BFPO Postal Services - ebluey

BFPO Postal Service including e-bluey facility for serving soldiers on deployment.

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BFG Net

Official internet site of the British Forces in Germany - you need to login to access the site.

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Forces Discount

Discounts available for British Forces and their families on a range of products and services such as insurance, travel, etc.

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Ministry of Defence

MOD site

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NAAFI

Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes - the official trading organisation of HM Forces.
NAAFI's purpose is: to provide home retail and leisure services to the British Armed Forces and their families, to provide quality products, priced competitively, available consistently in attractive environments and served by trained, friendly efficient staff, to generate significant funds for the welfare of junior ranks and their families.

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Service Families Task Force

The Service Families Task Force (SFTF), was created in 1998 to address the problems caused by Service families' mobility that were not within MOD's control. It now deals with all family issues that are outside the scope of an individual Service.

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UK Defence & the Armed Forces on the web

List of official web presences of the Royal Navy, the British Army, the Royal Air Force and the UK Ministry of Defence and its agencies.

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Victory Services Club

The Victory Services Club is a Tri-Service, All Ranks Members' Club for currently Serving and Retired members of the Armed Forces, located at Marble Arch in London's West End. 
Membership of the Club is open to All Ranks of the British Armed Forces (Royal Navy & Marines, Army, Royal Air Force and Reserves) and of all Allied Countries, Commonwealth and NATO Members. Membership is open to Serving, Ex-Service and Retired members of the Armed Forces, their families, widows and widowers. 

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BLESMA

Today, BLESMA are aiding thousands of amputees of all ages. From those who served during WWII, to recent conflicts and peace keeping missions.

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Combat Stress

The Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society, COMBAT STRESS, exists to help those of all ranks from the Armed Forces and the Merchant Navy suffering from psychological disability as a result of their service.

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Erskine Hospital

Erskine offers ex-Service men and women all over Scotland the specialist care and suport they need to overcome physical and emotional scars, often long after they have left active duty.

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Flow For All

FLOW for ALL was set up to offer help to those who have suffered from the affects of war, including the suffering shared by family members and friends too. Their website allows anyone to read other peoples writings, people who may have also had similar experiences and troubles. Just reading poems or stories and realising that others have been through the same or similar things can be a great comfort.

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Haig Homes

Douglas Haig Memorial Homes, known as Haig Homes, is a Charitable Housing Association. The aim of the Charity is to provide homes for former members of HM Armed Services and for their families, bereaved or separated spouses and dependants who are in need of housing.

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Help for Heroes

Help for Heroes provides practical direct support to those servicemen and women wounded in the line of duty in the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Charity Registration No 1120920

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Honour Our Troops

Organisation aiming to raise funds to stage a Live-Aid style concert to Honour Our British Troops.

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Military Families Support Group

The website is intended to offer help, support, information and guidance for anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one while serving with the UK Armed Forces. The Group can also offer help and support to injured and traumatised service men and women, and also their families.

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Officers Association

The Officers'Association is a charity dedicated to assisting officers who have retired or are about to retire from Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

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Queen Alexandra Hospital Home

The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home is a registered charity, providing a permanent home with devoted nursing and medical care for disabled ex-service men and women.

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RBL

The Royal British Legion is the UK's leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to millions who have served and are currently serving in the Armed Forces, and their dependants.

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Royal Star & Garter Home

The Royal Star and Garter Charity has been caring for disabled ex-Service personnel since 1916 offering the best in nursing and residential care plus a range of therapies for anyone who is physically disabled or incapacitated and has served in Her Majesty's Forces. Any man or woman who served in the regular, National Service or reserve forces for any length of time, irrespective of rank, may apply for a place.

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SSAFA

Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen & Families Association. National charity helping serving and ex-Service men, women and their families in need, committed to helping people in need, suffering or distress, regardless of age or condition.

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St. Dunstans

St Dunstan’s provide crucial assistance to ex-Service men and women with very significant loss of sight.

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Support Our Soldiers

Non-political charity helping people to show their support for members of the British Armed Forces.  They run appeals such as the Christmas shoebox appeal which sends parcels out to troops serving overseas.

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SVR

SVR is Scotland’s oldest ex-service charity, founded in 1910 to support independent living for ex-service men and women and their spouses of all ages.
The charity operates in close association with Scottish Veterans’ Housing Association Ltd which owns and manages the two main residences of Whitefoord House located on Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile and Rosendael situated in Broughty Ferry, Dundee. The charity manages the Murray Home the low to medium dependency care accommodation on Gilmerton Road, South Edinburgh.

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Veterans Aid

The Ex-service Fellowship Centres is now called Veterans Aid. It runs a London hostel for the homeless and a residential care home for elderly ex-service personnel and their widows or widowers with particular provision for the disabled and infirm (although anyone in need of care may apply).

