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If someone you care about has gone missing and may be a military veteran, specialist support is available. The Op NOVA and Forcer Protocol services work alongside police forces to ensure veterans receive the tailored help, safeguarding, and welfare support they may need during missing-person incidents.

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This is a list of charities and services which you, your family and friends may find useful.

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We provide a physical and psychological safe zone where women can access needs led, holistic, trauma informed care in a single sex environment.

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Supporting adult family members of physically or psychologically injured British Armed Forces personnel and veterans.

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As many people know, as it is not a conversation I shy away from, my fantastic hubby was diagnosed with PTSD in 2011 after his last tour of Afghanistan. The run up to and post diagnosis was a particularly difficult transition as we were in our early 20s and our lives...

I stumbled upon The Ripple Pond at a time when I desperately needed help and support living with my husband with PTSD. His illness had got so bad that I was at the end of my tether, trying to juggle being a good Mum and keeping myself healthy so that I could be the...

Amy and Joe have been living with Joe's PTSD for many years. They try to re-enforce the positives and ignore the negatives, working hard together, which at times is not easy. Their message is simple:as bad as this illness is, with determination and support, we can...

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Veterans Families - Support | Get Support with TheRipplePond

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A brillant app which provides the following:

Crisis Support

Employment, Education and Training

Family Support, Care and Benefits

Health and Wellbeing

Housing and Homelessness

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‎Forces Connect South East (FCSE) is a cross-border partnership created to support the aims of the Armed Forces Covenant and promote a greater understanding and awareness of the issues affecting the Armed Forces Community within public services across the South East. This app aims to produce an eas…

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The Forces Employment Charity. RFEA helps veterans, partners, spouses and their children to gain new skills in emerging industries including digital, medical technologies, gaming, sustainable construction, cyber and space and satellite. This is a unique opportunity to access free accredited courses and qualifications: sign up here.

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Blesma

Blesma Families Project: Understanding the Needs of our Families

This two-year major study looked at the impact of traumatic limb loss on the families of those who have been injured. The research explored the experiences of traumatic limb loss from the perspective of the veteran and their family unit, to provide insight into, and understanding of, their needs and how they experience, manage and adapt to living with limb loss.

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Forces in Mind Trust - Supporting Ex-Service Personnel

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Blesma Blesma Families Project: Understanding the Needs of our Families This two-year major study looked at the impact of traumatic limb loss on the families of those who have been injured.

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NUCLEAR TEST VETERANS - THEIR SEARCH FOR JUSTICE

Between 1952 and 1967, more than 20,000 of our military personnel served as part of UK nuclear weapons testing in Australia, Fiji and other Pacific islands. An estimated 1500 of this group are still alive today.

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UK Armed Forces and military veterans charity

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We provide lifelong support to Service Personnel and Military Veterans with injuries, illnesses and wounds sustained while serving in the British Armed Forces.

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For Baby's Sake - Parental conflict and relationship support

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For parents

Taking the first step and getting support can be life-changing for you and your family

Ideas, tools & resources that can support you

Exploring our website might give you new ways to understand how things are for you now – and how to create the future you want for you and your family. This might give you new ideas about starting conversations with those who can help and empower you to take action. We’ve also chosen some tools and res ources to share more widely, based on experience of working with parents through our own programme, For Baby’s Sake.  Thes e might help you deal with difficult situations, find support, make changes or build resilience in yourself or your baby or children.

OUR PROGRAMME

Starting in pregnancy, Fo r Baby’s Sake is for both parents. We work with you individually to break cycles of domestic abuse and give your baby the best start in life.

For Baby’s Sake could help you make changes in your life and end hurtful or harmful behaviour that makes you feel scared or bad, so you can feel safe, respected and good about yourself.

We won’t judge what you’ve done, experienced or how you are as a parent. Instead, we help you face challenges in your life and give you new ways to handle emotions such as anger and fear.

We help both parents create a positive future for your baby and any other children you have, even if you’re not together as a couple.

Our first priority is that everyone in your family is safe throughout the whole programme. We welcome introductions from your midwife or others supporting you. You can also contact us yourself.

We currently have four local teams in England and have created For Baby’s Sake CONNECT to support families living in some additional places where there is not yet a dedicated local service.

Both parents join For Baby’s Sake during pregnancy and your involvement may last until your baby is two years old. This is a really important time, when your child’s brain is developing and important bonds are forming.

We work with each parent individually, also focusing on your baby and any other children. At each stage of the journey, we provide support matched to the needs of everyone involved to help you as your child grows and develops.

Depending on where you live, sessions take place online using video technology and by phone, in your home and/or in a local venue such as a community/family centre. We arrange sessions at times to suit you.

For Baby’s Sake might be for you if:

You are expecting a baby

You both want the best for your baby and to be the best parents you can be

More than ever, you want to feel safe, physically and emotionally, and in control of your life

You realise your behaviour sometimes hurts or scares your family and you want to change

You want your children to grow up seeing a healthy relationship between their parents

You want to share the parenting of your baby, even if you’re not a couple or don’t live together

You experienced difficulties in your own childhood and want a better start for your child

"I felt like I was babysitting my baby - now I feel like a mum"

“I feel that I’m a lot less angry. Rather than hiding behind anger… I can actually communicate what’s going on internally a lot better”

"It made me feel proud of myself, and how well [my baby] is doing, and his milestones are building just by me interacting with him, and keeping him safe, and talking to him"

“It wasn't just the counselling around the relationship, it was also all of the help around raising [my baby]. We had a baby practitioner that we could call on and talk to about all of the things and all of the stages that we were facing.”

Our locations

For Baby's Sake Teams

We have four local area teams in England. In Spring 2021, For Baby’s Sake CONNECT was launched to offer the programme to families living in places without a dedicated local team.

Emergency contact

If you are in an emergency situation, please call: 999
For 24/7 domestic abuse support and advice phone the National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000247

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We exist to help officers find employment and to relieve hardship amongst those who have held a commission in the Armed Forces, their families and dependants.

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If your poppy includes single-use plastic, you can bring it to Sainsbury's for recycling until 23 November. Simply locate a poppy recycling box at your nearby store.

For new plastic-free poppies, they can be recycled in regular household recycling collections.

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Royal British Legion | Armed Forces Charity

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The 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.

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Welfare and wellbeing support for serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and their families in their time of need, so they never battle alone.

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An independent voice for all Army families.

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Army Families Federation - Supporting Army families worldwide

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Welcome to the Army Families Federation (AFF) website. AFF supports British Army families wherever they are in the world.

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The Army Benevolent Fund is the national charity of the British Army, providing a lifetime of support to soldiers, veterans and their immediate families.