SUPPORT PROVIDED BY MILITARY CHARITIES


As part of the survey we sought to establish whether families were familiar with the variety of projects provided by military charities to augment the support already offered by the Services and the non- uniformed support staffs. Again, this list was not exhaustive as there are so many different resources and services offered. We focussed on the main projects, many of which have been implemented over the past three years.


Figure 5:


Figure 5 illustrates the different levels of awareness that exist between serving and non-serving voters. Again, participants were asked to select all the projects they were aware of so we, and the charities concerned, could get an overview of how well known their activities actually are, versus any perceptions.


When we asked voters to say which of the projects they had actually used, the responses were disappointingly low. Half of those who took part told us they have not yet used any of these services. Only 15% had made use of the Contact Houses, 9% had used ‘Airplay’ and 7% told us they had used ‘Storybook Wings’ and the ‘Miles More Minutes’ campaign.


That said, those families who have accessed these projects were, on the whole, positive about their experience(s). It is apparent that there needs to be more publicity on the support that is already available so families can make full use of them. We certainly took the opportunity to promote the projects during the workshops.


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