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Armed forces information
Posted or Updated on 4 Sep 2023
| Organisation |
Contact Detail |
Offer |
| British Legion |
0808 802 8080 |
The contact centre is open 7 days a week (including bank holidays) 8.00am to 8.00pm
- General information, advice and signposting
- Income maximisation (to run people through what they are entitled to claim if they find they need
to claim unemployment benefits for any reason)
- National remote Admiral Nurses service (for the carers of those with Dementia). To be eligible for
this service either the Carer or person with dementia must have served
- Funeral grants (max £700 towards a funeral cost depending on means tested assessment -this is
for individuals experiencing hardship)
- Benefit, debt and money advice including assistance with appeals
- Telephone buddy support services (this is to combat social isolation, not de.signed as a befriending
service)
- Assistance with white and brown goods
- Remote independent living advice and remote outreach support
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| Veteran's Mental Health Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service |
Various contact information has been shared with Partnership |
The Veterans' Mental Health Transition, Intervention and liaison (TIL) Service is a free NHS mental health service for all ex·serving members of the UK Armed Forces and service personnel who are making the transition to civilian life including reservists. |
| Walking with The Wounded - Head Start |
Email: headstart@wwtw.org.uk Telephone: 01263 863906 |
Head Start provides 1-2-1 private therapy for ex-service personnel with mild to moderate mental health difficulties such as depression, anxiety, PTSD and adjustment disorder. Therapy is provided via face-to·face and digital sessions. Evidence-based talking therapies including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing(EMDR) are delivered by accredited private therapists within the ex-service personnel's local community. |
| Action Together |
Email: info@actiontogether.org.uk Telephone: 0161 339 2345 |
Action Together have launched a Covid-19 Community Response Fund. The fund is available for groups from the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector working on a community response to coronavirus in Oldham, Rochdale,Tameside & Glossop.
Up to £200 or up to £1,000 can be accessed. |
| SAWN (Support & Action for Women's Network) |
Email: Sawn.org@gmail.com Telephone: 0796 050 1088 |
SAWN are providing furniture for people who are struggling to access any during the pandemic, irrespective of whether anyone has served in the Armed Forces. |