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Moving Guide

MOD Moving Guide for Service Families. Useful information on postings, moving house, moving overseas, returning from overseas, etc.

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Army Postings

Information to help on Army posting within the UK and overseas - links to AWS, HIVE.

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Bringing Pets into UK

This site explains what you have to do to bring your pet dog, cat or ferret into (or back into) the UK through the Pet Travel Scheme without putting it into quarantine. It also explains the requirements for bringing many other types of pet animals into the UK.

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Community Guides

A-Z List of garrison guides - throughout the UK and BFG. Useful information about your new area.

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HIVE

Information about moving, relocation and education, your new area, etc. There are HIVE offices throughout the UK, BFG and Cyprus.

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I Am Moving

Useful service that lets you notify all sorts of utilities of your new address.iammoving.com Use this free site to pass on your new address to your gas, water and electricity companies, the government, your financial services and subscriptions or any of the nearly one thousand services listed.

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Soldier Oli

Soldier Oli is a rhyming picture book for children under 5 about a soldier going away on tour. It should help children cope if someone in their family has to go away. Proceeds go to the Army Benevolent Fund

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AFPRB

The Armed Forces' Pay Review Body provides independent advice to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Defence on the remuneration and charges for members of the Naval, Military and Air Forces of the Crown

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Forces Discount

Discounts available for British Forces and their familes on a range of products and services such as travel, mortgages, insurance, etc.

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NAAFI Financial

Financial Services for the special needs of British Forces personnel, wherever they are posted throughout the world.

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SiiAP

The Services Insurance & Investment Advisory Panel is a collection of authorised insurance and independant investment advisers, recognised by the Ministry of Defence and operating on behalf of Service personnel.

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Duke of Yorks School, Dover

Subsidised by the MOD and offers affordable boarding for children of Service and Ex-Service personnel.

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SCE

Service Childrens Education. Site gives advice and guidance for Service children's education both at home and abroad.

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Army Wives United

Army Wives United was set up in January 2003 by an army wife who wanted to create somewhere to
help Army wives to make new friends and to help find old friends from past postings.

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E-bluey

British Forces Post Office E-bluey information page tells you everything you need to know about how e-bluey works and how you can use it.

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Forces ReUnited

Largest UK database of Armed Forces and Ex-Forces Personnel on the web. Find Army Friends, RAF Friends, Navy Friends, Marines Friends, T.A. Friends.

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Forces Web

This site has been set up to assist all service personnel and their friends & families currently serving in the British forces. Its aim is to build a community of members able to share photos in a gallery, discuss relevant and non- relevant issues in a forum, and to chat live: to try and keep members in touch with each other and offer the opportunity to make new friends. 

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MOD Oracle

MoD Oracle is a military information resource for those interested in finding out more about the military generally, keeping up to date with their profession and careers within the UK Ministry of Defence.

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MOD ReUnited

Good site for serving members and ex-servicemen of the Armed Forces to keep in touch and find old friends - covers all three services.

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Service Pals

ServicePals.com is a UK Armed Forces Friend Finder allowing you to find lost military friends and colleagues and reunite with old mates from the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. It is the only forces website to be endorsed by the Royal British Legion and is a great way to find forces mates. The site is open to everyone with an interest in the military.

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CWGC

Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The Debt of Honour Register is the Commission's database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations world-wide where they are commemorated. The register can also be searched for details of the 67,000 Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of enemy action in the Second World War.

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Forces Children’s Trust

The Forces Children’s Trust is a charity devoted to helping dependent children that have lost a parent whilst serving with the Armed Forces. The FCT, by reason of its aims and size, has the flexibility and ability to make decisions and offer help as needed, with minimum fuss and consequent time-loss.

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Forces Helpline

Forces helpline is a website for any member of H.M.F past or present who feels they need to, or would like to talk to an ex member of H.M.F on any topic or for any reason they so desire.

The main aim is to provide a 100% independent service also for those serving members to air their views about anything they may have to deal with in respect to harassment be it mental, physical, or anything they feel is relevant to themselves and would like to talk to somebody who has been in that position.

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Help for Heroes

Help For Heroes works with MOD to provide support for the wounded in useful ways. H4H is particularly keen to see the wounded go on to have fulfilling lives in either the armed forces or in civilian life.

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HIVE

The HIVE organisation is a worldwide tri-Service information network available to all members of the Service community. HIVE Information Centres offer an extensive range of information on the availability of unit and civilian facilities, local schools and further education, housing, healthcare facilities, employment and training opportunities, relocation and local interest.

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Not Forgotten Association

There are thousands of disabled ex-servicemen and women in this country. They have been injured in conflicts around the globe over many decades. Now most of them are elderly and often frail and although their essential needs may be provided for, The Association is able to give them some of the extras which most of us take for granted, something to look forward to – something to make life worth living. Those eligible are ex-servicemen and women of all ages who have a War Pension or who are currently suffering from some form of ill-health. We ensure that they are not forgotten by providing the following "entertainment" which brings a little happiness and joy into their lives

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SSAFA

SSAFA stands for Soldiers', Sailors', Airmen and Families Association.

