Support for serving armed forces personnel, reservists and veterans

Types of support

Benefits advice and pensions

• Council tax and benefits
• Local organisations - Benefits
• British Legion - Benefits advice
• No One Alone
• Pensions for veterans
• Pensions for veterans flowchart

Education

• Schools
• Adult education
• Enhanced Learning Credits Administration Scheme
• Open University
• Troops to Teachers
• UCAS - Higher education courses in the UK
• Warrior Programme - Educational and motivational training programme

Employment support

• Jobs with Kirklees
• Training and apprenticeships
• British Legion - Jobs and careers for leavers
• Calderdale and Kirklees Careers
• Career Transition Partnership - Jobs for ex-military personnel
• CoAchieve - For people who have had drug or alcohol problems
• Defence Relationship Management - Advice and support on employing members of the armed forces
• Finding a job
• Help for Heroes
• Naval Families Federation - Employment information
• The Poppy Factory - Help to find jobs and employment in the UK
• Regular Forces Employment Association
• Remploy - Disability employment services

Self employment

• Businesses and self-employed
• HM Revenue and Customs tax guide

Family support

• Children and families
• Family Information Directory
• Local organisations - Older people
• Army Families Federation
• Naval Families Federation
• Royal Air Force Families Federation - Family support
• The Royal Navy - Find help
• SSAFA the armed forces charity

Health services including dentists

• Health and wellbeing
• The Army - Health and wellbeing
• Big White Wall - Support dealing with stress
• Combat Stress - Support for veterans suffering mental ill-health caused by military service
• MIND - Mental health guidance and support
• NHS Choices
• NHS healthcare for veterans
• Samaritans
• Veterans UK - Mental health support and medical advice
• Warrior Programme

Housing and homelessness

• Adaptations to your home
• Citizens Advice
• Fusion Housing - Support if you have your own tenancy or need help to find one
• Hostel for single, homeless men
• Hostel for vulnerable men and women
• Housing
• Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing - Information for tenants of Kirklees council homes
• Kirklees Homeless, Alcohol and Drugs Service (HADS)
• Kirklees st@y and bisc@y - Assists people to stay in their own accommodation
• Substance, Tenancy and Resettlement Service (STARS)

Leisure

• Kirklees Passport - Council-run discount scheme
• Leisure and culture
• Local organisations
• Kirklees Active Leisure - Sports facilities
• Defence Discount Cards
• Armed Forces Day

Money

• The Army Benevolent Fund - The Soldiers Charity
• Army Dependants Trust - Provides discretionary cash grants to dependants of soldiers who die in service
• Citizen Advice Dewsbury
• Citizens Advice Huddersfield
• Debt Advice Agency
• Heroes Welcome
• Money Advice Service
• Money and tax
• Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
• Royal British Legion - Finances
• The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust
• Where to go to get free debt advice

Support to reservists

• Combat Stress - Mental health support for reservists

Support for front line workers and the Community Covenant

Life Force Kirklees

Guidance on working with armed forces veterans for community based support agencies including the voluntary sector, services provided by the NHS, local authorities, GPs and charities.

Community Covenant

Pledge of support from organisations including Kirklees Council, NHS and Job Centre Plus.