If you are a medical professional such as a GP, work as a teacher or in education, are a youth worker or work with young people, you could make a difference in the life of a bereaved military child. Help a young person access specialised bereavement support from Scotty's Little Soldiers following the death of their parent who served in the British Armed Forces.
Any bereaved child or young person (aged 0-25) who has experienced the death of a parent who served in the British Armed Forces can potentially join Scotty’s Little Soldiers. Scotty's support any military service, including Army, RAF, Navy, Regular or Reserve and the cause of death is irrelevant.
We do have a Membership Criteria, but we try and support as many bereaved British Forces children and young people as possible.
Scotty’s is more than just a children’s charity; it is a membership-based community to help bereaved military children and young people following the death of their parent. Our support is focused on being part of an Armed Forces community. If the child or young person had no real connection to the British Forces, perhaps their parent left a long time ago and rarely referenced their time in the service, that young person may benefit more from a civilian-focused organisation. We would potentially be trying to reconnect to a community they never had in the first place.
Whatever your professional role is, be it in a school or children’s health and wellbeing service, please get in touch if you feel we may be able to offer that child specialist bereavement support.
If you have the permission of the child’s parent or carer to make contact with us and provide their personal details, then please complete our referral form by clicking here. Alternatively, please pass on our contact details to the family and encourage them to reach out to us as we would be happy to help them if we can.
If you have any questions or would like to speak with someone from the Families team, please contact us:
Email: [email protected]
Free Phone: 0800 092 8571 (option 1)
Text/What’s App: 07741 162 132
