Ex Service Personnel | HIVE Portsmouth

Agamemnon Housing Association Limited 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. Portsmouth United Kingdom PO6 2SB 02392 387086 Email More info
Age UK Portsmouth Joining Forces Age UK Portsmouth run a Breakfast Club for veterans which takes place twice a month on the second Friday and the last Friday of every month from 10:00am to 12:00pm at the Bradbury Centre. All ex-service personnel are welcome to come along, together with their partners, to socialise with other veterans, take part in the banter and enjoy a great breakfast. Spaces are limited for the Breakfast Club so you will need to give us a ring in advance to book your place and pre-pay for your breakfast. The cost is £5.00 for a breakfast sandwich and a cup of tea or coffee. Age UK Portsmouth provides free befriending support and a range of social activities for lonely or isolated military veterans and their dependants in Portsmouth and the surrounding area. The aim is to help older veterans stay independent and have greater confidence by providing friendly social contact, support and companionship. 16–18 Kingston Road Portsmouth United Kingdom PO1 5RZ 02392 883506 Email More info
Age UK Portsmouth Veterans Information Point Providing free information and advice for Forces veterans and active service personnel in Portsmouth. The Veterans Information Point is supported by the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity and Greenwich Hospital, and has been set up to offer free, independent and confidential information, advice and support to military veterans and active servicemen and women in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire. The Veterans Information Point is open Monday to Friday, from 9am to 4:45pm (4.30pm on Fridays) at the Bradbury Centre. We can offer telephone advice or face-to-face office appointments and even home visits if necessary. Issues we can help you with • Benefits and entitlements including War and Armed Forces Pensions • Leisure and social activities including access to regimental associations • Applying for a service medal or Veterans Badge • Mental health support including PTSD • Housing options • Money matters • Energy efficiency for your home • Staying independent at home • Family and personal matters • Coping with bereavement • Wills and funeral planning • Legal issues • Signposting to other agencies for additional services and support Welfare benefits Benefits checks are one of our most common requests, and last year we were able to help claim over £1.3 million in benefits for people living in the Portsmouth area. It is estimated that every year over £3.5 billion of benefits go unclaimed across the country, with three million older people living below the poverty line. Many people are put off claiming either by the complexity of the benefits system, or they assume they cannot claim anything because they have some savings or own their home. Our Veterans Information Adviser and team of trained volunteers can check to see if you are entitled to claim any welfare or disability benefits, and can help you through the claims process from start to finish. If needed we can give you assistance filling in all of the forms. 16–18 Kingston Road Portsmouth United Kingdom PO1 5RZ 02392 883500 Email More info
All Call Signs All Call Signs is a peer support organisation for all currently serving members of the UK Armed Forces and veterans. We can also support immediate family members and partners in helping their loved ones or or accessing mental health and social support services themselves. If you’re struggling with your mental health or are supporting someone who is, or you’re experiencing a complex social issue such as homelessness, substance misuse or poor quality of life, we can help. 023 9438 7914 More info
Blesma 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. Chelmsford United Kingdom CM2 0QT 020 8590 1124 Email More info
Building Heroes Property Services 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 0330 9126200 Email More info
CESSA Housing Association 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. 126 High Street Old Portsmouth Portsmouth United Kingdom PO1 2RH 023 9282 9319 Email More info
Citizens Advice Portsmouth Reception and Triage Service Citizens Advice Portsmouth has operated in Portsmouth for more than 83 years. They offer free, impartial and confidential advice in person, on the telephone and online to the people of Portsmouth. 2-3 Ark Royal House, Winston Churchill Avenue Portsmouth United Kingdom PO1 2GF 023 9400 6600 Email More info
Company of Makers 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. Cathedral House, Office 3 St Thomas' Street Old Portsmouth United Kingdom PO1 2HA Email More info
Ex Forces Net - (Positive Transition) Support for people transitioning out of the Armed Forces and into mainstream society covers aspects of employment and some briefings on finances and housing. Reports such as the Transition Mapping Study, Veterans Transition Review and Lifting the Lid on Transition support the need for a holistic model of support, yet nothing is changing quickly. Our combined experience and the available evidence shows that an effective, holistic model of support must include consideration for the cultural and values-based obstacles to healthy transition that are unique to people leaving service, and must therefore be developed with the maximum possible input from the people who it is designed to support. 0344 888 9999 Monday – Friday Email More info