SSAFA Greater Manchester

SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is a trusted source of support for serving personnel, veterans and their families in their time of need. Founded in 1885, we’re extremely proud of our long-standing heritage and of all the work we do with inspiring people from Greater Manchester, across the UK and around the world.

For mental health interim help please sign up for free as a veteran to The Big White Wall online. It is monitored by trained professionals, gives you tools to monitor your current situation and review. It has a creative area and chat room.

Please feel free to pop into a breakfast club, see list below and dates/times they meet:

• Stockport at the Eddy Bears Cafe behind the Salsbury Pub in Brinnington 1st Saturday of the month 10am
  
  
• Ashton Under Lyne at the Globe Cafe, Dukinfield (with flags) 2nd Saturday of the month 10am
  
  
• Trafford at the John Alker Pub in Flixton, 3rd Saturday of the month 10am
  
  
• Wythenshawe at the Gym on Brownley Green Methodist Church on Broadoak Road 3rd Saturday of the month 10am
  
  
• Oldham at the Brittania Tavern, Hollins Road 3rd Saturday of the month 10am
• Salford at St Thomas Church, Pendleton, 10am 2nd Saturday
  
  
• Rochdale at the Town Hall every Thursday morning 9 to 10am

If you live in the Tameside area please visit the TASC page https://tamesideasc.org.uk/ and sign up for updates and information. You can get access to housing advice and welfare rights through the forces lead. 

If you live in the Trafford area there is a hobby club at St Matthews Curch Hall in Stretford every Monday night from 7 to 9pm.