The primary goal of the Dorset Forces Charities Network (DFCNet) is to connect the Dorset Armed Forces Community (DAFC) with charities and support services. This initiative is designed to benefit serving personnel, veterans, and their families by directing them to welfare support services, promoting health and well-being, offering educational opportunities, transitional assistance, and access to DAFC community events.
We actively seek to collaborate with all local service providers, regardless of size, as well as forces-oriented charities and regimental associations interested in directing the DAFC towards their respective events and services.
If you are already involved in providing services to the DAFC and wish to broaden your outreach, join our community as a DFCNet member or register for our networking group. By doing so, you can showcase your events on our dedicated events page and link in with like-minded and complementary charities and services.
Our Audience
Statistics from Dorset County Council indicate that Dorset boasts an above-average military presence, with 89,365 veterans and dependents residing in the area alongside 6,000 active-duty personnel and an estimated 3,964 dependents. This places the total number of individuals within the AFC in Dorset at 99,329.
Over the next year, our goal is to foster connections within the AFC by guiding them towards the events and services offered by our network of DFCN members, ensuring comprehensive support and engagement.
Join us today and help us expand our network to better serve the Armed Forces Community.
Current Website Members Include:
Royal Marines Association Poole and District Branch - https://www.rma-pdb.org/
Royal British Legion Broadstone - https://www.broadstone-rbl.com/
Pilgrim Bandits - https://www.pilgrimbandits.org/
Community Action Network - (CAN) https://can100.org/
We Are With You - https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/local-hubs/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole
Care UK, The Potteries https://www.careuk.com/
Network event 20 May 24
Our Network Includes:
BOWRA Foundation - Committed to inspiring recovery from brain injury.
The Veterans Forge - A community initiative by and for veterans.
Swanage Army Link
Department of Work and Pensions - Supporting Weymouth Dorset as a DWP Champion.
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust - Featuring an Armed Forces Team.
Help and Care - Providing Armed Forces Link support.
Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations
The David Ellis Charity - Supporting those who have given everything.
The Warrior Program - Empowering veterans.
PCP Council
Age UK - Promoting Independent Living Services.
Recovery 4 All - Providing Free, Confidential, Non-Judgemental Gambling Help.
Royal Navy Family & People Support - Offering Social Work assistance.
MoD - Providing Military Welfare Officer services.
Prama Care - Supporting Armed Forces Carers.
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner
Armed Forces & Veterans Drop in Centre
Working for a connected Dorset
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