Samaritans support for the military and Armed Forces Community

 

​Samaritans works with the Ministry of Defence and other charities to support Serving Personnel in the Armed Forces, Veterans and their families. This includes a Veterans app and an online chat facility for military community.

Find out more here

NHS Step-by-step guide for service leavers

Find information and support to help you move from military healthcare to civilian healthcare after leaving the armed forces.

Leaving the armed forces can be a daunting process to undertake. Understanding what options you have and what actions you can take will help make your transition from military healthcare to civilian healthcare as smooth as possible. 

Step-by-step guide for service leavers

Transitional mentoring for Service Leavers from SSAFA

SSAFA's mentors provide long-term, one-to-one, face-to-face support during transition and, for up to two years, post discharge. They work alongside the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the British Army, the Royal Air Force and other key partners to provide this service.

The SSAFA mentor programme is well established in helping those who have recently left the forces, and their families, understand and prosper during the transition to civilian life. The mentors will provide reassurance in the face of an often daunting time. They will help you with confidence and relationship issues, particularly in relation to the differences between a military and civilian environment.

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Every Mind Matters - looking after a child or young person's mental health

 

As parents and carers, there are ways we can support our children to give them the best chance to stay mentally healthy.

Encouraging and guiding a child to think about their own mental health and wellbeing are vital skills you can teach them from a young age.

Click here to find out how you can help a child to have good mental health, including knowing how to talk to a child about their mental health, and when to spot signs they might be struggling.

Plus get self-care tips for you, to help you look after your mental health while caring for others, and find out how to get more support if you, your child or your family need it.

Gurkha Welfare Trust

The Gurkha Welfare Trust ensure that Gurkha veterans, their widows and their wider communities are able to live with dignity.

They achieve this primarily through the provision of financial, medical and community aid in Nepal, and operate through 20 Area Welfare Centre's spread across traditional Gurkha recruiting areas.

In the UK, in conjunction with other service charities and government bodies they offer advice and support to help the thousands of retired Gurkhas and their families who choose to settle here.

Please click here for further information

Chester: West Cheshire Foodbank

To find out more click: https://westcheshire.foodbank.org.uk/

Information provided by Chester HIVE

Guide for Parents of LGBT+ Children

This guide can be found on the LGBT+ Parenting Portal on MODnet or Defence Connect

Grantham: Never battle alone - ssafa The Armed Forces Charity - "Requiring Backup"

www.ssafa.org.uk/lincolnshire

The Lincolnshire Branch of SSAFA, as part of the East Midlands Region, is the trial area for a new SSAFA brand campaign which seeks to increase the visibility of our organisation to potential beneficiaries, future volunteers and also funders. The campaign is entitled 'Requiring Backup' and the poster, which is now visible in Lincoln Central station, features a Lincolnshire Veteran who has been supported by SSAFA and of course the NHS, through a period of personal trauma as he transitioned from the military into civilian life.

Information provided by Grantham HIVE

 

Kooth

Children and young people with a parent Serving in the Armed Forces often face moving from place to place with their family, living overseas, attending several schools, leaving friends behind and making new ones. Being part of an Armed Forces family can also mean long periods of separation from the Serving parent when they are deployed or away training.

Kooth and the British Army Regional Command, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, are working together to provide easy access to mental health and well-being support for children and young people aged from 11 to their 19th birthday. Kooth.com/mod is available for all children and young people with a Serving parent and children and young people who are living overseas with parents working for the MOD or British Government.

Fife: NHS Fife, unsure if you need to go to hospital - get assessed at home?

Save time and use the symptoms checker on NHSinform.scot to help decide what to do next.

If you have an urgent care need and your GP is closed, call 111 to get assessed and directed to the right care in the right place, often with a scheduled appointment.

For more information, visit nhsfife.org/rightcare

Information provided by Leuchars HIVE