How we can help
Welfare Team - Arbroath Area Community Support
The Royal British Legion Scotland Caring and
campaigning for the serving and ex-Service community
The Royal British Legion Scotland
national website provides a wealth of support initiatives to
support current and ex service personnel and their families.
Locally we provide support within our area to compliment these
services.
Our Welfare Team will be pleased to hear from any service person
or their family requiring assistance. You do not have to be ex
or currenlty serving to complete this form. Complete the name of
the person requiring contact and add your details (if you wish)
at the bottom of the message box.
The Royal British Legion Scotland plays an active role in the
local community, and we rely on the help of our members to carry
out our work in their local areas. There are many ways people
can help and become involved, and it is essential to our work
for the ex-Service community. We are also an active membership
organisation, and invite everyone, whether they are ex-Service
or not, to become a member.
The Welfare committee is led by
Mr. Earl Russell (RN Retired) who is also a trained SSAFA case
worker.
How The Royal British Legion
Scotland Arbroath Branch can
help you
Our Welfare team is here to
help. We are part of the
Legion's extensive Welfare
Support services. If you are
serving, have served or are the
dependent or carer of someone
who has served in the UK's Armed
Forces, then you are eligible
for our help.
We can offer financial aid in
an urgent crisis, help homeless
ex-Service people get back on
their feet, advise on
compensation claims, offer
careers advice for those looking
to make a fresh start after
leaving the Forces, arrange home
or hospital visits and much
more.
Please contact our Welfare
Officer to see how they can help
you.
Branch Trustees
Depending on the individual charity and its legal form,
the charity trustees may be called board members, directors,
management committee members, trustees or whatever is relevant
to the charity. Whatever the terminology used by the charity,
for the purposes of the legislation, the group of people who
manage and control the charity are known as trustees,
Charity trustees must act in the interests of the charity.
Charity Trustees must do what is best for the charity.
Club Committee
The Club Committee run the club as the trading arm of the
Branch. It is in their best interests to make sure the Club is
in profit and does not make a loss. Those members on the Club
Committee are mostly un-trained in operating a Club
professionally but they do the best they can. Anyone can become
a member of the Club Ciommittee, we are always looking for new
younger members to join with new ideas to move us forwards into
the next century.
Pensions & Welfare Advisor
The Branch Pensions & Welfare advisor assists any ex-serviceman
or woman, whether a member or not, to pursue their possible
entitlement to a War Disablement Pension or help out the best
they can in their welfare.
The P & W Advisor can be contacted via the Branch. Please do not
put off getting in touch with the advisor, he can get things
moving very quickly and will save you a lot of problems later
on.
