Grants

Life isn’t always straightforward when you leave the Armed Forces, we get it. So if you are struggling financially, we might be able to lighten the load. Our range of one-off grants is designed to make your life easier or support your care needs. And if we can’t fund something ourselves, we’ll try to help you find someone else who might be able to.

Who we help

We offer grant support to anyone who has served in the UK Armed Forces, and those who have served under UK command during conflict. 

What we help with

We can help support your clinical and daily living needs, and short term cost of living challenges. Examples of how we might help include:

For your clinical needs 

• A contribution towards housing adaptations such as widening doors or adapting your kitchen or bathroom
• Leg braces or other specialist medical items
• Items to help with independent living
• Help with travel costs to go to a medical appointment. 

For your daily living needs

• Special furniture so that you are more comfortable 
• A laptop so you can access our Hidden Wounds service or Recovery College courses
• Essential household goods such as fridges and washing machines.

Cost of living support

• One off food vouchers
• One off energy top up vouchers
• Local food bank vouchers.

What we can't help with

We are unable to provide support for the following items, although in some cases other organisations might be able to help. 

Funeral costs, legal fees, employment or vocational expenses, immigration costs and visas, annuities or regular financial assistance (e.g. pensions), and care home fees.

Am I eligible?

If you are entitled to state benefits or extra support from the NHS, your council or other services, we ask that you apply for these first. We can help you with that. For example, gas, water and electricity companies are obliged to offer some customers extra support.

Eligibility is assessed on a case-by-case basis, and we may assess your household income when we receive an application. This usually includes asking you to provide us with bank statements along with your application form.

HOW TO APPLY

If you are new to Help for Heroes, you'll need to go through our Get Help process. You can call our friendly helpline team on 0300 303 9888, or complete the online form.