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The Royal British Legion is the UK’s leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to millions who have served or are currently serving in the Armed Forces, and their dependants. We fight nearly 36,000 ongoing War Disablement Pension cases for war veterans and make around 300,000 welfare and friendship visits every year.

For general enquiries please call: Legionline on 08457 725 725 (charged at local rates) For Welfare help in Thailand call 089 8072335.
Email: bert@tropicalberts.com

Makes it all worth it

I received the email below recently, it refers to the pictures on the right.

Thanks very much for sending details and photographs of my Dads funeral. He must have been popular having seen the amount of mourners that turned up.  Many thanks to the British Legion and all the people who looked after him.  If it wasnt for you initially getting in touch with us we might never have spoken to each other because the last memory I have of my father was him walking up the road with his case when I was four years old to go to New Zealand so I really do appreciate what you have done and it was nice to speak to him before he passed on. We did exchange calendars in recent years at Christmas time but that was as far as we got.  If you can throw any light on the intervening years I would be interested to know what he was doing so would be delighted if you care to also keep in touch.
Thanks again.
James


 

Our Welfare services are split into six categories:

  • Poppy Funds: We can provide funds in a temporary crisis, such as homelessness, or assist with loans for property repairs and starting up a small business.
  • Poppy Advice: We can offer advice on War Pensions, Compensation Claims and also give Careers advice for those leaving the Forces.
  • Poppy Homes: A major part of our welfare work is to provide short and long-term care for ex-Service people and their dependants in our seven Poppy Homes around the country.
  • Poppy Breaks: We have four Poppy Break Centres for those recovering from an illness or bereavement, located in some of the country's most popular, traditional seaside resorts.
  • Poppy Travel: We offer pilgrimages and tours to war cemeteries, memorials and battlefields worldwide, with each designed as a relaxing and informative holiday.
  • Poppy People: Volunteers are vital to our organisation - you can join as a Poppy Collector, or as a Caseworker, providing emotional support and practical assistance in the local community.  We are also looking for more Hospital and Housebound Visitors.

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 
Welfare and Benevolence

 

 

 

 The Legion’s mission is to safeguard the interests and welfare of ex-Service men and women and their dependants and there are now over 10.5 million people in the UK who are eligible for our help. Each year we spend more than £54 million answering their calls for help. The welfare assistance we provide ranges from pensions and benefits advice to employment and careers advice; from the provision of welfare grants to arranging pilgrimages to war graves and from home and hospital visits to the provision of full nursing care.

To find out more about the services we provide please follow this link.

NOTE: The facilities available in Thailand differ from those available in UK.

 

Legion Facts & Statistics
About the Legion
  • The Royal British Legion is the leading ex-Service charity protecting the welfare, interests and memory of ex-Service people and their families and dependants.
  • The Legion was founded in 1921.
  • Some 10.5 million people in the UK are eligible to ask for its help.
  • The Legion is the UK's largest membership organisation, with more than 460,000 members (including the Women's Section).  Anyone can be a member, ex-Service or not.
  • You don't have to be a Legion member to receive assistance – but you must be an ex-Serviceperson or a dependant. Anyone who has been in the British Armed Forced for seven days or more (and their dependants) is eligible for help.
  • People as young as 17.5 years can be sent on active service, so veterans are often much younger than people realise.
  • There has only been one year (1968) since the Second World War when a British Service person hasn't been killed on active service.
  • Each year the Legion answers 30,000 calls for help to its helpline, Legionline.
  • It helps with a huge range of issues, including counselling, job retraining, skills assessment, getting the right pensions and benefits, advice and interest free loans for setting up small businesses, welfare grants, Remembrance Travel to war graves, convalescent and nursing care, and home and hospital visits.
  • The Legion has close links to many other charities, organisations and trusts, enabling it to draw on the best resources and expertise, and to refer people to those best equipped to help them.
  • The Legion will be needed for as long as people continue to be affected by conflict. It doesn't advocate war but is simply there to support those who have been prepared to make a personal sacrifice through serving in the British Armed Forces.
  • The Poppy Appeal raised  over £26 million in 2006.
  • In  2006  the Legion spent over £75 million on its work. Apart from donations, funds come from legacies, sponsorship, corporate support, fundraising events.
  • 70% of the workers at the Poppy Factory are disabled or suffer from chronic illness. The Factory was designed to offer jobs to such people and its remit remains the same today.
  • 300,000 staff and volunteers organise the Poppy Appeal each year
  • More than 36 million poppies, 107,000 wreaths and sprays, 800,000 Remembrance Crosses and other Remembrance items will be made at the Poppy Factory in Richmond , Surrey, this year.
Poppies Distributed 36.5 m  
Care home residents 410 per quarter 
Welfare breaks  4,200 Per Annum
War Pensions Cases 3711  per quarter 
Cases represented at War Pensions Tribunals 500 per quarter
Almonising Income £10.2m  
People in Employment through RBL 3,000  
Trained Case Workers 4349  
Welfare Visits and request for assistance 300,000  
Visitors to War Cemeteries 1,081  
School Children's Visits to War Cemeteries 259  
Army Recruits' Visits to War Cemeteries 1804 per quarter 
Small Business Loans £44,200  this quarter 
Careers Advice 1,300 Requests
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When we cannot help

 There are six key areas where assistance cannot be authorised, even though we understand that these issues can cause genuine hardship. We cannot help with:
  • Loans other than those for some property repairs and small businesses
  • "Top up" fees for residential/nursing homes
  • Legal expenses such as court costs and solicitors' fees
  • Business debts
  • Private medical care
  • Funeral expenses
  • One again the facilities available in Thailand differ from those available in UK, however please do not be put off by that as nothing is set in concrete. For example all medical care in Thailand is private!.
 

 

  
   

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