Volunteering Overseas

SSAFA provides support to the UK's Armed Forces community across the globe.  From personnel and their families deployed on overseas bases, to veterans who have settled in foreign countries - no matter where they find themselves, SSAFA is here to support them.

Our support network overseas is spearheaded by our Overseas Branches, and our Overseas Serving Community Teams.  The branches largely support settled veterans and their families, and the Serving Community Teams support the men and women, and their families, deployed overseas.

Both our branches and Serving Community Teams rely on our volunteers - please find out more below.

SSAFA has Overseas Branches in five countries - France, Germany, Cyprus, Thailand and the Republic of Ireland - supporting both our active serving personnel and veterans, and families, in those countries.

If you live in any of these countries, and would like to help look after our Armed Forces community, as well as receive all the benefits that come with becoming a volunteer, then please go to the relevant overseas branch page below.

• Choose your Overseas Branch.
• Check the available roles under the volunteering section.
• Click on the role that you are interested in.
• If there are no roles available or suitable for you but you would still like to contribute, then please contact the branch using their contact webform.

SSAFA has Overseas Serving Community Teams (Overseas SCTs) in seven countries - Brunei, the Netherlands, Cyprus, Germany, Gibraltar, Nepal and Belgium - directly supporting our Armed Forces personnel and their families deployed to British bases.

If you live in any of these countries near to the British military bases - or live on one, as either a serving soldier, sailor, aviator or marine, or as a member of a serving person's family - and would like to help look after our Armed Forces community, as well as receive all the benefits that come with becoming a volunteer, then please go to the relevant Serving Community Team page below.

Please note that recruitment for Serving Community Team volunteers has been temporarily paused.

Recruitment will begin again in May 2025.