If you are a British Returned, Service Person or spouse of either you may be eligible to apply for assistance paying for teeth, eye operations, glasses, mobility aids etc. through the Royal Commonwealth Ex Services League or the RAF
Benevolent Fund.  Both funds are means tested.  If you have any queries please contact Janet our Welfare Officer.
 

Please remember to book in with us as soon as you get your appointment. A day's notice does not give us enough time to co-ordinate all the appointments and to arrange our drivers.

We would also like to remind members that we do not take appointments that require our drivers to be on the road before 8am in the morning

Local RSAs provide welfare services designed to assist ex-servicemen and women in need, whether or not they are members of a Returned Services’ Association.

Each RSA appoints a Welfare Officer to co-ordinate these services and to give advice on the various community services available to ex-service personnel and their families.

How We help

RSA assistance ranges from monetary grants for those in financial difficulty, to help with practical tasks, visiting the sick, meals-on-wheels, and offering friendship and support in times of need.

Who We help

Help is available to all ex-servicemen and women, their spouses/partner, widows/widowers and dependants, whether or not they are members of an RSA.

Overseas Veterans

Help and contact details for overseas veterans now resident in New Zealand.

Pensions Advice and Welfare Services

RSA offers assistance to the ex-service community in a number of ways, most importantly by making pensions advice and welfare services easily accessible and widely available to all ex-servicemen and women. Membership of the RSA is not necessary.

War Pensions and Allowances

War veterans and ex-servicemen and women may be entitled to a war pension and a range of appropriate allowances from the New Zealand Government. RSA offers assistance at every stage of the application process to ensure that all ex-service people receive the pensions and other benefits to which they, or their dependents, are entitled.

RSA Welfare Services

RSA Welfare Services aim to ensure that no ex-serviceman or woman suffers undue hardship. Each RSA has a Welfare Officer to assist and advise on the many community services available to all ex-service personnel and their families, and when appropriate on sources of financial assistance from RNZRSA, RSA and other welfare funds.

Welfare
Many organisations these days ask people if they would bequeath a small amount in their will. We would ask that members give this matter their consideration and maybe bequeath an amount to our Welfare fund knowing that the money will be well spent on those we know are in need.