Support for Surrey's armed forces community
Borough and district council services
Borough and district council services, including:
- Council tax
- Elections
- Environmental health
- Housing
- Leisure
- Planning
- Waste
Police
Adult and community learning
- Volunteering opportunities
- Surrey Community Action
- Adult learning in Surrey
- Improve your computer and internet skills
Cadets
Community groups and volunteering
Employment
- Career Transition Partnership - resettlement for ex-service personnel.
- Civvy Street - transition to civilian life.
- Job Centre Plus
- Surrey County Council Employment Advice
- Applying for jobs at Surrey County Council
Families
- Children's Education Advisory Service
- Directorate Children and Young People
- Family Information Service
- Surrey Information Point
Families federations
Health and mental wellbeing (including counselling services)
- NHS choices (National Health Service)
- Doctors practises (GPs) in Surrey
- Veterans with sight loss
- Combat Stress
- Healthy Surrey
- Remploy (expanding opportunities for people with disabilities in work)
- Healthwatch
Counselling services
Housing
Local Armed Forces Units
Reserves
Veterans
- Veterans' Gateway
- Support for war veterans
- Royal British Legion
- Veterans UK
- Army Benevolent Fund - soldiers charity
- RAF Benevolent Fund
- Veterans UK Pensions
- Heroes Return
Veterans drop in centres
- Aldershot Armed Forces Drop In (Hampshire)
- Epsom Armed Forces breakfast club
- Surrey Armed Forces Drop In - Woking
Welfare and advice
- Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen's Families Association (SSAFA)
- Army Welfare Services (HIVES)
- Help for Heroes
- Ministry of Defence (MoD) helplines
- The Confederation of Service Charities (COBSEO)
- Ministry of Defence (MOD)
- Citizens Advice Surrey
- Domestic Abuse Surrey
- Money Force
- Royal Navy - Community Support
Files available to download
- Service Charities February 2016 (PDF)
This briefing has been prepared by the Surrey Civilian Military Partnership Board to assist Adult Social Care to help the armed forces community, including veterans, when they approach Surrey County Council seeking advice. - MP and Councillor Armed Forces Covenant information Oct 18.pdf (PDF)
AF Covenant Info for MPs and Councillors