YOUNG Service personnel are not coming forward for support, a military charity has warned. Data from SSAFA Forcesline - a confidential helpline for soldiers and veterans - found that only eight per cent of its calls were from those under 30. That is despite 90 per cent of the same age group admitting they had needed help during or after their military career. A survey by Censuswide earlier this year found that around one in five troops in this age group wouldn't speak up because of stigma. Yet 97 per cent of them said they wouldn't judge anyone else for asking.
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