Gifts in wills continues to enable SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity to help more serving personnel, reservists, veterans and their families with welfare and wellbeing support.
Last year, due to the kind generosity of supporter donations, including those who left a legacy to SSAFA with a gift in their Will, the charity was able to support an incredible 54,000 people from the Armed Forces community. Each person helped had their own unique challenges and battles.
SSAFA exists so that no one in our Armed Forces family is left to battle life’s darkest challenges on their own.
Together, with the help of our volunteers and supporters, we are always close at hand for any member of our Armed Forces family when they face what may be the greatest challenge of their life. We provide welfare and wellbeing support to serving personnel, veterans, and their families across the UK and abroad. All tailored to individual needs, helping people get their lives back on track. We do not judge – we offer a helping hand and a listening ear, for as long as we are needed. The Armed Forces are a family that stands together. Supporting each other no matter what, someone always has your back.
But we know that there are serving personnel and veterans who – through no fault of their own – can face momentous challenges which are made so much worse if they do not know who to turn to or how to ask for help. In this time of need, SSAFA will be there, supporting them through those darkest of times.
The funds raised through gifts in wills have helped SSAFA to provide life-changing welfare support, wellbeing projects, and activities such as the June Best Community Garden at the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines, at Lympstone, Devon. The Garden was made possible by a generous legacy gift left to SSAFA’s Devon branch by the late June Best. This much needed space provides a tranquil and therapeutic environment fostering relaxation, connection, and healing for our military and former military community and is the first project of its kind in the UK.
Community and camaraderie are at the heart of the garden and a committee of veterans advised on the design and planning. They and other members of the community have created a multi-functional, wheelchair accessible space involving sensory elements, including a fire area and a water feature and a growing garden. This transformational garden project was only made possible through gifts in wills.
With a gift in your Will, you will help SSAFA be there for generations to come, providing welfare and wellbeing support for our Armed Forces family. Because no one should ever battle alone.
Protect their future by leaving a gift in your Will to SSAFA. You will stand alongside our future Armed Forces, always and forever. To find out more, visit ssafa.org.uk/gifts-in-wills.
