The Contact Group (‘Contact’) is the collaboration of statutory and non-statutory (charity, academic and professional) organisations working to improve mental health support to the UK armed forces community including serving personnel, veterans and their families.
Core members of the group include: Cobseo, Combat Stress, Help for Heroes, King’s College London, the Ministry of Defence, the NHS in England, Scotland (Scottish Veterans Care Network) and Wales (Veterans NHS Wales), the Northern Ireland Veterans’ Support Office, the Royal British Legion, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Togetherall and Walking With The Wounded.
Contact also has a number of associates, research associates and partners. Visit What We Are to find out more.
Contact members, associates and partners are currently working collaboratively on a number of priority military mental health-related projects – visit What We Do to find out more.
Photo credit: Combat Stress
Members
What We Are
Find out about Contact’s members, associates, research associates and partners
What We Do
Find out about Contact’s current priority military mental health projects
Support
Find out about support for serving personnel, veterans, families, healthcare professionals and more.
Latest News
Brand new Contact website launches with the generous support of the Veterans Foundation!
The Contact Group is excited to announce the launch of a brand new website, made possible by the generous support of the Veterans Foundation. The new website is a complete overhaul of the existing site which was built when Contact was established in 2016. The new site...
Quarterly newsletter – Autumn 2020
Welcome to the Contact Group quarterly newsletter for Autumn 2020. The aim of the newsletter is to provide an update on Contact activities, as well as relevant external events, research and funding opportunities. It is circulated to Contact members, associates,...
Apply to become a Contact Associate!
Are you a Cobseo member providing mental health support to serving personnel, veterans or families? Apply to become a Contact Associate! The Contact Associate membership programme has been introduced to bring Cobseo member organisations that are involved in providing...