Are you in crisis?
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Overview
First contact with Veterans Aid is much like going to an Accident and Emergency unit and meeting a triage nurse – someone who makes an assessment of the problem so that the right specialist help can be arranged. Sometimes a ‘sticking plaster’ is appropriate – sometimes ‘major surgery’ and ‘long term convalescence’.
Stage two is not unlike an A&E referral. Instead of a consultant the ‘specialist’ is one of VA’s dedicated experts…
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What to do now
Veterans Aid,
27 Victoria Square
London, SW1W 0RB
Drop-In Centre
It doesn’t matter when you served, or for how long. We will try our best to help you!
Opening Times
Monday to Thursday 8.30am – 3.30pm
Friday 8.30am – 1.30pm
Expertise available to our male and female Veterans is provided by barrister, addiction counsellor, mental health social workers and case workers who are all willing to call on additional specialist services as necessary to meet the needs of individuals in crisis. Our members of staff are either veterans themselves or individuals with experience of working closely with the Armed Forces. Some have served on operations – e.g. in the Balkans, the Gulf Wars, and the Falklands – have worked in tri-Service environments and/or visited current theatres of operation like Afghanistan. Most have academic qualifications and between 2010-2013 VA’s CEO was a Senior Visiting Fellow in the Department of War Studies at King’s College, London. In March 2015 he became an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of East Anglia’s prestigious School of Social Work.
Further information
Serving Personnel & Leave to Remain
NB: From 1 September 2016 Veterans Aid will no longer undertake new casework regarding F&C residency issues. We will however provide advice and signpost individuals to the many organisations who offer to deal with Leave to Remain applications. VA exists to support former military personnel – not those currently serving in HM Armed Forces, or their dependents. Those experiencing, or anticipating, Leave to Remain issues ahead of discharge are reminded that they should raise concerns through their Chain of Command and consult publicly available guidelines. For further information see:
Comprehensive Government guidelines are published at:
UK Visas & Immigration
British Army website
Advice is also available from:
Service Leaver’s Guide
The Army Families Association
Naval Families Association
RAF Families Association
VA is not funded to replicate any service that is freely available to serving personnel.