Your Life Outside Service: Practical Advice for Serving Personnel, Service Leavers and Veterans

If you need practical support for life beyond the Armed Forces — whether you are still serving, preparing to leave, or already in civilian life – start with Life Outside Service. Below you will find guides on the non-career topics that often shape how smooth your transition is: housing and relocation, money and benefits, family and schools, health and wellbeing, legal/admin essentials, training choices, and transport. Each hub provides a clear overview, priority checklists, and UK-focused signposting to the systems and organisations you may need to deal with, so you can take action without getting stuck in paperwork or uncertainty.

You may also want to explore: Resettlement Stages (what to do when), Career Paths (what work you do), and Industry Sectors (where jobs sit).