Charities we support

Around half of the money is divided between around 80 smaller charities that look after the special needs of the Army Community.

Apply for a grant

If you represent a charity and would like further information on this aspect of our work, or would like to apply for a grant, contact the Welfare Department. Should your charity’s proposal be approved, you may apply for an ABF grant by downloading and completing the application form.

In 2007 we supported the following charities:

In-Pensioners at Royal Hospital Chelsea

Families

Army Families Federation
Army Widows Association
Army Welfare Service (minibuses)
Church Housing Trust (Mike Jackson House)
Community Housing & Therapy
CRUSE
Falklands Pilgrimage 2
Family Welfare Association
Forces Families in Need (Emergency) Trust FFINE
Officers’ Association
One Parent Families
RELATE
Royal Commonwealth Ex Services League
SAMA 82
SSAFA Forces Help
Tourism for All (formerly Holiday Care)
Veterans Aid (formerly Ex-Services Fellowship Centre)

Employment

Regular Forces Employment Association
Scottish Society for Employment of Ex-Regular Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen

Disabled people

British Ex-Services Wheelchair Sports Association (BEWSA)
British Limbless Ex-Service Men’s Association (BLESMA)
Broughton House Home for Disabled Ex-Servicemen
Cassette Library of Recorded Books (CALIBRE)
Chaseley Trust
Deafblind
Emmaus UK
Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society - Combat Stress
Gwennili Trust
Haig Homes
Help the Hospices
Home Farm Trust
Listening Books
Mutual Support
National Gulf Veterans & Families Association
Northern Ireland Memorial Relief of Dependants Fund
"Not Forgotten" Association
Phyllis Tuckwell Memorial Hospice
Portland Training College
Erskine Hospital
Queen Alexandra Hospital Home (Gifford House)
Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation
RADAR
Royal British Legion Industries (VAC)
Royal Star and Garter Home
Scottish Veterans Garden City Association
St David’s Home, Ealing
St Dunstan’s
St Loye’s Training College
Soundaround
Spinal Injuries Association
Thames Valley Hospice (Pine Lodge)
Thistle Foundation
Vitalise (formerly Winged Fellowship Trust)
William Simpson’s Home

Children

Alexandra House
Queen Victoria School, Dunblane

Older people

Age Concern Espana
Bournemouth War Memorial Homes
Brendon Care (formally Club Hampshire)
Chindits
COBSEO
Counsel & Care for the Elderly
League of Remembrance
Lord Kitchener Memorial Holiday Centre
Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society
Royal Cambridge Home for Soldiers’ Widows
Royal Hospital, Chelsea
Scottish Veterans’ Residences
Veterans Scotland
War Pensioners Committees
West Indian Ex-Servicemen’s Association