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02/03/2026

SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity's statement on the attack on RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus.

20/02/2026

🔴 Be part of the first ever SSAFA Wales Two Point Challenge! 🔴

Taking place across St David’s Day weekend – this brand new awareness raising event invites you to choose any two points in Wales and walk between them.

Help us shine a light on the support available to serving personnel, veterans and their families across Wales.

Sign up:
https://www.ssafa.org.uk/support-us/events/community/ssafa-wales-two-point-challenge/

Because no one should ever battle alone.

04/12/2025

Share a message of support and well wishes with our Armed Forces community this Christmas🎄

The festive season can be a lonely time for many, but at SSAFA we want to show our Armed Forces community they never have to battle alone.

To show how valued they are we’re encouraging communities, families, and individuals to share some words of support this Christmas.

To leave a message visit:

The festive season can be a lonely time for many but here at SSAFA we want to show our Armed Forces community they never have to battle alone. Leave a message of support and well wishes to our Armed Forces community this Christmas.

25/11/2025

Earlier this month, volunteers from SSAFA South East Wales Branch proudly attended Remembrance Sunday parades across the region, laying a SSAFA wreath at each one.

Volunteers were present in:

Care Leon
Caerphilly
Ebbw Vale
Maesteg
Llantwit Major
Cardiff – attended by Trevor Scott, Wales Regional Chair
Maindee Barracks
Newport
Merthyr Tydfil
Bridgend
Brynmawr

Thank you to everyone who represented SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, as we came together to honour those who gave so much.

Some photos from the day are below.

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.]

29/07/2025

Huge thanks to Health Education and Improvement Wales - HEIW, who held a Big Brew Up cake sale and a raffle in their offices for in June and have now donated a total of £322.70 donated to SSAFA's Wales Region.

Pictured (left to right) are Lisa Jay, Mark Casling, SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity's Jessica Carey, Miles Elliott and Jimmy Man.

21/07/2025

Please note that entries to the SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity Cardiff 5K Road Race on Wednesday 23 July are now full and we won’t be doing on the night entries.

15/06/2025

Trevor Scott, a stalwart volunteer for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity has been made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours list 2025.

Trevor, 83, originally from , spent nearly 50 years working in education first in his native city with subsequent positions across secondary and higher education including at King Henry VIII School (Abergavenny), West Monmouth School (Pontypool), and The Open University (Wales). He also enjoyed Art Fellowships at Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, New York) in 1992, 1994, and 1997.

Trevor was introduced to SSAFA by one of his daughters – he has two, and four grandchildren – who volunteered for the charity when her husband was in the .

Beginning in 2008 as a caseworker in the former Gwent branch, he became Divisional Secretary in 2018, Chair of the branch in 2020, and Chair of the South East Wales branch (following a merger of Gwent, & The Vale, and Mid Glamorgan branches) from 2022 until October 2024. Trevor remains both active and well-respected supporting SSAFA’s Wales Regional Office with the beneficiary feedback survey.

In the citation for his MBE is stated: "Trevor is an outstanding ambassador and committed volunteer for SSAFA, volunteering in Wales for almost 20 years.

"The impact of Trevor’s selfless commitment and dedication in this voluntary role has quite literally been life-changing, and in some cases life-saving, for so many families from the Armed Forces community.

"What Trevor has managed to achieve while generously giving his time for SSAFA goes far beyond volunteering. He has singlehandedly safeguarded the continued success of the SSAFA Branch in South East Wales."

Trevor, whose eclectic interests include sport, reading, photography, and film, says: "To be nominated was an honour in itself, but to be awarded an MBE was a shock – albeit a very pleasant one.

"SSAFA is an outstanding Armed Forces charity, and it has been my privilege to work alongside many dedicated volunteers and staff, especially SSAFA's Steve Boswell, in order to support veterans in need.

"My award therefore also belongs to the SSAFA team, especially those in the South East Wales branch, without whose commitment nothing would have been achieved."

At SSAFA, we sends our sincere congratulations to Trevor for his outstanding – and continuing – service to the Armed Forces community, and for his richly deserved MBE.