Charities and support groups for the armed forces community

Please find below information and contact details for the various armed forces and veteran support charities:

Army Families Federation (AFF)
The Army Families Federation (AFF) is a strong independent voice for Service personnel and their families. We work to improve the quality of life for the Army family, wherever you are in the world. AFF is independent of the Army and offers confidential advice. We will deal with your enquiry without revealing your identity.

Telephone: 01264 554004
Website: https://aff.org.uk/

Armed Forces Christian Union (AFCU)
The Armed Forces’ Christian Union (AFCU) is an interdenominational, tri-service fellowship of Christians who wish to grow in their faith and share it with those with whom they serve. It seeks to encourage and build up Christians in the Armed Forces in their faith and to support evangelism and does this by producing literature, providing prayer support for serving members, organising activities and teaching holidays and weekends, and by personal visits.

Website: https://afcu.org.uk/

Armed Forces Education Trust
Supporting Service Children in Education
The Armed Forces Education Trust is a charity working for children and young adults whose education has been compromised or put at risk as a result of parents’ past or current service in our Armed Forces.

Website: https://armedforceseducation.org/contact-us/

Association of Service Drop-In Centres (ASDIC)
The Association of Service Drop-In Centres (ASDIC) represents and links veterans’ drop-ins across the country. Sometimes called hubs or centres, drop-ins offer a variety of welfare and mental health support, together with comradeship and a sense of well-being, to the ex-military community and their families, and ASDIC helps them to enhance the service they can provide and make them more accessible.

Website: https://www.asdic.org.uk/

Find out about how the NHS helps the Armed Forces Community