We are the national charity helping serving and ex-Service men, women and their families, including widows and widowers in need.

Eligibility for our help is one day's paid service in any of HM forces and National Service. We also help those who completed a period of satisfactory service in the Reserves.

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The Yellow Ribbon Foundation

Providing non-political, impartial and informal support for family and dependants of the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and British Army and doing what the Tri-Service families do best - sticking together in times of hardship and in times of happiness, coming together for a better community.
If you are n the Armed Forces, or have someone in your life who is, do you ever feel that no-one understands what the lifestyle is like, are you confused about how to get even the simplest of information on military matters? The Yellow Ribbon Foundation helps provide non-political, informal and impartial help to anyone with a UK Armed Forces connection.

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Veterans UK

Information for Armed Forces Veterans

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Accts MMI

Accts Military Ministries International encourages and equips Christian leaders in the armed forces of the world.
Introducing service men and women across the world to active Christian faith.
Inspiring Christians in the services to apply their faith and explore Christian ethics and values.
Helping military Christians share their faith and support one another.
Offering practical support to military chaplains and helping establish new chaplaincies.

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AFCLU

Air Force Christian Link Up aims to help Christians associated with the Royal Air Force to keep in contact with each other.

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AFCU

The Armed Forces' Christian Union is the only military Christian fellowship in Britain involved with all three Services. Its focus is to prayerfully support and serve all members of the British Armed Forces.

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AMCF

Association of Military Christian Fellowships. The vision of AMCF is to encourage the formation and growth of military Christian fellowships (MCFs) within and among national security forces

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NCF

The Naval Christian Fellowship is a Fellowship of Christians in the Royal Navy, RM, QARNNS, RFA, other navies and associated services. Its objective is to link Christians together, to help and encourage them in their Christian life and witness and to promote interdenominational Christian fellowships in ships in co-operation with the chaplains.

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SASRA

Soldiers' and Airmen's Scripture Readers Association.

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Armed Forces Pensions Group

The Group's aim is to secure equality of pensions for former regular members of the Armed Forces who served for fewer than 22 years at any time to April 1975 and who were discharged before 5th April 1975. This also applies to those regulars who were discharged prior to 1981 who do not meet the criteria of length of service and age. 

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Career Transition Partnership

MOD site for Service Leavers and Employers. Advice and information for personnel who are leaving or have already left the Armed Forces.  Search for resettlement workshops and vocational training courses to help you prepare for your future career. 

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Civvy Jobs

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Defence for Veterans

MOD site with information for veterans - help finding your service record, enquiries regarding medals, pensions, etc.

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Demob Job

Nationwide ex-forces recruitment agency.

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Forces Pension Society

At the end of their service career, which is invariably shorter than other public sector workers, service men and women should receive a pension at least as good as other public servants - and one that protects the financial position of their widow(er)s, partners and dependants in the event of their death.

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Medals

The MOD Medal Office is the sole authority for the issue of medals authorised by Her Majesty to British service personnel and veterans. It is a tri-service Office became based at Imjin Barracks, Innsworth. 

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National Ex Services Association

NESA exists as a campaign tool for ex service men and women, their family, friends and supporters. Their website and newsletter exist to offer a voice of complaint, campaign and petition for Ex Service men and women, their supporters and families.

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Officers Association

The Officers'Association is a charity dedicated to assisting officers who have retired or are about to retire from Her Majesty's Armed Forces. The Association's work falls into three main categories:
Employment
Residential Accommodation
Benevolence

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Punch Pubs

Career Opportunities Ideal for the Armed Forces: Punch Partnerships have opportunities available across Cornwall and the South West with a diverse range of properties if you had ever thought of running your own pub or restaurant.

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Regular Forces Employment Agency

Its objective is to:
Assist ex-regular Servicemen and women to find employment throughout their working life
Offer employers access to staff they can rely on.

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Service Records

Help finding your service record.

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SPACES

The Single Persons Accommodation Centre for the Ex-Services is designed to help single ex-regulars to find appropriate accommodation when they leave the Service. Through this service the project reduces the likelihood of ex-services personnel becoming homeless or sleeping rough after discharge.

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SVR

SVR is Scotland’s oldest ex-service charity, founded in 1910 to support independent living for ex-service men and women and their spouses of all ages.
The charity operates in close association with Scottish Veterans’ Housing Association Ltd which owns and manages the two main residences of Whitefoord House located on Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile and Rosendael situated in Broughty Ferry, Dundee. The charity manages the Murray Home the low to medium dependency care accommodation on Gilmerton Road, South Edinburgh.

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Veterans UK

For all things of interest and help to Armed Service Veterans.

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