Forces Children Scotland

Supporting children and young people from armed forces and veteran families

From mental health and wellbeing services, youth forums, and residential experiences to standing up for children's rights, helping others to understand forces life, providing financial support, and much more.

Our charity was founded just four days before the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Today, we deliver a broad range of work to support over 13,000 children and young people from armed forces communities. As a strengths-based and children's rights-focused organisation, we are committed to working directly with this community, and wider partners to co-produce our projects, services, and campaigns to celebrate the positives and overcome many unique challenges associated with forces life. 

We strive to achieve our vision of making Scotland a place where all children & young people from armed forces communities can feel heard, understood, and empowered to overcome unique challenges. We want them to dream big and pursue positive futures. 

 

We work with this community to co-produce projects, services, and campaigns

Co-producing our projects, services, and campaigns promotes human rights and proves highly effective in fostering a sense of ownership, empowerment, and confidence amongst children and young people. 

By getting involved, children and young people feel listened to and know their contributions are valued to deliver innovative, relevant, tailored, and effective outputs to meet unique support needs. Moreover, they have told us that it has helped them develop a stronger affinity with our charity and valuable transferrable skills, including problem-solving, decision-making, and teamwork that have strengthened future opportunities through personal statements and CVs.