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This newsletter is being sent to you by the SPVA, an MOD agency, as part of an awareness campaign for MOD communicators
Contacts
If you have any queries or concerns regarding this newsletter, please contact :
Clare Ellis
Email:
SPVA-DCS-MediaCommsExtDe@defence.gsi.gov.uk
Tel: 01253 338816 Fax: 01253 332219
Web:
www.veterans-uk.info
www.spva.mod.uk
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15 killer facts about SPVA
- SPVA provides ‘through life’ support functions direct to around 900,000 serving and ex-Service personnel.
- SPVA pays salaries, on time, to over 255,000 regular and reserve Service personnel every month.
- In a typical week, our Veterans-UK FREE Helpline deals with up to 4,500 calls. Enquiries range from War Pensions and Veterans Badge applications, to signposting veterans to where they can receive further support from other organisations.
- SPVA manages the payment of £13.9 Billion to individuals each year.
- The Veterans Advice Team is the first point of contact for Service organisations dealing with homeless veterans. The Team will investigate and confirm the veteran’s Service history, so further immediate help can be provided by the relevant organisations to secure either accommodation or any other help the veteran needs.
- The SPVA's Medal Office is responsible for the assessment, engraving and awarding of about 70,000 current campaign and historic medals a year.
- The SPVA's Medal Office still receives around 200 applications a week for medals relating to the Second World War.
- SPVA has issued over 700,000 HM Armed Forces Veterans Badges.
- Each month, SPVA pays Armed Forces Pensions to over 371,000 people.
- The SPVA Veterans Welfare Service undertakes upto 13,000 home visits per year.
- The Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC) provides a 24/7 service to members of the Armed Forces.
- The JCCC handles over 86,000 telephone calls a year.
- SPVA provide veterans support to anyone who has served in HM Armed Forces, even just for a day.
- The SPVA website – www.veterans-uk.info – receives an average of 57,000 hits per month.
- If you search ‘veterans’ on the internet, the SPVA website - www.veterans-uk.info – will be the first listing by the following search engines: Google, ask.com and AltaVista.
*statistics based on figures provides for April 2009 – September 2009.
