the skills and knowhow to undertake support, through the provision of comprehensive training and duty of care.
• Foster FANY esprit de Corps and keep veterans and associate members in touch with the wider Corps family.
• Nurture our Corps’ heritage by maintaining membership records and archival material and responding to enquiries from relatives or researchers.

FirstLight Trust

Charity Number: 1149496
Company Number: 8226711

To support Veterans of the Armed Forces and Emergency Services, locally, at the grass roots and rehabilitate them back into their own community – whatever that looks like

Contact Information

http://www.firstlighttrust.co.uk/
enquiries@firstlighttrust.co.uk
63 Newborough
Scarborough
YO11 1ET
01723 361210

Support Offered

FirstLight Trust works with what is available in the community; and if it is not available aims to fund it. The support we can access/provide includes: housing, debt advice/financial planning, drug & alcohol rehabilitation, counselling, general support, drop in, training, CV writing etc

Forces Children Scotland (Royal Caledonian Trust)

Charity Number: 310952

Forces Children Scotland supports children and young people from serving personnel, reservist and veteran families to reach their potential and thrive. We achieve this by working collaboratively across sectors to drive improvements which reflect and support the unique challenges they face. We amplify their voices, ensuring they are heard and influence the development of policy and practice.

We support the children and young people of Scottish regular and reservist personnel as well as veterans of all arms of the British Armed Forces, who reside anywhere across the United Kingdom. We also support the children and young people of regular and reservist personnel who aren’t Scottish and are currently based or residing in Scotland.

Contact Information

https://forceschildrenscotland.org.uk/
admin@forceschildrenscotland.org.uk
15 Hill Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3JP
0131 240 2224

Support Offered

• We create opportunities for children and young people to be heard, make new friends and get involved in lots of different, creative ways
• We give financial support in different ways for children, young people and their families including our School Children’s Fund, College & University Student’s Fund, Support in a Crisis, Family Time Break Fund, Young Carers Support
• We deliver projects and services that help support children and young people with their mental health and wellbeing and education and learning
• We provide advice and support to those who support children and young people through a programme of training, resources, research, and access to our advisory service
• We build sector partnerships to help influence change in policy and practice

Forces Children’s Trust

Charity Number: 1104212
Company Number: 7587011

As a charity we are devoted to working together to help children in need whose father or mother has died, or has sustained life threatening injuries whilst serving as a member of the British Armed Forces.

Contact Information

https://forceschildrenstrust.org.uk/
denny.wise@forceschildrenstrust.org.uk
'Quaver Rest'
65 Shawley Way
Epsom Downs
KT18 5PD
01737 361077

Support Offered

Educational trips, Holidays, Help with extra curricula activities, Bereavement Counselling Weekends, plus many other activities.

Forces in Mind Trust

Charity Number: 1145688
Company Number: 7855145

FIMT Objectives are:

The prevention and relief of poverty ,the protection of mental and physical health and the relief of sickness and need amongst serving and former serving members of the armed forces by means of the provision of mentoring, services, facilities and equipment to support their treatment, rehabilitation, resettlement, education, training and employment and thereby support their transition to civilian life
The protection of the mental and physical health, and the relief of poverty of the families and dependants of serving and former serving members of the armed forces in all cases for the benefit of the public.

Contact Information

http://www.fim-trust.org/
enquiries@fim-trust.org
Forces in Mind Trust Office
Mountbarrow House
6-20 Elizabeth Street,London
SW1W 9RB

Support Offered

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