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- Aircrew
Association
Exists to foster comradeship amongst those who,
having been awarded an official flying badge,
have qualified to operate military aircraft
and are serving, or have served, as military
aircrew in the armed forces of those nations
allied to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
- Alastrean
House
For many years Alastrean House was the Scottish
showpiece of the Royal Air Force Benevolent
Fund. To this day, the home still has strong
and proud links with the RAF Benevolent Fund.
The home has been operated by Balhousie Care
Group since 2005, and is open to all residents
regardless of background and an RAF connection
is not required. However, some of the rooms
continue to be sponsored by the RAF Benevolent
Fund which can in some circumstances provide
top-up funding to augment local authority payment
towards care costs.
- Armed
Forces Memorial Appeal
The Appeal's task is to provide a National Monument...
of beauty, meaning and substance, to act as
a lasting Memorial to the men and women of the
United Kingdom Armed Forces who have lost their
lives while on duty or as a result of terrorism
since the Second World War.
- Battle
of Britain Historical Society
In the summer of 1940, 2,944 pilots took part
in an historic battle against the German Luftwaffe
that was to become the only battle ever to be
fought entirely in the air, this battle was
to become known as; The "Battle of Britain"
and the pilots as "The Few".
- Battle
of Britain London Monument
This web site provides additional information
about the Battle itself, the airmen who took
part, the location and design of the Monument
and updates on its development.
- BEWSA
(British ex-Services Wheelchair Sports Association)
BEWSA was formed in September 1987 after a small
group of disabled ex-service men and women were
invited to fly to the United States of America
to participate in the 'Paralysed Veterans of
America (PVA) National Veterans Wheelchair Games'.
- BLESMA
(British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association)
Over two thousand surviving Ex-Service men and
women have lost one or more limbs as a result
of in World War II, Korea, Suez, Aden, The Falklands,
The Gulf, Northern Ireland and in support of
the United Nations. For them the fight still
goes on; to hold their own in the battle of
life with a handicap which must always be theirs.
Additionally BLESMA continues to care for some
2000 Widows.
- Burma
Star Association
The broad aims of the Association are to promote
the comradeship experienced in the bitter fighting
in the jungles of Burma, and also to set up
a welfare organisation so that members and widows
in need can be given poverty assistance in times
of ill-health or other debilitating circumstances.
- Combat
Stress
The Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society, also
known as COMBAT STRESS, is the only charity
dedicated to giving care, comfort and reassurance,
backed by skilled clinical support, to men and
women of all ranks and all Services suffering
from varying degrees of mental illness as a
result of traumatic battle experiences.
- Confederation
of British Service & Ex-Service Organisations
COBSEO is established to represent, promote
and further the interests of Service and ex-Service
men and women of all ranks, and of their spouses
and dependants by all practical, legal and proper
means.
- Defence
Medical Welfare Services
DMWS works in partnership with the Ministry
of Defence to provide practical and emotional
support to military personnel and other entitled
patients in hospital. Welfare Officers of the
Defence Medical Welfare Service work with patients
from all the Armed Forces, wherever they serve,
including working within Field Hospitals during
times of conflict.
- Falklands
Veterans Foundation
The Falklands Veterans Foundation (FVF) is the
first UK based charity for Falklands Veterans
and their Families and is committed to providing
a network of support both financially and through
support work for all Veterans and their Families.
- Gwennili
Trust - Recreation, Adventure and Instruction
at Sea for the Disabled.
The objects of the Gwennili Trust are: The relief
of the physically or mentally disabled - in
particular ex servicemen and women - young persons
and those in necessitous circumstances by the
provision of nautical, recreational and educational
facilities on specially chartered yachts, or
any similar vessel and training facility.
- Help
for Heroes
Practical, Direct Support for our Wounded. Help
for Heroes (H4H) was founded by Bryn and Emma
Parry after a profoundly moving visit to Selly
Oak Hospital in the summer of 2007. Bryn and
Emma met some extraordinarily brave young people
who had been badly wounded and they just wanted
to do something to help.
