We provide support and opportunities to enable babies, children and young people from Regular, Reservist and Veteran families to realise their potential and thrive. Our charity was founded just four days before the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, which provided accommodation, education and trade skills to children and young people whose parents were killed or experienced life-changing wounds during the Napoleonic Wars. Today, we help children and young people from serving, reservist and veteran families across Scotland grow in confidence, develop new skills, and gain valuable experiences by co-producing impactful projects and services which focus on topics including mental health and wellbeing, education and learning, and putting their unique experiences on the radar of civilian audiences. We provide life-changing experiences to forge new friendships, through a sense of belonging, shared experience, and solidarity. We will work directly with children and young people to amplify their unique experiences to help civilian friends as well as those who support them or make important decisions about their future better understand what they’re going through and bring about big changes. We listen and provide financial help in lots of different ways for children, young people and their families. We can support children and young people care for loved ones or a member of the local community or help them gain a qualification at college or university. We can also help by providing families with that little bit extra financial support to cover essential living costs and so much more. You can get involved with Forces Children Scotland if you have Scottish parents who are a regular, reservist or veteran of the British Armed Forces - whether that’s the Army, Navy You can also get involved if your parents aren’t Scottish - We can support children and young people from families currently based in Scotland. Better still, we can continue to support you if you move from Scotland!
