At Ease

AT EASE offers an advice, information or counselling service to members of the Armed Forces, their relatives or concerned friends.

Deals with complaints procedures, applications for discharge, conscientious objection, and litigation. The support includes casework support and anyone can self-refer.

Those who seek help are those that find their personal needs or ambitions thwarted by the strict military regime in which everything is governed by the Queen’s Regulations. At Ease offers those who seek assistance, what is appropriate to them without outside influence or pressure. There is no typical problem; Courts Marshal, requests for discharge, disciplinary or grievance related issues are just some of those which we encounter. In addition, there is a wide range of social difficulties including depression, combat fatigue, dependence on drugs or alcohol, Gulf War syndrome and disputes about pension entitlements.

You are welcome to contact AT EASE at any stage and are advised to do so as early as possible, as most people experience delays and not all senior military staff have been advised of the correct response to, and the legal entitlements of, conscientious objectors. AT EASE is completely confidential.

As the minimum age for joining UK Armed Forces is 16 years and recruits have to pass a medical examination on joining, our service is not eligible for the directory of organisations for children with illness or disability.