Support Organisations

The following organizations provide a wide variety of practical support to veterans.
SSAFA Forces Help
We help and support those who serve in our Armed Forces and those who have served even if it was only for a single day. We also care for the families of both.
www.ssafa.org.uk

Royal Naval Benevolent Trust
The RNBT gives help in times of need to serving and ex-Serving RN ratings and RM other ranks, their partners, children and others connected to them.
www.rnbt.org.uk

Seafarers UK
Acts as an umbrella fundraiser and grant-maker for the whole UK maritime sector: RN, RM, MN and fishing.
www.seafarers-uk.org

ABF - The Soldiers' Charity
We give lifetime support to serving and retired soldiers and their families. They risk so much for us, but for them, it's "just doing their job".  In return, we provide financial assistance when they are in real need.
www.soldierscharity.org

RAF Benevolent Fund
We are the RAF's leading welfare charity providing practical, financial and - in some cases - emotional support to all members of the RAF family, from childhood through to old age. We help with issues from childcare and relationship difficulties to injury and disability, and from financial hardship and debt to illness and bereavement.
www.rafbf.org

Poppyscotland
Poppyscotland supports veterans and their dependants by A) Providing direct financial assistance to individuals; B) Funding a pensions advice service for veterans; C) Providing grants and research to organizations that deliver specialist support to veterans.
www.poppyscotland.org.uk

Officers Association Scotland
OA Scotland aims to relieve distress among all those who have at any time held a Sovereign's Commission with embodied service in HM Naval, Military, or Air Force, and among their wives, widows, husbands, widowers, children and dependants. This includes ex-Officers who were commissioned into the Reserve, Auxiliary, or Territorial Forces. Applicants must be resident in Scotland at the time of their initial application or have been members of a Scottish Regiment.
www.oascotland.org.uk

War Pensions Committee - East & West Scotland
Veterans may ask for assistance from their local WPC at any time, with any difficulty they have regarding a War Pension. WPCs can also assist should a veteran have a problem or complaint about the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency or the War Pensioners Welfare Service.
www.veterans-uk.info/wpcomits

National War Pensions 
The Royal British Legion Scotland can provide help and advice on War Pensions and Tribunals.
www.rblscotland.org

Mark Wright Project
Actively supporting our ex-service men and women, and their families in addressing the invisible wounds of war and easing their transition into civilian life.
www.themarkwrightproject.org.uk

North East Scotland Veterans Association
We aim to develop a network of comrades to help relieve the social isolation experienced by disabled veterans.
www.aberdeenccn.info/NESDVA/DVAhome.asp

Regular Forces Employment Association
The RFEA's simple aim, since 1885, has been to help those leaving the Armed Forces to find and to remain in employment throughout their working lives. This is done as part of the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) for up to two years after discharge and thereafter is done on behalf of the Service Benevolence Funds.
www.rfea.org.uk

SkillForce
We are a dynamic education charity that delivers inspiring programmes that increase the numbers of young people entering education, employment and training
www.skillforce.org

Royal Caledonian School Trust
The Caley, as it's affectionately known, was established in 1815 to help educate the sons and daughters of Scots who were serving, or who had served, in the armed forces, and the children of poor Scots in London. Today, almost two hundred years later, the work continues in a way, which, we believe still meets our founders' intentions. We help with educational grants for school clothing, school trips, school fees and help with living expenses for those in further or higher education. Our founders set no age limit so the Caley can also help with those who need a second educational chance. The Caley also sponsors projects that benefit groups or qualifying students, and awards scholarships to help those who decide to use a gap year to help less fortunate communities.
www.rcst.org.uk

Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity
The single focus of the RNRMC is to provide support to the entire Naval family.  We aim to help those who are in need or who are suffering hardship; assist with the education of their children; and boost the morale and wellbeing of serving personnel. 
www.rnrmc.org.uk

Royal Naval Association
The Royal Naval Association granted it's Royal Charter in 1954 and is the principal Naval Association recognised by the Admiralty Board and is a Registered Charity.  Membership is open to all serving andex-service members of the Naval Forces including the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, QARNNS, WRNS, Reserves and all ranks and specialisation's.  In addition, anyone who is in sympathy with  the objects of the Association may join as an Associate Member.
www.royal-navy-association.co.uk/
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