What can SSAFA help with?
SSAFA can help provide practical, financial and emotional support for service personnel, veterans and their families.
Can SSAFA help with housing?
SSAFA can offer impartial guidance around housing issues for those who have left the Armed Forces. Our guidance includes homelessness, housing benefits, accessing social housing, tenants’ rights, mortgage arrears, repossession and eviction.
Does SSAFA support merchant navy?
SSAFA’s caseworkers not only exist to relieve need, suffering and distress amongst the Armed Forces, veterans and their families in order to support their independence and dignity but also, through Seafarers UK’s funding, support Merchant Navy seafarers and their dependents in need.
Is SSAFA confidential?
Contact Forcesline – it’s free & confidential. We are open 09:00 – 17:00, Monday to Friday.
How can we help our troops?
Here are five ways you can help deployed soldiers.
- Say Thank You. The simplest way to support our troops is to thank them for their service.
- Send a Care Package.
- Support Military Spouses During Deployments.
- Volunteer with the Troops.
- Donate to the USO.
Where are SSAFA based?
London
Founded in 1885, SSAFA is the UK’s oldest national tri-service Armed Forces charity….SSAFA.
| Formation | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Type | Charity Veterans’ organisation |
| Headquarters | 4 St Dunstan’s Hill London EC3R 8AD |
| Location | United Kingdom |
Do ex servicemen get priority housing?
Local authorities must now ensure that members of the Armed Forces and ex-servicewomen and men suffering with mental health conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are given priority for housing.
Are Merchant Navy veterans?
Auxiliary and Merchant Navy deserve recognition for their service to this country in successive conflicts. All those who have served on a civilian vessel whilst it was supporting the Armed Forces are recognised as Veterans.
Where is SSAFA based?
How can civilians help the military?
Offer a job if you or someone you know is hiring. Engage in community activities. Some military members return to a huge network of friends and family; others do not. Arrange outings to baseball games, museums (though many returning veterans I worked with were initially averse to crowds), or the movies.
What does SSAFA London Central do?
SSAFA London Central. We are the London Central Branch of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity. We are the London Central Branch of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity. We provide lifelong support to those who are serving or have served in the British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Marines or the Royal Air Force, and to their families.
How do I contact SSAFA?
Contact Forcesline, our help desk for any member of the armed forces, veterans and their families, on 0800 260 6767, or send them a message using their Forcesline contact form. Our central office address: SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, 4 St. Dunstan’s Hill, London, EC3R 8AD – find us on Google maps
How can SSAFA help you?
Whatever challenges they’re facing, members of the Armed Forces community can rely on SSAFA. Supporting our Forces through the transition process. Providing welfare services to the family members of the Armed Forces community. Giving physical and emotional support to older veterans.
What is the SSAFA branch network?
Our branch network is the bedrock on which SSAFA is built, and where both local fundraising events and volunteering roles are managed from. Find your local branch using the postcode search below.
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