SSAFA NI

26/11/2025

Help For Heroes 🎖 Upcoming Cafe Dates DECEMBER 2025 🫖

December:
🛞Bangor: Wednesday 3rd Dec, 10.30-12.00 @ Pit Stop café, Bangor, 39 Balloo Rd, BT19 7PG

🍩 Belfast: Thursday 4th Dec, 13.30-15.00 @ Tim Hortons, Connswater Retail Park, Belfast BT5 5DL

🌳 Antrim: Wednesday 10th Dec, 10.30-12.00 @ Manns Garden Kitchen, Antrim Castle Gardens, Randalstown Rd, Antrim BT41 4HL

🧵Lisburn: Thursday 11th Dec, 10.15-11.45 @ Café Vic Ryn, House of Vic-Ryn, Moira Rd, Lisburn BT28 2RF

🌾Banbridge: NEW LOCATION, Tuesday 16th Dec, 14.30-16.00 @ Tesco café at the Boulevard, Bridgewater Retail Park, Banbridge BT32 4LF


Tea/coffee provided by Help for Heroes and tables are booked under ‘Community Development’

Please confirm attendance to assist with accessibility needs and table bookings

Contact: Alex on 075 8090 1317 or Glenn on 07484 026 991

18/11/2025

Northern Ireland: Veterans Breakfast -Belfast City Hall - Saturday 22nd November

18/11/2025

Veteran's Hub Curry Lunch Portavogie, to book for you or your group, just call the Rendezvous Café Portavogie on 02891244040 leave your name and contact number and how many guests and we'll be in contact with you. Book early, as spaces are limited!

05/11/2025

Help For Heroes 🎖 Upcoming Cafe Dates 🫖

- 🧵Lisburn: Thursday 6th November, 10.15-11.45 @ Café Vic Ryn, House of Vic-Ryn, Moira Rd, Lisburn BT28 2RF

- 🌳 Antrim: Friday 14th November, 11.00-13.00, Manns Garden Kitchen, Antrim Castle Gardens, Randalstown Rd, Antrim BT41 4HL

- 🛞Bangor: Tuesday 18th November, 10.30-12.00 @ Pit Stop café, Bangor, 39 Balloo Rd, BT19 7PG

- 🌺 Belfast: Thursday 20th November, 10.15-11.45 @ Hillmount Garden Centre, 56-58 Upper Braniel Rd, Belfast BT5 7TX

- 🌾Banbridge: Tuesday 25th November, 14.00-16.00 @ Tesco café, Banbridge, 25a Castlewellan Rd, Banbridge BT32 4AX

- ⛳Clogher: Friday 28th November, 11.30-13.00 @ Rusks at Clougher Valley Golf Club, 76 Belfast Rd, Fivemiletown BT75 0SE

Tea/coffee provided by Help for Heroes and tables are booked under ‘Community Development’

Please confirm attendance to assist with accessibility needs and table bookings



Contact: Alex on 075 8090 1317 or Glenn on 07484 026 991

Missing the feeling of community? We get it and so do the rest of our veterans and families who come along.

Join us for a cuppa and chat, and hear about the wonderful opportunities for the Armed Forces Community in your own area.

If you know another veteran friend/family member who could use a bit of the same, bring them along too!

30/10/2025

Tune-in to the BBC Radio 4 Appeal to find out from adventurer and former Royal Navy Reservist Ben Fogle how you can help SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity support our Armed Forces family, so they never battle alone.

Ben Fogle makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of SSAFA, the armed forces charity.

29/10/2025

🎄This Christmas, spread cheer with SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity's exclusive shop items! Browse the full collection now at https://ssaf.as/xmasshop25

10/10/2025

🎄This Christmas, spread cheer with SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity's exclusive cards, available from the SSAFA Shop now at https://ssaf.as/xmascards2025

Why you’ll love them?
• Printed in the UK using eco-friendly, sustainable materials
• Biodegradable, recyclable, compostable - kind to the planet!

[NB. A 30% branch discount is available to all SSAFA volunteers who are buying products that they intend to use to fundraise for SSAFA, please email [email protected] for details.]

23/08/2025

SSAFA gets around 👏

26/07/2025

SSAFA NI is hosting a toe tapping musical afternoon in the Somme Nursing Home Belfast. Please google the Somme Nursing Home to learn what a wonderful nursing home it is for Veterans and their spouses.
(Sorry this not a general invitation as numbers are limited to the Residents, Family members and guests)

20/07/2025

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1185012800334391&id=100064770458327

Templepatrick native, Danny Kinahan, late the Blues and Royals and a former MP and Veterans Commissioner for Northern Ireland, is the new President for , the Armed Forces charity in Northern Ireland.

Growing up in a family where many of his relations had served during , Danny’s parents also regularly hosted and supported military families during The Troubles. Joining the Armed Forces seemed natural career choice.

After Sandhurst, Danny’s first posting out of country was to Cyprus serving with the United Nations as he commanded a troop patrolling the peace line between Turkish and Greek forces.

In 1983 and now a captain, he returned home to Northern Ireland, undertaking a six-month operational tour with the First Battalion The Black Watch.

After further postings, Danny left the Regulars in the mid-1980s to return home to manage the family farm in Templepatrick but remained a Reserve Officer with the Blues and Royals, before joining the North Irish Horse as Squadron Leader in Belfast. He was made the Honorary Colonel of the North Irish Horse and helped promote its role as part of the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry.

More recently, Danny has been a political representative for the Ulster Unionist Party, serving the people of South Antrim in local Council, as an MLA at Stormont and as their Member of Parliament at Westminster.

He was appointed as Northern Ireland’s first Veterans Commissioner in September 2020, championing the health and housing concerns of veterans in NI.

Of his appointment to SSAFA NI, Danny said: “It’s an honour to be President of SSAFA NI as it is one of the very best service charities excelling at delivering support to veterans and their families.

“I hope to help SSAFA NI further reach out to veterans and their families and help improve the support environment so that the necessary care is both timely and as pertinent as possible to their needs.”

Robert Dunne, branch chair of SSAFA NI, added: "I'm delighted that Danny has agreed to join us, and I know that he will devote the same energy in this new role as he so ably demonstrated as Northern Ireland's first Veterans Commissioner."

23/05/2025

See you tomorrow 👍🇬🇧

22/05/2025

R U a service woman or veteran ? If so here’s a treat - read all about it 👍

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=122164438028341022&id=61560230677159

🌸 Serving & Ex-Service Women’s Network – Summer Brunch! 🌸
📅 Saturday 31st May | 🕥 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 Galwally

The Serving and Ex-Service Women’s Network is back with a summer brunch – and you’re invited!

If you’re a woman who has served and fancy a relaxed, social get-together with others who’ve shared similar experiences, why not join us for a lovely morning of chat, connection, and coffee?
☕🥐 Whether you come for the company, the craic, or the croissants – we’d love to see you there!

🎟️ Book your free place here:
https://seswnhellosummerbrunch.eventbrite.co.uk

Proudly sponsored by the Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner’s Office.