Grants and Loans
The Royal British Legion can provide support to serving and ex-Service people and their dependants who are suffering financially.
We are also there for those who need urgent assistance to get through a temporary crisis, such as homelessness, or providing a loan for property repairs.
Homelessness
The Royal British Legion is there to support and offer practical assistance to every ex-Service man or woman and their dependants, who is homeless or living in temporary accommodation.
Women's Section Allowances
The welfare of women who served, or are wives or widows of Servicemen and their dependants is very much our concern. The Women’s Section has a number of benevolent programmes where financial assistance and other services are available to women, men and children.
Visit The Royal British Legion Women's Section website for more information.
Property Repair Loan Scheme
Even the smallest of properties need essential repairs or renovation to keep them maintained. If you are living on a restricted budget, such as a pension or a disability allowance, finding the extra funds needed to carry out vital work can become a huge problem. We can help with this.
External Grants
Any charity that shares our aims of safeguarding the welfare, interests and memory of those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces and their dependants can apply for a grant in support of their work. Use the links below for detailed guidelines and the application form.
Guidelines on applying for external grants (pdf)
External Grants application form (Word doc)
Prison In-Reach
Through our national network of trained Caseworkers, The Royal British Legion is working jointly with SSAFA Forces Help on a Prison In-Reach programme. Together, we can offer advice and practical support to ex-Service people who are serving a prison sentence and their immediate dependants.
TRBL / SSAFA Forces Help Inside Times
Freepost SW1345
100 Borough High Street
London SE1 1AA
Help for Far East Prisoners of War (FEPOWs)
Apart from the Government's £10,000 payments scheme for Far East Prisoners of War, specific financial assistance in the form of welfare grants for housing, housing adaptations, hospital payments, holidays and other needs are available to former FEPOWs, their widows, dependants and civilians interned by the Japanese during World War II.
These funds are administered for the FEPOW Trusts by the Legion. For detailed information and application form please contact Legionline on 08457 725 725, who will be able to transfer you to your local welfare representative.
