Ex Service Personnel

Our aim is to provide affordable and sensitively managed sheltered housing for people over 60 years of age, giving priority to those who have served in the Armed Forces and their surviving partners or relatives. We also aim to meet the needs of those with priority on housing waiting lists when possible.

As a charity, we have been supporting homeless, vulnerable and marginalised people for 30 years. We help them transform their lives, providing accommodation and support to help them build skills, confidence and opportunities to live a fulfilled life.

Within our Homes and Services we work with:

- Those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless
- Veterans (through our Homes for Veterans initiative)
- Young people and young parent and babies
- Adults with learning disabilities

Our vision is a society where everyone has the opportunity to live a fulfilling life.

Blesma, The Limbless Veterans, is dedicated to assisting serving and ex servicemen and women who have lost limbs or the use of a limb(s), or lost an eye or sight, during or after service. We support these men and women in their communities throughout the UK.

Does your garden need a spruce up? Or do you have shelf that needs putting up?

Building Heroes Property Services operating throughout the UK including Portsmouth. The Charity Building Heroes, aim is to tackle unemployment among veterans. Through its training programs they now have a number of trained veterans who hope to put these skills to further good use, and have set up the property maintenance firm as a way to provide further employment, and raise money to put back into their centres. Typical things they will be able to do are plumbing , carpentry , decorating and much more.

For more information go to buildingheroes.org.uk or call 0330 390 0940
Building Hero's are also looking for veterans to help with this service please email propertyservices@buildingheroes.org.uk

CESSA Housing Association (CESSA HA) manages a total of 8 Sheltered Housing Schemes for a variety of ex-service personnel and their families in the locations listed below.

Citizens advice Portsmouth are a part of Citizens Advice Solent East. We provide free, impartial and confidential advice for all.

We offer a range of specialist advice and support services, and general advice via our website, on the phone or by getting in touch using the details above.

Citizens advice Portsmouth are a part of Citizens Advice Solent East. We provide free, impartial and confidential advice for all.

We offer a range of specialist advice and support services, and general advice via our website, on the phone or by getting in touch using the details above.

Company of Makers exists to support ex-Service personnel and their partners with transitioning from military to civilian life, no matter how long it’s been since they left the Armed Forces.

Fighting With Pride (FWP) is a registered charity founded in January 2020. We are a lived-experience LGBT+ military charity, leading a campaign to support the health and wellbeing of LGBT+ Veterans, serving personnel and their families. We are here to raise awareness and recognition of the need to support those most impacted by the ban on LGBT+ military service, before it was finally lifted in January 2000. We aim to acknowledge and celebrate these remarkable veterans. FWP is working with UK Government and the
devolved parliaments to provide better support to LGBT+ Veterans in the future.

Our Mission: To be a beacon for LGBT+ Veterans, supporting them to live their best lives.

Our Vision: That the United Kingdom will become the best place in the world in which to be an LGBT+ Veteran.

The Forces Employment Charity provides life-long, life-changing support, jobs and training opportunities to Service leavers, veterans, reservists and their spouses, partners and children, regardless of circumstances, rank, length of service, or reason for leaving.

We support spouses and partners, including divorced, separated, and bereaved, on their journey into employment. We understand that Service life and transition can impact the whole family, so we offer mentoring and career guidance to young people aged 16-24.

If you need help with your CV, advice on returning to work after a break, or advice on transferring skills and qualifications from the military, we can help!
You can access a variety of pathway events and support through Op ASCEND, a free service offered to veterans and all military families (including those whose family members are still serving). For further details, please visit the Forces Employment Charity’s website.