SSAFA Cleveland

02/03/2026

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

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.]

14/11/2024

What is it like to be a veteran returning to civilian life? Our Armed Forces family tell us it can be hard.

Problems once shared as a team, become darker problems alone.

This week we launch a new campaign to recognise the challenges veterans face when returning to civilian life. At SSAFA, we strive to reach and embrace all our military family so they never battle alone.

Check out our new advert to learn more. And help us answer their call. Visit www.ssafa.org.uk/requestingbackup

06/03/2024

Volunteer Caseworkers are the lifeblood of SSAFA, the Armed Forces Charity, supporting a growing number of people in need of financial, practical and emotional support.
Find out more about how you can support the Armed Forces community directly, and change lives for the better...

👉 www.ssafa.org.uk/cleveland

07/11/2023

After almost losing his life to COVID, Group Captain Martin Ogden was treated at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) in Leicestershire. Located nearby, SSAFA's Norton House provides free accommodation for service men and women undergoing rehab at DMRC and their families. Martin pays tribute to this ‘fantastic facility’ and shares his personal story. ⤵

02/11/2023

Time to start thinking ahead to Christmas?! These lovely robin felt hanging decorations would look great on any Christmas tree 🎄 Choose from robins adorned with a World War 2 Army helmet, Sailor's pork pie dress hat, or RAF peaked cap.

Shop for these and other Christmas decs ⤵
www.ssafastore.org.uk/categories/christmas-decorations

31/10/2023

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🎃 ! Land Girls, Ann Brodrick (left) and Mary Codrington, are pictured respectively with British and American servicemen at a Halloween party circa 1943 in Milton Ernest Women's Land Army hutment hostel, Bedfordshire.

The Halloween game of snap apple or apple on a string - a common variant of apple bobbing in water - is where apples are hung from the ceiling and contestants jump to take bites - the winner is the contestant that manages to eat their entire apple first. To increase the difficulty, it is common to spin the apples beforehand or shake the cords, often catching contestants who are unaware or too slow in the face!

[Photo credit: Stuart Antrobus / womenslandarmy.co.uk]

27/10/2023

Today is 🤝 In 2022, 1,418 service personnel and their family members who were transitioning out of the Armed Forces to civilian life used our Mentoring Service.

Find out more about how SSAFA helps to motivate, support, build resilience, and empower service leavers to fulfil their potential in their new lives outside the military, at ssaf.as/mentoringservice

24/10/2023