About SSAFA Scotland

How SSAFA looks after the Armed Forces community in Scotland.

SSAFA is here to support the Armed Forces community in Scotland.

We are the trusted source of support for our serving personnel, veterans and their families in Scotland. We provide important welfare and wellbeing assistance to those currently serving in the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force, as well veterans and family members.

Since 1885 we have provided practical, emotional, and financial support that is tailored to our Armed Forces community, we know about the unique demands of service life, whether in the UK or when posted overseas.

We hope you can support SSAFA's important work in Scotland, and show your appreciation for the brave men and women who have sworn to protect us and fight for us.

Read on to find out how!

What you are supporting in Scotland

SSAFA provides all of our core services in Scotland, the most crucial being just someone for people to talk to, to understand their concerns and let them know that help is available.

We provide housing for those recovering from injury or illness, and for their families. We operate sheltered accommodation for women and children leaving failed relationships. We provide support for veterans in prison or custody, and we provide mentoring for those freshly leaving the Forces. We assist Armed Forces families living with a disability and even provide short breaks for those families. We help Scotland's Gurkha community, as well as any and every other member of the Armed Forces community in need.

Our work is extensive and varied, but for those who need our help it is irreplaceable.

In the words of one young Scottish veteran:

“SSAFA pretty much saved my life."

Who we have helped in Scotland

SSAFA helps tens of thousands of people in Scotland every year, in a hundred different ways and we couldn’t do it without our volunteers.

Here are just three stories demonstrating how SSAFA helps people, and the lasting impact it has on their lives:

Dan

Dan McNeil came from a Dumfries military family, but he struggled in the Army due to an undiagnosed auto-immune disease. SSAFA helped him find his feet again, and he is now one of our champion fundraisers!

Andy

From the age of 16 Andy spent 27 years in the Royal Artillery. But after retiring to Lanarkshire his wife was struck down by a stroke, which completely changed their lives - and that is when SSAFA was there to provide the help he didn't know he needed.

Gerard

Glaswegian Gerard Smith was the first member of his family to join the RAF, but his career was cut short by the discovery of a brain tumour. Gerard and his family were supported by SSAFA during his time at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre.

Thank you

Our work is impossible without the kindness and generosity of the public. Help us be the trusted source of support for our Armed Forces community in Scotland.

If you haven't already, please consider making a small donation before you leave, it will have a truly lasting impact.

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