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 2006 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
Ex-Services Fellowship Centre
Falkland Families Association
Family Welfare Association
Forces Families in Need (Emergency) Trust FFINE
King Edward VII’s Hospital
MCTC
Officers’ Association
One Parent Families
RELATE
Royal Commonwealth Ex Services League
Sandes Centres
St Petrock’s (Homeless Charity, Exeter)
SSAFA Forces Help
Tourism for All (formerly Holiday Care)
Victory Services Club

Employment

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

Disabled people

Amberley Lodge
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 Forces Stress Support Group
Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society
Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society (Hollybush House)
Finchale Training College
Gwennili Trust
Haig Homes
Help the Hospices
Home Farm Trust
Listening Books
Motor Neurone Disease Association
MS Society Armed Forces Network Support Group
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
Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation
Soundaround
Spinal Injuries Association
Thames Valley Hospice (Pine Lodge)
Thistle Foundation
Vitalise (formerly Winged Fellowship Trust)
William Simpson’s Home

Children

Alexandra House
Guild of St Helena ( Holidays for children with special needs )
Queen Victoria School, Dunblane
St Francis Portage Trust

Older people

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

Corps and Regiments

Army Catering Corps