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You
may be able to claim a War Disablement Pension (see also Financial Help )
if you have been disabled
due to service in the armed forces or you are a civilian or merchant seaman disabled due to war-time injuries.
Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA) has been formed through a merger of the Veterans Agency (VA) Key contact information Email: veterans.help@spva.gsi.gov.uk The (MOD) places great store on the provision of high quality support services to serving military personnel, ex-Servicemen and women and their respective dependents. There are clear customer and business benefits in merging the Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency (AFPAA) with the Veterans Agency to form the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA). The formation of SPVA will gradually lead to the provision of a fully integrated set of ‘through life’ personnel services to our serving and veterans community - where a single contact with the Agency will grant access to customer information and advice on pay, pensions, compensation payments, records of service and medal entitlement. Our customers will have the reassurance and comfort of dealing with just one MOD organisation, from the moment they join the Armed Forces, to the point at which they no longer draw their pension. SPVA will be staffed by caring and experienced people, who make it their business to understand and empathise with the serving and veterans’ community and are committed to delivering a high quality service. The responsibility for all pension provision, whether a War pension or an Armed Forces pension will now fall under the direct control of SPVA, reducing the risk of omitting or duplicating information and providing for the first time, a truly joined up pension service. The main role of the War Pensioners' Welfare Service (WPWS) is to give advice, guidance and practical help to War Disablement Pensioners and War Widows/Widowers. War Disablement Pensioners and War Widows/Widowers are entitled to help if currently in receipt of a regular War Pension and even if a gratuity payment has been paid previously for any accepted disablement. The welfare service also provides help to people who are in the process of claiming under the War Pensions Scheme or the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. Regional Welfare Managers throughout the United Kingdom are responsible for ensuring that welfare managers provide the services as required. Each regional office is also supported by administrative staff and a network of volunteer visitors. The welfare service works closely with all the main ex-Service organisations and by doing this, ensures veterans and their dependants can access a wide range of advice and help. How to Contact the Welfare Service There are 25 War Pensioners' Welfare Offices located throughout the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. To search for your local office, please click here or alternatively contact the Free Veterans Helpline. ___________________________________________________ NHS
treatment Should you experience any difficulty
arranging treatment, tell the War Pensions treatment Section . In
certain circumstances, your doctor may be able to arrange for you
to be admitted to a Ministry of Defence services hospital for the
treatment of the disability for which you receive your war pension.
If so, you will be eligible for help with travelling costs. Again,
tell the people at the War Pensions Treatment Section. Contact details
as above. The Far East
Prisoners of War and Internees Fund helps
Far East prisoners of war and civilian internees of the Japanese
1941- 45 war and their dependents who are in need. The Joint Committee of the Order of St John and the British Red Cross society provides grants to ex-servicemen, ex-officers and their widows. It has long-standing connections with three paraplegic settlements. Tel: 020 7201 5131 National Federation of Far East Prisoner of War Clubs and Associations gives advice to ex-Far East prisoners of war and their widows, especially on pension matters. Tel: Mr PS Cairns MBE 0161 748 6373 The Not Forgotten Association provides holidays, television sets, licences, outings, excursions and entertainment for disabled ex-service people. Tel: 0207 730 2400. Link to Website The Royal
Air Forces Association gives
advice and financial assistance to serving or ex-serving RAF personnel
and their dependents through a network of branches. Each branch
has an honorary welfare officer who will assess requests for help
and complete the appropriate forms for assistance. The Association
also runs a nursing home and three convalescent home together with
supportive and sheltered housing schemes. The Royal
Alfred Seafarers Society provides
accommodation for ex-members of the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy
at three separate establishments in Surrey and Sussex, offering,
respectively, sheltered housing, residential and nursing care. Tel:
020 8401 2889 The Royal
British Legion and Officers Association exists
to relieve distress and to give help and advice to those who have
served in the Merchant Navy, Allied Civil Police Force, Home Guard
and Voluntary Aid societies, their widows and dependents They also
run residential and convalescent homes, support holidays for the
severely disabled, and help with domestic security. Tel: 0207 973
7200. Link to Website The Royal
British Legion Scotland, The Earl Haig Fund Scotland and the Officers Association Scotland
Branch help all ex service people, their widows and their
dependents, giving welfare and pensions advice and friendship. Tel:
0131 557 2782 The Royal
Patriotic Fund Corporation gives financial aid to widows, orphans and dependents of servicemen
and women. Tel: 0207 233 1894 St Dunstans: Established in 1915,
St Dunstan's provide essential training and rehabilitation for ex-Service
men and women who are now blinded due to war, age, accident or illness. The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help (SSAFA Forces Help) offers welfare help, advice and support to serving and ex-serving members of the armed forces, including partners, widows/widowers and dependent children. They also help obtain equipment and aids and provide specially designed permanent and holiday accommodation for disabled people, and residential care homes. Local branches nationwide and in Eire can raise grant aid through service charities and other sources. Contact local Branch (see local phone book) or the Welfare Department at Central Office. Tel: 020 7403 8783. Link to SSAFA Website Forces
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