SSAFA - The Armed Forces Charity - Volunteer Roles

Our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant

SSAFA signed the Armed Forces Covenant in October 2016 as we recognise the value that serving personnel, reservists, veterans and their families brings to our business.  We pledged to uphold the principles of the covenant by:

• Providing a lifetime of support for our Armed Forces and their families through professional and charitable services
• Promoting the fact that we are an Armed Forces-friendly employer
• Seeking to support the employment of veterans young and old and Service spouses and partners
• Offering flexibility in granting leave for Service spouses and partners before, during and after a partners’ deployment
• Seeking to support our employees who choose to be members of the Reserve forces, including by accommodating their training and deployment wherever possible
• Offering support to the local cadet units where possible
• Actively participating in Armed Forces Day. 

We will publicise these commitments through all our communications channels and to all our volunteers setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our beneficiaries on how we are delivering.

About us

SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, supports the person behind the uniform; any time they need us, in any way they need us, for as long as they need us. Every year, SSAFA helps more than 82,000 people from the Forces family to get back on their feet; those currently serving, reserves, veterans and their families. Support is there for people at any stage in their military career; from the youngest recruit to the oldest veteran – no one’s service is ever forgotten. We give hope, help and personal support for as long as it takes to get that person’s life back to where they want it to be.