View details of organisations that can provide information and advice to families when a relative joins the Forces.
When someone joins the Service, it can affect the whole family.
The organisations below can provide guidance about what services they offer to families or direct you to organisations that specialise in advising particular family members.
Health & Social Care provides support for people across Wolverhampton to live their lives.
Sometimes it can be difficult to find the help, support or advice you need. We’re here to help by providing support, driving change and championing RN and RM serving families as they navigate both serving and civilian life challenges.
Omega is a registered charity dedicated to reducing social isolation and loneliness. We offer Chatterbox, a free telephone befriending service and Letterbox, a free penpal befriending service.
Service families face unique challenges, here we signpost the available support for RAF families.
The Royal British Legion is here to help members of the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force, veterans and their families. And we’re not going anywhere.
SSAFA helps the families of all armed forces personnel and veterans, whether you need immediate help or long-term support.
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.
Since July 2009 Tickets For Troops has distributed over two million tickets to members of the Armed Forces to attend events all around the UK.
We develop policies for dealing with issues of common concern, providing direct access to individual member charities, ensuring your voice is heard across various government groups and committees.
By donating or volunteering with us, you will be supporting children in need whose father or mother has died or sustained life changing injuries while serving as a member of the British Armed Forces or Civilian Forces.
When a parent dies, the impact on their child is significant. When that parent served in the Armed Forces, the impact is even greater with children often feeling they’ve lost their connection to the military community. Scotty’s Little Soldiers prevents that.
Enabling all ex-Service personnel and their families to transition into successful and fulfilled civilian lives.
Forces Families Jobs is the go-to place for training, employment and volunteer roles for family members of currently serving UK military personnel.
The Army is committed to supporting you and your family, wherever your career takes you.
Get veteran focused information, advice and support
Supporting all serving and former members of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Reserves and Naval families.
The Kooth team are here to provide free, safe and anonymous online support and counselling.
The Veterans Welfare Service (VWS) provides professional help and advice to veterans, their families and dependants, as well as those supporting veterans.
Find out how Defence Transition Services can help you and your family get additional support when leaving the armed forces.
Whatever you're going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. We're here 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Op COURAGE: The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service provides specialist care and support
At Home-Start, we believe every parent should have the support they need to give their child a better future.
For more than 100 years, the RAF Benevolent Fund has been supporting members of our RAF Family through thick and thin providing practical, emotional, and financial support whenever they need us.
As a Royal Navy and Marine Charity we assist thousands of people in need by providing wide ranging financial assistance and caring for older people in our veteran care homes.
Here for soldiers, veterans and their families, for life.
We have six care homes across the country for the Armed Forces community and their families.
A place to be yourself, try new things and feel accepted. Whatever your interests or abilities, we have a huge range of activities to get active, get creative and get social.
The Army Welfare Service (AWS) is the Army’s professional welfare provider; it delivers a comprehensive and confidential welfare service responsive to the needs of individuals, families and the Chain of Command in order to maximise the operational effectiveness of Service Personnel.
Since 1943 we have supported those who serve.
Fighting With Pride supports the health and wellbeing of LGBT+Veterans, service personnel and their families – in particular those most impacted by the ban on LGBT+ personnel serving in the Armed Forces prior to January 2000.
The War Widows Association of Great Britain is 52 years old and it has continued to grow in strength over that time.
A Family Hub is a place where children, young people and their families can go when they need support.
Blesma is the only charity set up solely to help limbless veterans keep living fulfilling and independent lives and works tirelessly to provide them with practical, emotional and financial support. Find out how leaving a gift in your Will can make a lasting impact.
If you serve or have served in the Naval Service (Royal Navy, Royal Marines, QARNNS, WRNS, Reserves or Royal Fleet Auxiliary) and you have a child/children up to and including the age of 25 we may be able to help you.
