Armed Forces settling in Surrey
Being a member of the Armed Forces community and returning to civilian life or moving into a new area can be challenging. Below are links to a wide range of organisations and charities who provide support for the Armed Forces community.
The 'Armed Forces community' describes serving personnel in the Army, Navy or RAF, including families and dependents, reservists and veterans.
A 'veteran' is defined as anyone who has served in the Armed Forces.
- Surrey County Council services
- Borough or district council services
- Police
- Families
- Employment
- Health and mental wellbeing
- Counselling
- Housing
- Welfare
- Families federations
- Local Armed Forces Units
- Service Leavers
- Veterans
- Veterans Gateway
- Reserves
- Cadets
- Adult learning
- Community groups
Surrey County Council services - including education, libraries, social care, children's services and transport:
- Adult Social Care
- Children's Social Care
- Services for Children, Schools and Families
- Education
- Roads and Transport
- Libraries
- Local information and support for you and your family
- Surrey Interactive map
- Surrey's demographics
Borough or district council services - including housing, waste, leisure, environmental health, planning, elections and Council Tax:
Police:
Families:
- Children's Education Advisory Service
- Directorate Children and Young People
- Family Information Service
- Surrey Information Point
Employment:
- Career Transition Partnership
- Civvy Street
- Job Centre Plus
- Surrey County Council Employment Advice
- Applying for jobs at Surrey County Council
Health and mental wellbeing:
- Big White Wall
- NHS choices (National Health Service)
- Doctors practises (GPs) in Surrey
- Veterans with Sight Loss
- Dentists
- Healthwatch
- Healthy Surrey
- Combat Stress
- Remploy (expanding opportunities for people with disabilities in work)
Counselling services:
Housing:
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
Families federations:
Local Armed Forces Units:
Veterans:
- Support for war veterans
- Royal British Legion
- Veterans UK
- Combat Stress
- ABF The Soldiers Charity
- RAF Benevolent Fund
- Veterans UK Pensions
- Heroes Return
Reserves:
Cadets:
Adult and community learning:
- Volunteering opportunities
- Surrey Community Action
- Adult learning in Surrey
- Improve your computer and internet skills
Community groups:
Files available to download
- Service Charities February 2016 (425.7 KB)
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. - MPs Briefing on issues facing the Armed Forces Community (917.5 KB)
This briefing has been prepared by the Surrey Civilian Military Partnership Board (SCMPB) to assist Surrey MPs and their office staff to help the armed forces community when they attend their surgery and seek advice in relation to the Community Covenant.