The Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA) and the Ministry of Defence have announced that 100 UK Armed Forces charities will benefit from nearly £6-million of extra funding to support serving personnel, veterans and their families during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
This is part of the £750 million package of support announced by the Chancellor in April to ensure charities can continue their vital work during the pandemic.
We’ll bring you an update of how the £750 million has been allocated to date in tomorrow’s web item.
The charities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that are benefiting from this funding range from smaller local charities to bigger, more well-known names.
The charities provide support to veterans and serving personnel in a range of different areas, including employment, mental health and well-being, physical health, and recovery and support for service families.
The charities receiving funding are as follows:
- ABF The Soldiers’ Charity
- Age UK Suffolk
- Alabaré Christian Care and Support
- Armed Forces Community Support Hub
- Beyond the Battlefield NI
- Blind Veterans UK
- Bravehound
- Bright Horizons Day care Centre
- British Limbless Ex-Servicemen’s Association
- British Nuclear Test Veterans Association
- Brooke House Project
- Broughton House Home for Ex-Service Men and Women
- Building Heroes Education Foundation
- Burnley FC in the Community
- Can International
- Cardiff City FC Foundation
- Care After Combat
- Care and Repair (North East Wales)
- Care for Veterans (formerly The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home)
- Catterick Garrison Preschool Group
- Central Bank Lisburn Station
- Ceredigion Armed Forces Veterans Hub
- Combat Stress
- Communities Fiji Britain
- Deafblind Cymru
- Dig In
- East Sussex Veterans Hub
- Erskine
- Finchale Group
- Friends of Wavell
- Future for Heroes
- Gloucester Rugby Foundation
- Groundwork Manchester Salford Stockport Tameside and Trafford
- Help 4 Homeless Veterans
- Help for Heroes
- Historic Army Aircraft Flight Trust
- Home Start Richmondshire
- Horseback UK
- Hull FC Community Foundation
- Icarus
- Improving Lives Plymouth
- Invictus Games Foundation
- KartForce
- Maximum Edge C.I.C.
- Mindfulness Scotland
- Mission Motorsport
- Nomad Construction Training CIC
- On Course Foundation
- Operation Veteran CIC
- Oxford Parent Infant Project
- Poppy Factory
- Poppyscotland
- PTSD Resolution Ltd
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity
- Quick Response Memorial Woodland
- RAF Association
- RAF Brize Norton Pre-School
- RAF Benevolent Fund
- Reading Force
- Recruit for Spouses Career Academy CIC
- RFEA – The Regular Forces Employment Charity
- Royal British Legion Industries
- Royal Hospital of Chelsea
- Sailors Children’s Society
- Scotty’s Little Soldiers
- Sharks Community Trust
- Sheffield Mind
- Shots in the Community Foundation
- Smart Savings South West CIC
- Special Boat Service Association
- Spinal Injuries Association
- St John & Red Cross Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS)
- Stand Easy
- Step Together
- Supporting Wounded Veterans Ltd
- Surf Action
- Team Endeavour Racing UK
- The Advocacy People
- The Bridge for Heroes
- The British Training Board
- The Felix Fund
- The Matthew Project
- The Military Wives Choirs Foundation
- The Not Forgotten Association
- The Royal Air Force Central Fund
- The Royal British Legion
- The Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund
- The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity
- The Royal Star and Garter Homes
- The Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation
- The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association – Forces Help
- The VC Gallery
- The Veterans Charity
- The Veterans Hub Weymouth & Portland CIC
- The Warrior Programme
- Thistle Health and Wellbeing
- Tom Harrison House
- Veterans Aid
- Veterans in Communities
- Veterans Outreach Support
- Walking With The Wounded
- Waterloo Uncovered
- Wigan Borough Armed Forces HQ CIC.
Image: Improving Lives Plymouth was among the organisations to receive a share of £6 million allocated to charities supporting Armed Forces personnel.