Members and former members of the British Regular Army who have normally completed basic training. Dependant spouses/civil partners, widows, widowers, children and other immediate dependants. Members of the British Army Reserve (and their dependants as outlined above) provided they have completed 1 year's satisfactory service including Phase 1 training.
What Can Be Funded
Individuals needs can range from a specialist safety bed for a serving soldier's disabled son, or furniture for a former soldier who has been homeless, to care home fees for a World War II veteran or a much needed holiday for a war widow/er and their young children.
What Can Not Be Funded
We are not able to assist with grants for medical fees, non priority debt or memorial headstones.
How To Apply
Each request to be accompanied by a written confidential report from one of our partner caseworking organisations, normally SSAFA or The Royal British Legion. This report is then sent to your Regiment and ABF The Soldiers' Charity, to make a funding decision. Any applications for assistance with specialist equipment for home adaptations will need to be supported, as a minimum, by an Occupational Therapist's report, alongside a clinical recommendation as appropriate. A veteran, or the dependants of a veteran, or a widow or widower, please contact your local SSAFA office, or with the exception of those living in Scotland, your Royal British Legion office.
Contact
ABF The Soldiers' Charity Mountbarrow House 12 Elizabeth Street London SW1W 9RB
