Forces Employment Charity

The Forces Employment Charity provides employment and training support to service leavers, veterans, reservists and their spouses and partners.

• From: Office for Veterans' Affairs
• Published: 12 September 2024

• Employment, education and training: Career advice and support for jobseekers, Education and other training
• Families and children: Support for spouses and families
• England: North East and Yorkshire, North West, Midlands, East of England, London, South West, South East
• Northern Ireland: North (Coleraine Area), South (Portadown Area), East (Holywood Area), West (Enniskillen Area)
• Scotland: The Southern Uplands, The Central Lowlands, Grampian Mountains, Northern Highlands, Hebrides and the Northern Isles
• Wales: Mid and West Wales, North Wales, South Wales Central, South Wales East, South Wales West

Established in 1885, the Forces Employment Charity offer a range of programmes and one-to-one support designed to help veterans and their families succeed throughout their working lives.

Support is available to all veterans of the UK armed forces, including reservists and Merchant Mariners who have seen duty on legally defined military operations.

They can also provide support to partners of serving personnel and veterans (including reservists), including those who are separated, divorced or bereaved.

The support they can offer includes:

• advice on career choices
• researching the job market
• job matching
• training
• recommendations for courses and education opportunities
• support with writing a CV
• advice on interview techniques
• expert industry knowledge and updates
• events and employment fairs

This support is delivered by expert advisers and consultants, many of whom have also served or are military spouses.

Get in touch with The Forces Employment Charity

By phone

Phone: 0121 262 3058
Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm Saturday, 8:30am to 2pm

By email

Email: info@forcesemployment.org.uk

Online

Website: Forces Employment Charity

Published 12 September 2024