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The ABF provides financial support to soldiers, former soldiers and their families in times of need.
This support is given in two ways:
Individual need can range from an electric wheelchair for a soldier's disabled son or a stair lift for an injured former soldier to care home fees for a Second World War veteran or a much needed holiday for a war widow and her young children.
Dependent on voluntary donations, the ABF must currently raise around £5.5 million each year to continue its vital work.
We support individual cases through the Regimental and Corps Associations of the person involved.
Initial casework to identify and investigate eligible cases in "real need" is carried out mainly by SSAFA Forces Help and the Royal British Legion.
Around half of the money is divided between around 80 smaller charities that look after the special needs of the Army Community. These charities include the Army Families Federation, the British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association, Combat Stress and the "Not Forgotten" Association.
