Successful Campaigns
Check out all our successful campaigns!
At Help for Heroes, we enable veterans and their families to live well after service. We support anyone in the Armed Forces community facing challenges by providing physical, psychological, financial, and welfare support. Our knowledge and expertise lies in supporting veterans and their families who are managing long-term health conditions, both physical and mental.
Founded in 2007, we continue to be actively engaged with politicians, the Office for Veterans' Affairs, the Ministry of Defence (MOD), the NHS, and local and national government bodies, working with them to address vital gaps in care provision for veterans and their families.
Alongside other Armed Forces charities, we supported the passing of the Armed Forces Act 2021, and successfully led the campaign to reinstate the Veterans Mobility Fund alongside Blesma, the Limbless Veterans Charity.
Our current campaigning
Fair compensation for wounded, sick and injured veterans
What we're doing to gain fair compensation for wounded, sick and injured veterans
Improving the Medical Discharge Process
Our campaign for an independent review of the medical discharge process
End undignified reassessments for amputees
Our Campaign to end the practice of amputees having to undergo multiple Work Capability and Personal Independence Payments (PIP) Reassessments
Compensation for Veterans with Chronic Pain injuries
Let's add chronic pain as a condition within the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) tariffs
Justice for Nuclear Test Veterans
Nuclear test veterans and their families deserve a compensation scheme.
Reinstate the Veterans’ Hearing Fund
Help reinstate long-term funding for the Veterans' Hearing Fund (VHF)
Abolish immigration fees for non-UK veterans
Help us abolish immigration fees for non-UK veterans
Resettle eligible Afghans who served alongside UK Armed Forces
Help us ensure eligible Afghans who served alongside UK Armed Forces are resettled
Justice for LGBT+ veterans
We're calling upon the UK Government to fully implement the recommendations of Lord Etherton’s Review into the impact of the pre-2000 ban on homosexuality in the Armed Forces upon veterans.
Maintain the Office for Veteran Affairs
We ask all future governments to commit to retain the Office for Veteran Affairs
Extend the Armed Forces Covenant in Law
We're asking the government to extend the statutory powers of the Armed Forces Covenant
Strengthening Fireworks Legislation
We're asking for an independent review of the current firework legislation with a remit to consider tighter restrictions on their sale in England and Wales.
Consultation and Enquiries
Our job is to ensure our wounded continue to have a voice; to champion their needs to Government and to do all we can to give them the futures they deserve.
Policy Papers
Policy Papers related to our ongoing advocacy work and lobbying in the UK parliament.
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