The Army Cadets aims to inspire young people between 12 and 18 years old to challenge their limits, grow their abilities and go further in life; we deliver this through the community-based Army Cadet Force and the school-based Combined Cadet Force.
Supporting 130,000 youth in developing valuable skills and the determination to succeed, wherever life takes them.
Part of the Sea Cadets family, Royal Marines Cadets enjoy all the exciting activities on water that Sea Cadets do, as well as branching off into serious adventure training too.
Cadet life is all about challenge, excitement and adventure. Cadets have many opportunities including UK and overseas camps, leadership courses, air experience flights and pilot training.
The Ripple Pond exists to ensure that everyone caring for a loved one who has a service attributable physical or psychological injury in the British Armed Forces Community is genuinely seen, heard, and supported.
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.
Sometimes it can be difficult to find the help, support or advice you need. We’re here to help by providing support, driving change and championing RN and RM serving families as they navigate both serving and civilian life challenges.
The RAF Families Federation exists to make life better for Service personnel and their families, at home and overseas. We provide reliable information on the topics that matter most to you, support you through to the resolution of problems resulting from Service and make long-term positive changes happen for the Armed Forces Community.
Little Troopers is a registered charity supporting all military children who have parent(s) serving in our British Armed Forces, regular or reserve.
At Reading Force, we are passionate about using books to bring Forces children and families closer together. Our shared reading initiative encourages families to read, talk, and scrapbook about a book, improving communication and enriching relationships with books and each other – one page at a time.
We bring together practitioners, researchers, policymakers and funders to build a stronger evidence-base, better policy, and enhanced support for Service children’s education and progression, placing their voices at the heart of all we do.
The Families Employment Service offers one-to-one employment support to adult family members who support or care for members of the Armed Forces community with health conditions.
We're the UK's leading children’s charity. We’ve been looking out for children for over 140 years – and we couldn’t do it without you.
Whether it’s your relationship with a partner, a child, a family member or anyone else - we help everyone to build better relationships
Together we create a world where single parent families don’t just survive, but thrive.
The Haven Wolverhampton supports women and children who have been subjected to domestic abuse, and women who are at risk of homelessness.
Serving in the Royal Navy or Royal Marines represents an enduring commitment to protecting our island nation. This commitment is not without sacrifice.
Our team is here to listen and not to judge. We can give you useful information and signpost ways to help you.
SSAFA helps the families of all armed forces personnel and veterans, whether you need immediate help or long-term support.
When a parent or carer’s life has been affected by military service, it can affect the whole family. Our family case managers work with veterans and their families to help plan, oversee, and co-ordinate the support everyone needs.
Support services for military and defence personnel and their families including: the Armed Forces Covenant, childcare, employment, finance, housing, pensions and compensation and welfare support.
Adult Social Care provides support for people across Wolverhampton to live their lives.
Base 25 has a range of specialist areas of work that have been developed over a number of years, often from a pilot project into a significant area of service delivery.
You may not know yet what kind of help you need, or if you’re even ready to ask for help. That’s okay. Calling the Helpline is the right place to start: An expert advisor will listen to whatever you want to tell her. She’ll offer confidential and non-judgemental information, and if you’d like, help you make a plan.
The Women & Families Resource Centre (WFRC) is a registered charity based in Wolverhampton which supports, provides services, develops programs, empowers and advocates for women and children.
You can claim Child Benefit 48 hours after you’ve registered the birth of your child, or once a child comes to live with you.
If you are, or you suspect someone is being abused
Telecare is a service designed to help you to live safely and independently in your home. Should an accident or other emergency occur, Telecare provides you with the ability to call for help 24 hours a day, enabling you to carry on living your life safe in the knowledge that if a situation arises, you can get help quickly.
Wolverhampton Independent Living Service provides impartial advice and information as well as help and support to disabled people and their carers.
The City of Wolverhampton has pledged its allegiance to the Armed Forces community and their families. We do this through the Armed Forces Covenant.