- Hive
Information Centres
The HIVE organisation is a worldwide tri-Service
information network available to all members
of the Service community. HIVE Information Centres
offer an extensive range of information on the
availability of unit and civilian facilities,
local schools and further education, housing,
healthcare facilities, employment and training
opportunities, relocation and local interest.
- Holidays
for families with a disabled child - Information
Guide
Holiday Care is a national charity based at
Croydon in south London and has been established
for 22 years. It is supported by the UK’s
national tourist boards, the travel industry
and a number of well-known corporates, trusts
and voluntary sector organisations.
- Leonard
Cheshire
The leading charity provider of services for
disabled people in the UK, operating in 55 countries
across the world.
- Not
Forgotten Association
There are thousands of disabled ex-servicemen
and women in this country. They have been injured
in conflicts from 1914 to the present day. Now
most of them are elderly and often frail and
although their essential needs may be provided
for, The "Not Forgotten" Association is able
to give them some of the "extras" which most
of us take for granted, something to look forward
to; something to make life worth living.
- Poppy
Scotland
Supporting the ex-Service community in Scotland.
- Royal
Air Force Benevolent Fund
The RAF Benevolent Fund is here to provide support
to all members of the RAF family in need. If
you have ever served in the Royal Air Force,
or you are an immediate dependant of someone
who served, then you may be eligible for assistance.
- RAF
Community Support
Information and communication to support the
RAF community.
- RAF Families Federation
The RAF Families Federation represents the views and concerns of RAF personnel and their family members on the issues that affect them as part of a RAF family.
- Royal
Air Force Charitable Trust
The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust is an independent
charity and has as its objectives the promotion
of recruiting and efficiency in the Royal Air
Force as well as supporting RAF charitable work.
- Royal
Air Forces Association
The RAF Association is a membership organisation
of current and past members of the RAF and those
with an interest in aviation. It supports serving
and retired members of the RAF and their dependants,
from WWII veterans to those involved in the
Falklands, Bosnia and the Gulf. Comradeship
is provided through its 500+ branches and its
network of Honorary Welfare Officers provide
advice and support to those in need. The three
care homes, funded jointly with the RAF Benevolent
Fund, provide respite care for those with non-nursing
care and welfare needs and it also has a long
term residential care home at Sussexdown in
West Sussex.
- Royal
British Legion
The RBL aims to safeguard the welfare, interests
and memory of those who are serving or who have
served in the Armed Forces. Currently, nearly
11 million people are eligible for our support
and we receive around 300,000 calls for help
every year.
- Seacot
House
Seacot House, Rustington is a family respite
home, recently developed by the RAF Benevolent
Fund to provide 1 or 2 week breaks for members
of the serving RAF. Its purpose is to provide
support for RAF families, with or without children,
who find themselves facing difficulties over
and above the usual stresses and strains of
Service life, and are in need of an affordable
respite break.
- SSAFA
Forces Help
The national charity helping serving and ex-Service
men, women and their families, in need. The
range of services SSAFA Forces Help provides
include housing, financial aid and advice, friendship
visits and professional health care and social
work services.
- St
Dunstan's
A national UK charity established in 1915 by
Sir Arthur Pearson to provide essential training
and rehabilitation to blind ex-service men and
women. From army cadets to Gulf, Falklands,
and Second World War veterans, St Dunstan's
will help anyone who has served in the forces
and who is now blinded due to war, age, accident
or illness.
- Veterans
Scotland
Veterans Scotland's objective is to relieve
suffering hardship and distress and to promote
the relief of need and to promote education
among men or women who have at any time served
with any branch of the naval, military and air
forces of the Crown or her allies.
- Westmuir
Holidays
Our holiday bungalow is fully accessible for
people with disabilities and is located in a
quiet village near Kirriemuir at the foot of
the Angus Glens. Here you will be surrounded
by beautiful natural surroundings, historic
sights, and enabling friendly attractions and
activities.
- Wheel
Life
Don't just sit there! Join the Wheel Life Community.
- Wheel
Life Guide
A directory of information on all leisure and
lifestyle activities for the wheelchair user.
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