Know What You're Owed Before You Leave.
Every payment, grant and allowance you earned in service, in one place. No jargon. No chasing forms across five websites. Just what you can claim, and how to get it.
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Family and Dependents
You served, but so did they. The support that covers the people at home, from school to travel to cover.
Carer's Allowance
A payment if someone at home cares for you, or you care for them.
View moreService Life Insurance
Cover built for the risks of service, that follows you into civvy street.
View moreService Pupil Premium
Extra school funding for your kids, tied to your service.
View moreSure Start Maternity Grant
A one-off payment toward the cost of a new baby.
View moreVeterans ID Card
Official proof of service, for discounts, appointments and claims.
View moreVeterans Railcard
A third off most UK rail fares, for you and a companion.
View moreYoung Person's Allowance
Support for older children still in education or training.
View moreHealth and Mental Health
Support for your body and your head, in and out of work. Asking for it is the strong move, not the other way round.
Housing
A roof over your head, sorted — whether you're renting, buying, or adapting a home to fit your life after service.
Accommodation Allowance
Help toward the cost of a roof over your head as you move on.
View moreHousing Adaptations
Grants to adapt your home if injury or disability changed what you need from it.
View moreHousing Assistance Payment (HAP)
Ongoing help toward private rent for those on a low income.
View moreService Family Accommodation (SFA)
Where you stand on service housing, and how long you can stay after discharge.
View moreInjury and Disability
If service left its mark, these are the payments built for it. No reassessment treadmill, no proving yourself twice.
Jobs and Career Support
The state-funded help that's yours to use while you look. Free, and most people never claim it.
Access to Work Grant
Funding for the kit or support that helps you stay in work.
View moreClaiming Benefits
A plain-English map of every benefit you might be entitled to as a veteran.
View moreEmployment Support Allowance (ESA)
Income support if illness or disability limits the work you can do.
View moreGovernment Employment Services
Free job-search support, from CV clinics to work coaches, funded by the state.
View moreJobseekers Allowance and Tax Credits
What you can claim while you're between jobs, and how to apply.
View moreVeterans UK
The MoD team that handles your pension, compensation and welfare queries.
View moreMoney When You Leave
The payments and lump sums that land as you transition out. Sort what you're entitled to before your discharge date, not after.
Basic Allowance
A monthly payment to cover the essentials while you find your feet.
View moreBridging Loan
Short-term cash to cover the gap before your first civilian paycheque lands.
View moreDisturbance Allowance
Moving house on discharge? This covers the costs the MoD expects you to absorb.
View moreForces Help to Buy (FHTB)
Borrow up to 50% of your salary, interest-free, toward a home deposit.
View moreRedundancy Payment
Made redundant, not resettled? Here's what you're owed, and how it's taxed.
View moreResettlement Grant
A tax-free lump sum on discharge, if you've served long enough to earn it.
View moreTax-Free Lump Sum
Part of your pension paid as a one-off, tax-free, the day you leave.
View moreTravel Allowance for Job Interviews
They'll cover your travel to civilian job interviews. Claim it before you go.
View morePensions
What you've built up over your service, and what it actually pays. Check your scheme before someone else decides your number for you.
Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS)
Which scheme you're on (75, 05 or 15) decides what you get. Know yours.
View moreInvalidity Pension
An early pension if you're medically discharged and can't keep working.
View morePension Forecast
See what your pension pays and when. No surprises the day you leave.
View morePensionable Service
The years that actually count toward your pension, not just time served.
View morePensions and Compensation
Injured in service? How your pension and compensation stack without cancelling out.
View moreService Pension Credit
A top-up if your income drops below the line after you leave.
View moreWar Pension Scheme (WPS)
Compensation for injury or illness caused by service before April 2005.
View moreX-Factor Adjustment on Pension
The uplift for the demands of service life, baked into your pension.
View moreRetraining and Education
Funding and training to get you qualified for the next role. Use it while you still can — some of it expires when you leave.
Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC)
Up to three years of funding toward a recognised civilian qualification.
View moreIndividual Resettlement Training Costs (IRTC) Grant
A grant toward the course or training that gets you your next role.
View moreMilitary Skills Translator
Turn your trade and rank into the civilian job titles employers search for.
View moreTax and Admin
The paperwork nobody warns you about. Get it right once and you stop overpaying for years.
Income Support
A safety net if your income falls short and you're not on Jobseekers.
View moreIncome Tax Relief on Resettlement Expenses
Some of what you spend settling in is tax-deductible. Here's what counts.
View moreQualifying Service
How long you served decides what you can claim. Work out where you stand.
View moreTax Code Changes
Leaving service shifts your tax code. Check yours so you're not overpaying.
View moreUniversal Credit
The single monthly payment that replaced six older benefits. See if you qualify.
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