Welcome to
The Rally Point
The free, supportive, farm-based space for veterans & Armed Forces personnel on resettlement or recovery, to reconnect, rebuild & breathe easy again.
How it works
Click on the link to complete the registration form or contact us to request a registration link.
Once completed, press submit.
We process your registration and send you a confirmation email with a booking link.
You click on the link to book The Daily Meet on a day to suit you.
However, if you're not particularly tech-minded, you're welcome to pop in & we'll complete the form with you.
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The Rally Point began as a quiet conversation at Cross Bank Farm, the kind that only really happens when someone finally stops moving after decades of service.
After 31 years in the British Army, a Major stepped into retirement with all the grit, skill, leadership and calm-under-pressure you'd expect...but with the question so many veterans quietly face:
"Where do I belong now?"
Civilian life doesn't have the same rhythm that veterans are used to and for serving soldiers who are on recovery duty or resettlement, there often isn't a real place to breathe either.
The banter, the camaraderie, the structure, the purpose...they're what hold people together.
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Cross Bank Farm gave something back: the routine of daily animal feeds, the pull of animals relying on you, the quiet honesty of the land, the steady tasks that actually matter and the sense of being needed again.
Watching this, something because very clear:
if one man can find stability & meaning here… then so could many others.
That’s how The Rally Point was born.
We’re not building a clinic and we’re not trying to replace professional support.
And we’re definitely not here to tell anyone how to “fix” themselves.
We’re building a place where you can simply turn up and be.
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A place where you can gather eggs from the hens, have a scratch with the pigs, help with fencing, plant something in the soil, work on small jobs around the farm or just sit with a brew.
A place where the air is clear, the work is honest and no one minds
what you’re carrying, we just appreciate you being here.
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The Rally Point is built on the same principles that the Armed Forces run on:
purpose, routine, teamwork, humour, graft & looking out for each other but here, there is no rank & no judgment.
For serving soldiers who feel themselves slipping and for veterans who feel unanchored,
we want The Rally Point to be exactly what it’s name suggests; a place to gather, regroup and rest.
Steady ground on which to pause, before moving forward again.
