Publication - Advice and guidance

Welcome to Scotland – a guide for Service personnel and their families in Scotland (updated 2022)

Published: 1 April 2022
Directorate: Safer Communities Directorate
ISBN: 9781802019544

Provides practical information to service personnel and their families on topics such as housing, education, healthcare and employment.

Supporting documents

Supporting You

The Scottish Government greatly values and supports our Armed Forces personnel, veterans and families and recognises the contribution they make to their communities. We have a great network of organisations in Scotland, which can help and support serving personnel and their families. For example:

Forces Children Scotland

Forces Children Scotland help children and young people from serving, reservist and veteran families across Scotland grow in confidence, develop new skills and gain valuable experiences by co-producing projects and services to support mental health and wellbeing, education and learning and putting their unique experiences on the radar of civilian audiences.

Support in these areas can be found at https://forceschildrenscotland.org.uk/

Family Federations

There are three Family Federations representing each of the three services, Navy, Army and RAF. Each of the Family Federations is independent from the services and works to improve the quality of life for Service families around the world – on any aspect that is affected by the military lifestyle.

They also provide a signposting service to help you find the right person to speak to, as well as providing useful information for Service families.

More information on the individual Family Federations can be found via: