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Awards made
| Year awarded | Programme | Funder | Organisation name | Project title | Project description | Project location | Grant amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | AA Veterans Support | Northern Ireland Veterans’ Sports and Outdoors Navigation | The project will identify, locate, promote and support social prescription and wellbeing activities for veterans, specifically sports and outdoor-related activities, across Northern Ireland. The group will work in collaboration with Northern Ireland Veterans' Support Office (NIVSO) and Walking with the Wounded (WWTW) to identify isolated veterans and link them into wellbeing activities and communities. | Northern Ireland | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Alabaré Christian Care and Support | Awyr Lach/ Fresh Air - Now Boots on the Ground | The group will improve veterans' mental health through a curated menu of outdoor activities including conservation, wildlife, gardening and animal care. They will encourage mutual support amongst veterans and offer a clear referral pathway. | Wales | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Armed Forces Para Snowsports Team | Growing The AFPST Foundation | The project will encourage more veterans to get involved with snowsports to aid their recovery. They will provide on-snow opportunities to improve mental and physical health and wellbeing. | UK-wide | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Battling On CIC | Branching Out | The project will offer a range of green-space and nature based interventions such as horticulture, agriculture and conservation, to help veterans learn coping strategies and become more emotionally resilient, learn new skills and become part of a supportive veteran community. | England/South West | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Belisama's Retreat CIC | Belisama’s Retreat - Woodland and riverside retreat for Veteran’s mental health | The group will offer a veteran-led, ecotherapy-focused service, run by veterans with personal experience of mental health issues. Veterans will learn new skills and develop lasting friendships while improving their physical and mental wellbeing. | England/North West | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Blind Veterans UK | Ski Trip for Blind Veterans | Funding will provide access to a ski trip for blind veterans with mental health issues, including those with self confidence issues and facing isolation post sight-loss. | Overseas | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | BRAVEHOUND | BRAVEHOUNDS GO OUTSIDE | During this two-year project, veterans and dogs will walk the West Highland Way as well as take part in dog shows, gardening projects and camping activities. All activities will be inclusive for veterans and dogs of all abilities. | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association | Making GenerationR: Resilience Through Inspiration | The project will help to improve the mental health and wellbeing of limbless veterans through bespoke training and ongoing support to enable veterans to gain practical, social and emotional skills to share their stories of overcoming adversity to help build resilience in their community. | UK-wide | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Burnley FC in the Community | Fitter Ex-Forces (Healthy Lifestyle Programme) | The group will deliver the 'Fitter Ex-Forces' programme; a combination of health, fitness and social sessions to assist with overall health and lifestyle improvements. | England/North West | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Care for Veterans | Sporting Chances for Disabled Veterans | The group will provide a new programme of sporting activities for disabled veterans, including: abseiling, cycling, sailing and archery. Each activity will be planned by the individual, with specific therapeutic aims to improve wellbeing. | England/South East | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Surf Action | The Blue Health Recovery Pathway | Project delivered/partially delivered, with some funding not used | England/South West | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Company of Makers | Fort Cumberland - Veterans' Workshops | The group will offer activities to improve veteran wellbeing and mental health, including: woodworking, sewing, robotics and podcasting, as well as historical research and photography at Fort Cumberland. | England/South East | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Deptherapy & Deptherapy Education | Veterans Protecting Our Oceans | The group will offer suitably trained members the chance to take part in an ocean survey course, to measure the health of coral etc. This will lead to a field expedition to the Philippines to conduct environmental studies. | UK-wide | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Dundee Therapy Garden | Therapy Garden for Dundee Veterans | The group's therapy garden allows veterans with physical and/or psychological difficulties to tackle their issues and adopt coping mechanisms, enabling them to reconnect with family, friends and the community. | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Forward Assist | Veterans Debate Training Project | The group will train 40 female veterans in the art of British Parliamentary Debate. They will learn critical thinking, communication, leadership and teamwork, to enhance their confidence, resilience and emotional capacity. | England/North East | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | GreaterSport | Moving Forces Wellbeing | The group will offer sport and physical activity sessions for veterans looking to improve their mental health and wellbeing. | England/North West | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Highground Projects Ltd | HighGround Rural Experience Programme | The group will deliver rural experience weeks at Bicton College in Devon. Activities will consist of gardening, forest school and a day working with animals on a smallholding. | England/South West | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Invictus Games Foundation | We Are Invictus: Inspiring Recovery Beyond the Games | The group will deliver the 'Beyond the Games' programme, using funding to support further development of Invictus-endorse events such as team-building challenges, that support recovery and rehabilitation. | England/London | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Launchpad | Outdoor Wellbeing for Homeless Veterans | The group will provide outdoor wellbeing activities for 150 current and previously homeless veterans in liverpool. Participants will grow vegetables and raise poultry at two allotments as well as a create a sensory garden to help veterans overcome PTSD and depression. Veterans will also be able to take part in veteran-organised outdoor sports. | England/North West | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Launchpad | Avondale House Veterans’ Wellbeing Programme | The group will provide a diverse programme of mental health and wellbeing activities to 80 homeless veterans living at Avondale House, Newcastle. Activities will include outdoor sports, arts and heritage, music and drama projects. 30 veterans who've moved on from Avondale House will also offer peer-support. | England/North East | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Military Museum Scotland | Military Museum Scotland Restoration Project | The project will involve veterans in restoring military vehicles, offering them purpose and an achievable goal. They will learn or refresh their skills while working and socialising with fellow veterans. | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Re-Live | Coming Home to the Arts | The group will provide a two-year programme of high quality arts participation and theatre performances with veterans, families and community members, to positively impact their mental health and wellbeing. | Wales | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation | Connections - Supporting Veterans to Thrive | The project will deliver a wide range of activities for veterans with mental health illnesses sich as PTSD, anxiety, depression and low mood, allowing them to reconnect, make new friends and try new activities. Activities offered will depend on the veteran's interests, such as wildlife or sailing. | England/London | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Soldiers' Arts Academy CIC | Soldiers' Arts Academy London Hub | The group will deliver the 'Sew Therapeutic' project, taking place in accessible venues. Activities will include machine sewing classes, upholstering furniture, clothing repair, model making and furniture repair/woodwork. | England/London | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Supporting Wounded Veterans Ltd. | Skihabilitation: from injury to independence | The group will offer two skihabilitation ski weeks for 56 veterans to enable them to be active, make friends, challenge themselves and compete against each other. At the end of the week they will be provided with a mentor and supported onto the next stage of their recovery. | Overseas | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Bridge for Heroes | Project Bounce Back | The group will provide a programme of activities, including outdoor activities. Veterans will learn new skills, have reduced isolation and improved mental health and wellbeing, while developing new and lasting friendships. | England/East | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Outside the Wire - The Matthew Project | Norfolk Veterans’ Community Engagement Programme | Project delivered/partially delivered, with some funding not used | England/East | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Not Forgotten Association | Sporting activities for injured Veterans | The group will offer two years of sporting events and recreational activities for injured or wounded serving members and veterans of the Armed Forces. Activities will include adaptive skiing, trekking, canoeing, fishing and a sports and games weekend at Bradenham Manor. | England/South East | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Royal Star and Garter | Music and dementia | The project will deliver a music programme for veterans and their partners living with dementia in one of the group's three homes in Surbiton, Solihull and High Wycombe. Specialist dementia support will also be offered and residents taking part in the various music opportunities offered will have a chance to socialise and improve their mental health and wellbeing. | England/South East | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Warrior Programme | Pathways to Independence | The group will build on their current activities, offering a veteran-led project enabling 200 veterans to arrange and participate in activities of their choosing. This will involve training veterans to use an online portal to access activities and take part in discussion forums. | England/South West | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Turn to Starboard | Turn-to-Starboard: Making the Right Turn | The group will provide their successful sailing programme for veterans struggling to adjust to civilian life. Optional qualifications are also available to those taking part. The project is delivered using the group's own skipper and instructors - most of whom are veterans. | England/South West | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans Woodcraft CIC | Woodworking Warriors | The project will offer an opportunity for sick and injured veterans to rebuild their lives through wood art disciplines such as wood turning, cabinet making, pyrography and scroll saw work. Those involved will be encouraged to take part in as many activities as they can. | England/North East | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Walking With the Wounded | NI Veteran Art&Culture Navigation | The group will employ an NI Veteran Art & Culture Navigator to engage veterans in a wide range of art, heritage and culture actvities. There will be particular emphasis on hard-to-reach veterans, linking them into wellbeing activities and communities. | Northern Ireland | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Walking With the Wounded | Scottish Veterans' Mindfulness&Active Lifestyles | The group will offer a series of mental health recovery events including opportunities to increase physical activity and take part in sports, arts, music, mindfulness and other wellbeing sessions. | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2019 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Waterloo Uncovered | Waterloo Uncovered Veteran Support Programme 2020 & 2021 | The group will run their veteran support programme, involving veterans in an investigation of the historical Waterloo battlefield in Belgium, working alongside professional archaeologists. Veterans will take part in five phases of the project, each designed to meet their mental health and wellbeing needs. | England/London | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | 65 Degrees North | 65DN's Project '20 | The group will take up to fifty WIS on life-changing expeditions, giving them new friends and renewed hope that they can overcome many of their current difficulties. | Overseas | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | AA Veterans Support | Project Life | Project Life will aim to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of veterans in the Londonderry area through the creation of a safespace sports hub that will offer sports and outdoor activities alongside mental health first-aid, mental health practitioner drop-in clinic, mindfulness sessions, wellbeing activities and more. | Northern Ireland | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Active Stirling | Battling Barriers: Veteran Sport Stirling | Project delivered/partially delivered, with some funding not used | Scotland | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Adferiad | Activities for Veterans Wellbeing Wales | The group will facilitate activities for veterans receiving support within Change Step Next Steps portfolio in south and mid-Wales. This collaboration ensures veterans access relevant activities promoting their unique recovery needs and establishes a directory of appropriate activities. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Age Cymru Dyfed | The West Wales Veterans Archive | The group will establish an authoritative, publicly accessible and sustainable West Wales Veterans Archive; achieved by training and supporting military veteran olunteers to interview older veterans, collecting oral and written histories, assessing wellbeing; and by building collaborations with national and county archives and veterans' charities | Wales | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Age UK Notts | Active Veterans Service | The group will run sessions exclusively for veterans including 'vets in sheds' sessions learning new skills such as woodworking, walking groups and signposting veterans to other relevant activities. | England/East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Anxious Minds | The ReGroup Project | The group will provide valuable services to the veteran community across the North of the Tyne, working with individuals and families by providing early intervention and long-term support, Including counselling, alcohol reduction, relaxation classes, workshops and back-to-work support. | England/North East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Armed Forces Community Support Hub | Cheshire Veterans Living History Project | The project will assist military veterans who experience mental health and isolation issues relating to a poor transition from military life to ‘civilian street’. The project will encourage and support wellbeing and a sense of ownership and responsibility for veterans. | England/North West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Ashes To Gold | Green Hands Clear Mind | The group will run nature-based therapy interventions on behalf of the Defence Gardens Scheme (DGS). The 10-week programme is a combination of horticultural therapy and vocational skills. based on principles developed at Copenhagen University. | Northern Ireland | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | BRAVEHOUND | BRAVEHOUND and The THEATRE OF WAR | The group, including veterans, will plan and deliver three interactive performances of “Theatre of War” which combines a facilitator, professional actors and veterans performing Greek tragedy, leading to a Town Hall discussion with the audience of veterans and family, inspiring greater respect, understanding, and compassion for those who serve. | Scotland | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Brooke House Health and Wellbeing Centre | Growing Together | The group will run nature-based therapy interventions called Growing Together. The 10-week programme is a combination of horticultural therapy, vocational skill development and community reintegration following the Defence Gardens Scheme (DGS) model. The programme will focus on the benefits nature can offer based on principles developed at Copenhagen University. | Northern Ireland | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | CatZero | Veterans' Personal Development Programme | The project’s personal development programmes for Armed Forces veterans will combine outdoor group activities, personalised one-to-one support, and the opportunity to crew a challenge class yacht on the open seas. Tailored to the needs of each individual, the 16-week programme will improve participants’ mental/physical health and overall wellbeing. | England/North East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Community Veterans Support | Healthy Body and Healthy Mind | The project will provide a range of activities to support mental health and wellbeing, including wilderness therapy, walking groups, indoor combat sports and exercise bingo, which will improve coordination, movement and lead to building confidence and improving communication skills. | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Finchale Training College Trading as Finchale Group | Space to Breathe | Project delivered/partially delivered, with some funding not used | England/North East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | FirstLight Trust | Rambling to recovery | The group will establish monthly walking groups, led by qualified walk leaders, to provide a sociable activity, helping improve mental health and overcome feelings of isolation. | England/North East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Forgotten Veterans UK | FVUK Fort Renovations & Mental Health Support Phase II | Funding will be used for veterans to renovate three additional casements at the Napoleonic Fort Cumberland. | England/South East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Garelochhead Station Trust | Garelochhead Station Trust (GST) | The group will develop their existing programme of activities for veterans including cooking, gardening and a brunch club. | Scotland | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Glasgow's Helping Heroes (SSAFA: the Armed Forces charity) | Glasgow's Veterans United | SSAFA will extend a successful, existing project, Glasgow’s Veterans United, from a 14-week activity to a year-round social group. A partnership between SSAFA’s Glasgow's Helping Heroes and the Ranger’s Charity Foundation, GVU uses football as a vehicle for positive lifestyle changes, providing holistic support and cultivating resilience and social integration. | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Help for Heroes | The Help for Heroes Choir | The group will develop a Help for Heroes choir to improve the wellbeing of wounded, injured and sick veterans through mutual support. | England/South West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | HORSEBACK UK | HorseBack UK Military Recovery Project | The project will support veterans suffering from life-changing injuries and facilitate post-traumatic growth. The six-month programme includes horsemanship, rural skills and the outdoors, to encourage participants to acquire new coping strategies, lifeskills and resilience whilst gaining nationally recognised awards and qualifications. | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Improving Lives Plymouth | Creative Forces | The group will engage veterans who are isolated, lacking purpose and self-worth, in their Creative Forces programme. Through outdoor art, they will help veterans to re-engage with the veterans' community, and with their families and the wider community. | England/South West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Invictus Games Foundation | Bude Surf Veterans - In partnership with The Endeavour Fund | The group will provide opportunities to learn surf, develop surfing skills that could lead to qualifications to become a surf instructor and give back to the local communities as well as the veteran surfing community. | England/South West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Invictus Games Foundation | Team Endeavour Racing- In partnership with the Endeavour Fund | The group will provide adapted high-speed adrenaline powerboat experiences, leading to national qualifications and participation during transition, enabling self-worth and possible employment in the marine industry. | England/South East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Lothians Veterans Centre | Have a Go | Project delivered/partially delivered, with some funding not used | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Mission Motorsport | Mission Motorsport NW Three Sisters Project | The group will run activities at the Three Sisters circuit, created by Wigan Council and used for karting, biking and cars. The events offered by the group will draw veterans into sport and offer a 'level playing field' for disabled and able-bodied veterans. Sessions will include car control, a track experience and driver training. | England/North West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Mission Motorsport | Mission Motorsport Recovery Sport Programme | The group will offer outdoor, inclusive activities including visits to Goodwood, Silverstone, Anglesey and Thruxton, car control sessions, 4x4 experiences and driver training. Each activity is designed to be inspirational and inclusive, building confidence and friendships and being veteran led. | England/South East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Mission Motorsport | Mission Motorsport Woodland Experience Project | The project will provide over 250 individual opportunities annually for veterans to attend a veteran-led, purpose designed 24hr outdoor experience in the North West of England. Delivered by partner Woodland Experiences, the project provides a welcome break for hard-to-reach veterans and their families, creating memories and developing skills. | England/North West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Networks of Wellbeing Ltd | VETERANS PATHWAYS TO WELLBEING | The programme will give veterans and their families/carers support and techniques for de-stressing; provide a range of activities and training opportunities designed to build self-confidence and resilience; and enable them to take on leadership roles within these activities for both veterans or veteran’s families, and for the wider community. | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Outpost Charity | Veterans Camp Program | The group will deliver five-day, all-inclusive residential experiences for veterans in the Highlands of Scotland; boosting confidence, and supporting veterans to gain new skills and friendships. | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Positive Adventure CIC | Positive Adventure for Military Veterans | The group will provide a range of outdoor activity and overseas expeditions for military veterans. Focus will be on improving the fitness, diet, lifestyle and confidence of veterans as well as building team spirit and long-lasting positivity. | England/North West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Benevolent Fund | Veterans' Horticultural Rehabilitation Community Centre | The group will use funds to build a community centre as a place to offer rehabilitation through horticulture. | England/South East | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Project RECCE CIO | Project RECCE - Adventure Therapy | The group will deliver adventure therapy, including expeditions, diet and fitness, group mentoring and physical education. Their aim is to increase confidence and there will be networking events and workshops to get people to engage before 'signing up' to get involved with the programme. | England/North West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Scar Free Foundation | Exercise, Ageing and Wellbeing | The project will undertake a study, working with veterans to understand the positive impact on veterans engaging in activities towards better mental health and positive aging. | England/West Midlands | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Scottish Veterans Residences (SVR) | Join In, Live Well | The group provides art groups, outdoor adventurous weeks, fishing, swimming and more to promote physical and mental wellbeing in veterans | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Service Dogs UK | 4 Paws 4 Veterans | Funding will provide four more veteran and dog partnerships, transforming the lives of veterans with PTSD. | England/South East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Single Homeless Action Initiative in Durham | St Peter's Positive Pathways | Project delivered/partially delivered, with some funding not used | England/North East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Stand Easy | Activities for WIS ex-Forces | The group will work with Wounded, Injured or Sick ex-Forces and their families, to support their recovery with drama related activities. | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Tom Harrison House | Veterans and families experiential retreats | The project will deliver eight experiential retreats a year in places of outstanding natural beauty in the North West. Each retreat will include both preparation and follow up sessions, delivered locally in Liverpool, to maximise the positive, long term impact of these transformative, energising and authentic get away experiences. | England/North West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | UNITY (SOUTHERN) LTD | Veterans as heritage volunteers | The group will recruit Army veterans as heritage volunteers. The project will harness the skills that veterans have learned during their Army Service, to help people of all ages connect with the historical and natural heritage of their community. It will also promote the veterans’ integration into the civilian world. | England/South East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The VC Gallery | The Art of Memories | The group will deliver an interactive poetry project, engaging with veterans in the community. | Wales | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans Community (Lanarkshire) SCIO | Veterans Community (Lanarkshire) Active Life | The group will provide activities to improve mental and physical heath in veterans including fishing, cycling, development of a veterans' community garden, carpet bowls and more. | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans' Growth | Social and Therapeutic Horticulture (STH) for Veterans | The group will offer many different activities throughout the year including arranging flowers to sell, harvesting of fruit, making fertiliser and shrub pruning. Activities are designed to provide physical activity, increase stamina, learn new skills and give a sense of satisfaction and raised self-esteem; providing a positive environment for learning mindfulness and coping strategies. | England/South East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Veterans Hub Weymouth & Portland CIC | The Veterans Hub Community Cafe | The organisation will provide a gym solely for the use of veterans, as well as an outdoor space for the growing of their own produce, to promote physical and mental health wellbeing. | England/South West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans In Action | Veterans Expeditions Overland | The group will work with veterans to strip and rebuild a Land Rover Defender 110 and prepare it to a high expedition standard, which will then be used as a bespoke kitchen support vehicle to undertake a minimum of two overland expeditions within the grant period. | England/South East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans In Crisis | VICS Future Health Programme | Veterans will co-produce and deliver a holistic, health-oriented programme of stretching activities designed to improve mental and physical wellbeing, make lasting friendships, and improve family and community life. | England/North East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans Outdoors | Get Grounded | The group will help 100 veterans address and manage their mental health whilst gaining skills and qualifications in rural life. Farm-Able’s craft training and experience days will enable them to find their preferred activities and be assisted to gain employment, self-employment or meaningful activity in the countryside. | England/South West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans Outreach Support | Title: Growing together. (This is a project name within the wider VOS programme of growth entitled ‘Reaching further together’) | The group will extend its current range of activities - aimed at combating social isolation and loneliness, through developing new skills and friendships - to veterans on the Isle of Wight, which numbers approx. 11,000 and lacks the full range of services available on the mainland. | England/South East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Walnut Tree Health and Wellbeing C.I.C | The Life Jacket Programme | Project delivered/partially delivered, with some funding not used | England/East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Waterloo Uncovered | Waterloo Uncovered Creative Workshops | The group will provide a series of stimulating, therapeutic and creative workshops including art, writing and poetry. These activities will encourage veterans to express their feelings and to engage in archaeology and the Battle of Waterloo in a new and meaningful way that supports mental wellbeing. | England/London | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Waterloo Uncovered | Archaeology Outreach Project | The project will provide training for veterans to develop an archaeology handling collection that they will use to teach other veterans about the benefits of archaeology for mental wellbeing, to encourage discussion of difficult topics such as death, loss, injury and trauma, and to create a lasting connection to heritage. | UK-wide | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Who Dares Cares | 2020's Vision | The group will provide a comprehensive and varied package of indoor and outdoor activities that recognise and deliver on the needs for specialist First Aid provision within this community, whilst improving awareness, training and coping mechanisms for those both directly and indirectly affected by the issues we aim to alleviate. | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Woodland Warrior Programme CIC | The Woodland Warrior Programme | The group will offer overnight retreats and activities in woodland near Bristol. Activities are designed to improve physical and mental health and will include woodcraft and woodland management. Families can also get involved in overnight camping experiences. The activities aim to help participants relax, learn new skills and move forward with their lives. | England/South West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Woody's Lodge | Our Green Green Grass of Home | The group will use farm buildings, a workshop and farmland to deliver a respite, training, drop-in centre and holiday venue for veterans and their families across the UK, mirroring the pilot project at Hay-On-Wye. | Wales | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Adferiad | Veteran activities in mind | Wintergreen UK will provide mindful activities to veterans of all ages and abilities, supporting mental health and wellbeing using art and crafts, photography, music, woodwork, Tae Chi; outdoor activities including hiking, bee keeping, bird watching, visits to local heritage sites, foraging. Activities that concentrate the mind and lift spirits | Wales | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Armed Forces Community HQ CIC | Emotional Support Animal Awareness Programme (ESA) | ESAs provide vital support to their companions suffering from serious stress, anxiety and PTSD who are ex-Service. The group will work with national and regional organisations to source, train and Licence ESAs. In addition they will and raise awareness to organisations of how these licenced animals can support improvements in wellbeing. | England/North West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Armed Forces Equine Charity | Horse Power for Veterans (Polo) | Horse Power for Veterans (Polo) delivers equine therapy, active lifestyles through participation in equine sport/recreation and develop individuals equine competence, confidence, creativity, character and connections through the provision of world class facilities, appropriate horses, coaching, competition and an equine support network of likeminded people for life. | England/South West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Bulldogs Boxing and Community Activities | Bulldogs Armed Forces Veterans | Maximising partnership working to deliver a coordinated package of activities to improve the wellbeing of veterans suffering with mental health problems, based in Port Talbot. These activities will include provision of a veterans’ drop-in centre, gym-based exercise, ‘walk and talk’ excursions outdoors and access to a multi-agency support network. | Wales | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Cardiff City FC Foundation | Bluebirds Veterans Project | Bluebirds Veterans Project delivers valuable mental health support to the veteran community across South Wales, with a focus on addressing the high levels of social isolation and loneliness that exist within this community. This project is run by a veteran and builds on our established and respected veterans work | Wales | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Care and Repair (North East Wales) | Veterans Community Hub - Positive Pathways | Project delivered/partially delivered, with some funding not used | Wales | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Curzon Ashton Community Foundation | Tameside Military Veterans Project | The group will employ a Military Veterans Development Officer for the foundation, whose role will be to develop a range of activities and initiatives for military veterans in Tameside who are suffering from mental health issues, social isolation, loneliness or low confidence and self-esteem. | England/North West | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | EarthCraftuk Community Interest Company | Veteran Trees | The group will deliver a therapeutic woodland programme for veterans from Kent and Medway. The project will offer an introduction to the woodland as a resource that promotes mental and physical health and social wellbeing; with participants taking part in a range of nature-based activities and experiences. | England/South East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | FEAT | Grow your Mind | An outdoor-based personal development/self-management programme for veterans with severe mental health conditions to improve their mental health, wellbeing, confidence, self-esteem and connectedness to the Civilian community. Developing resilience to improve current levels of mental health and maintain good levels of mental health in future and building on existing skills | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Forces Employment Charity | Past and Present | The group will look for innovative ideas capturing the veteran’s interest, which assists their mental health recovery, by utilising the passion and pride of veterans enabling them to become involved in a project which resonates whilst benefiting themselves and the community in equal measures – mental health by stealth. | England/East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Glasgow's Helping Heroes (SSAFA: the Armed Forces charity) | Curling for Disabled Glasgow Veterans | SSAFA’s Glasgow’s Helping Heroes will facilitate veterans with limited mobility to form a curling group in partnership with Curling Scotland. Outcomes will include increased engagement to reduce loneliness and isolation and improved physical and mental health and wellbeing. Accessible transportation and adapted equipment will be provided for a person-centred approach. | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Help for Heroes | Help for Heroes Water Sports | Help for Heroes will deliver diving and gig rowing as part of their water sports programme to enhance the psychological and physical wellbeing of wounded, injured and sick veterans. | England/South West | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Hull 4 Heroes | “Out and About” 4 Veterans | Transport and support will provide an opportunity for able/disabled veterans to participate in numerous individual and team activities such as wheelchair rugby events and competitions, horse riding and carriage driving and attending/participating in social events with the aim of benefitting the mental health and wellbeing of those involved. | England/North East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Lough Erne Yacht Club | Veterans Water Access Project | The club aims to benefit more veterans by increasing and enhancing their participation in the group's sailability and power ability programmes in accordance with Royal Yachting Association syllabus. These activities have been proven to have a positive effect on the mental and physical wellbeing and quality of life of participants. | Northern Ireland | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Luminate | Erskine Artists Residency 2020-22 | The Erskine Artists’ Residency Programme will support older veterans living in residential care to participate in a wide range of highly personalised arts activities. This will have benefits for veterans’ emotional and mental wellbeing, while developing the capacity of care staff to lead future creative activities themselves | Scotland | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Millburn Community Development Limited | Coleraine Veterans’ Club | The group will offer monthly trips to promote camaraderie. Their men’s shed alleviates social isolation and the allotments and apiary provide structured activity for veterans to immerse themselves in. | Northern Ireland | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | RAF Association | Developing Veterans’ Resilience and Wellbeing through Physical Activity | The RAF Association, working together with Loughborough University and other partners, will pilot a resilience development pathway programme for 48 veterans. Delivered through physical and wellbeing activities and workshops, the programme will enhance the social resilience, mental health and wellbeing of veterans in the East Midlands experiencing mental health issues. | England/East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) | Purpose, wellbeing, independence through gardening | A new programme of outdoor wellbeing therapies including gardening and beekeeping for hard to reach veterans. The project will develop skills, support mental health recovery, promote inclusion and build confidence. Working with the community, veterans will sell produce and share knowledge, so they can turn passions into careers. | England/South East | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Step Together Volunteering | Veterans' Heathlands Project | Heathlands is a learning community, enhancing wellbeing in Cumbria, with a plot of land available specifically for veterans to develop and use. The project will enable veterans to work together to bring the land into a useable condition and then design and develop a sensory garden and a wildlife/memorial walk. | England/North West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Swansea City AFC Foundation | In the Squad | Ospreys in the Community and Swansea City AFC Community Trust will deliver sport and fitness activities, based around rugby and soccer, for veterans with mental health illnesses. In addition, participants will be offered tea, toast and a chat in a ‘veteran-friendly’ environment, supporting wellbeing and combating social isolation. | Wales | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans Change Partnership CIC | Devon Veterans Support and Recovery | The project will engage ex-Forces personnel, including those currently in prison and hospital, in a two-year activity programme promoting positive mental health and physical wellbeing, social interaction, and selfdocumentation. Activities include veterans’ inter-generational community support meetings and regular engagement with sport, art, culture, heritage, and natural environments. | England/South West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | VETERANS WITH DOGS | PAWS ON THE PATH(WAY) | VWD will use the grant to launch a new initiative aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of veterans by facilitating Community Dog Walks. This initiative is designed to reduce isolation, improve engagement in health-related activities, and potentially signpost for external intervention and support. | England/South West | 70,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Walking With the Wounded | Mind the Pipes and Drums | Mind the Pipes and Drums will enable veterans to partake in music based, social activities where they can learn new skills, develop a sense of achievement and pride. The project aims to improve veteran's mental health by reducing social isolation as well as undertaking a subtle form of music therapy. | Northern Ireland | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Armed Forces Community Support Hub (Devon) | Running Deer “Courses for Forces” Programme | The organisation will use the funding to train veterans in woodland management, coppicing and green woodworking, promoting health and wellbeing. The activities will offer hands on engagement with a range of natural environments, which will also lead to accredited certification. | England/South West | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Broughton House - Veteran Care Village | See, Hear, Touch, Smell & Taste! | The organisation will provide intergenerational activities based on the five senses to encourage elderly residents of Broughton House and veterans within the community of Greater Manchester to interact and enjoy each other’s company. | England/North West | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Burnley FC in the Community | The Whitehough Veterans Group | The organisation will deliver the 'Green and Keen Programme', supporting veterans with their physical and mental health through outdoor activities, delivering a combination of healthy outdoor activities and social sessions leading to long term lifestyle changes. | England/North West | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Derbyshire Addictions Advice Service | STAND TO recovery support programme | The organisation will use the funding to establish a veteran-led Recovery Support Programme, which will enable Derbyshire veterans to take part in health and wellbeing activities. They will also have the opportunity to join a team representing Derbyshire to take forward into the annual National Recovery Games. | England/East | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Equus Ferus | Dare 2 Live Cymru | The organisation will use funding to deliver a 3-day human equine intervention for nine veterans to learn interpersonal, resilience and wellbeing skills. In addition, there will be six weekly follow up training sessions and a 1-day intervention for veterans and their partner/significant family member. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Everton in the community | Royal Blues | The organisation will deliver the 'Royal Blues' project for veterans aged 40-65 years old who are isolated, at-risk and vulnerable. They will use sport and the inspirational brand of Everton Football Club to improve their physical, mental and social health to enhance overall quality of life. | England/North West | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Finchale Training College Trading as Finchale Group | Finchale’s Gardening Hive | The Hive will continue the work started in Finchale’s Community Garden and help veterans to re-connect with nature and each other. Focusing on the development of new skills such as bee keeping, permaculture and woodcraft, it will bring veterans together and offer a holistic approach to wellbeing and mental health. | England/North East | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | FLEETWOOD TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST | Onward Together | The organisation will deliver the Onward Together project, providing a pathway of support to veterans that includes different sporting and recreational activities which are supported by therapeutic sessions. | England/North West | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Groundwork South | Green Skills for Heroes | The organisation will train ex-Service personnel to deliver group-based horticultural training to 40 veterans in Kent, ensuring activities are designed/led by veterans. Participants will develop horticultural skills and work in teams to improve green spaces locally, while improving their mental health/wellbeing through a programme of challenging and fun outdoor activities. | England/South East | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Invictus Games Foundation | Powered by Invictus | The Foundation will deliver and facilitate veteranled, virtual physical activities to enhance mental fitness through accessible active e-sports platforms. It will reduce social isolation, provide peer-to-peer support and encourage community cohesion through online communications and friendly competition. | UK-wide | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Landau | Walk, Build, Grow Your Future | The organisation will use funding to get military personnel to talk about their feelings/thoughts whilst partaking in an exercise they feel comfortable with. This may include rambling exercise, woodwork or community projects. Issues around barriers to settling into civilian life will be addressed and supported. | England/West Midlands | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Links | Carmarthenshire Veterans Support Group (CVSG) | The organisation will use funding to extend their provision of regular ‘NAAFI mornings’ and figure - painting classes to other, under-represented parts of Carmarthenshire. They will also deliver a range of well-organised, outdoor activities, and arrange specialist sessions to provide legal advice. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Mid Ulster Victim's Empowerment | The MUVE Crafter's | The organisation will use funding to develop the use of their established men's and hen's sheds for veterans, to include a wide range of arts and craft classes, physical and outdoor activities, coffee mornings and a luncheon club. | Northern Ireland | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | On Course Foundation | Introducing golf to Scottish veterans | WIS veterans in the West of Scotland will be introduced to On Course Foundation and the game of golf, developing skills and sharing the experience with like-minded individuals. Playing golf regularly will have positive effects on the mental wellbeing of these individuals and their wider community. | Scotland | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Orchestra of the Swan | Music for Dementia | The organisation will provide weekly music workshops for veterans living with dementia or memory loss. The workshops will take place at the Courtyard in Hereford and provide a safe, welcoming environment, connecting and supporting veterans living with dementia and their carers. | England/West Midlands | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Out of the Shadows (NI) Ltd | Healing Invisible Wounds through Actions | The organisation will provide a person-centred, focused programme for veterans through socially distanced outdoor activities and workshops, which will help healing of the mind and the body. The physical and wellbeing activities and workshop, will enhance the resilience, mental health and wellbeing of veterans. | Northern Ireland | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Positive Adventure CIC | Positive Adventure for Key Workers | Positive Adventure will provide a unique outdoor activity programme to improve the positive mental health and wellbeing of 50 veterans who work as Key Workers. They will have the opportunity to improve their wellbeing through a personalised training plan, connect with others, and experience an innovative and rewarding Outdoor Retreat. | England/North West | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | RMA-The Royal Marines Charity | Corps Family Winter Deployment 2020 | Undertaken with Norwegian Veterans, the project has been designed to offer veterans with mental and physical injuries a short winter break with their families. The adventure holiday provides an opportunity for respite, camaraderie, support and sharing of experiences between nations and, crucially, the families who support them. | England/South East | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Sacro | Forces of Nature | The organisation will deliver a flexible horticultural and conservation training programme to British exForces veterans, which will combine online tutorials with practical sessions. They will provide a safe and nurturing environment for veterans to work together to improve both their physical health and mental wellbeing. | Scotland | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Soldiers' Arts Academy CIC | Soldiers' Arts Academy Exeter hub | The organisation will use funding to establish a hub in Exeter to serve the military community in the South West. Their art hubs help to improve the mental health and wellbeing of Armed Forces veterans, promoting recovery and transition into the community. | England/South West | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | DEFENCE MEDICAL WELFARE SERVICE (DMWS) | Crafting Companions- Female Veteran Well-being | The organisation will offer Crafting Companion sessions for female veterans. Attendees will have a great time engaging in a variety of six weekly craft sessions whilst building friendships, confidence and improving mental wellbeing, including a range of issues such as social isolation and low self-esteem. | England/South East | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Bridge for Heroes | Project Positive Outlook | The Charity will provide a variety of meaningful activities to improve mental health, wellbeing and general health of all who wish to participate, regardless of their age, gender or physical ability. | England/East | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Venture Trust | Veterans Outdoor Therapy | The organisation will deliver an outdoor-based therapeutic programme for veterans. Utilising the restorative power of local outdoor spaces, sessions will encompass walk-and-talk counselling, allowing individuals to explore internal and external landscapes and engage with nature as an expressive conduit. | Scotland | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Warrior Programme | Enhancing wellbeing through creative expression | A talented veteran will host art groups online for cobeneficiaries to enable them to try out something new and to create an exhibition of the results to be showcased online and at a physical venue when safe. This will reduce isolation, build camaraderie and improve mental health and wellbeing. | England/West Midlands | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Tom Harrison House | Tom Harrison House Wellbeing Project | The organisation will provide veterans with addictions with structured opportunities to play sport, be active and improve their wellbeing. | England/North West | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The VC Gallery | Dig for Victory | The VC Gallery will support veterans through creating a community garden, design horticulture courses and develop plans for workshops. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans In Crisis | Veterans In Crisis Creative Arts Programme | The organisation will co-design arts-based activities with veterans and their families in Sunderland. The programme will support and improve their mental health and wellbeing. In the process, new friendships will be created, new skills will be acquired, families will become more cohesive, and aspirations will be raised. | England/North East | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans In Crisis | Future Health On Tour | The organisation will build on the successful Future Health project by extending the range of opportunities to veterans that they work with and their families. Specifically, they will expand the heavily over-subscribed opportunities at the outdoor facilities of one of their key partners. | England/North East | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans in Sefton CIO | Transition for Veterans | The project will provide a progressive programme supporting Sefton’s former Servicemen and women from initial engagement at ‘NAAFI Break’ events. The programme will encourage participation and involvement including activity planning leading to empowerment through delivery, enhanced wellbeing as volunteers and providing a sustainable pathway to rehabilitation within their community. | England/North West | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans Outreach Support | Growing Together - Hampshire | The organisation will reinforce success by extending its current range of activities and support, aimed at combating social isolation, loneliness and improving veteran mental health and wellbeing through developing new skills and friendships. It will do this by extending the range and reach of its current activities into new geographical locations. | England/South East | 35,000.00 |
| 2020 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Woodland Warrior Programme CIC | The Woodland Cabin Retreat | The organisation will provide quality time for veterans and their families to reconnect with nature and each other, improving their mental health and increasing family cohesion. Staying in an off-grid eco cabin within a private woodland, families can engage in woodland based activities and have their own mini adventures. | England/South West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | AA Veterans Support | Veterans' Film Project | The Veterans Film Project will equip veterans with skills in camera-work, script-writing, lighting, sound, editing and set-etiquette, so they can produce, film, direct, and edit their films. Taught by industry professionals, the project will enhance teamwork skills, raise self-esteem, promote positive mental health and overall wellbeing. | Northern Ireland | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | AA Veterans Support | Armed Forces Ahead of the Game | Working in partnership with Irish Football Association, the organisation will deliver a programme of sporting activities for veterans with poor mental health and those facing social isolation. The programme will engage veterans through sport and recreational activity, with support towards education and qualifications that will provide meaningful employment and greater community integration. | Northern Ireland | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Adferiad | Fast Track 14 – Rugby Ready | Cwmbran RFC will use the medium of rugby and referee training to support and empower 20 veterans currently suffering with mental ill-health. Working with WRU, Hafal and other partners, the organisation will continue to oversee and mentor them once they are qualified, ensuring they receive the appropriate support throughout. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Adferiad | Ocean Activity for Wellbeing Wales | In collaboration with delivery partners ‘Tonic Surf’, Change Step will establish a regional and structured ocean-based activity, health and wellbeing programme based in Aberystwyth. Providing opportunities for veterans and families across generations to access outdoor pursuits, engage with support services, and reduce social isolation while increasing physical activity. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Adferiad | My Pace in Green Space | My Pace in Green Space is based at a veteran-owned site in the Brecon Beacons National Park. The project will support veterans, helping to improve their mental health and wellbeing providing activities that include woodland management, forest gardening and astronomy. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Adferiad | Five ways to veterans wellbeing | Based on the ‘5 ways to wellbeing’ model, Change Step will deliver a ‘Walk, Talk, Change’ programme. The programme, tailored to the veteran community, will establish a service user led network of qualified walking and wellbeing leaders throughout areas of Wales, strengthening communities, increasing confidence, and improving health. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Adferiad | Valley Veterans Equi-Grow Project | Valley Veterans support and improve the mental and physical health and wellbeing of veterans through active participation in a structured programme of equine and horticultural activities. Veteran-led and supported by mentors and trainers, participants will gain practical skills and experience to combat the challenges resulting from isolation and loneliness. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Age Cymru Powys | Operation Phoenix | Age Cymru Powys will lead the development of a wellbeing veterans’ group based around the Wellbeing Park at Bronllys Hospital. Activities on offer will include gardening, construction work and art, all focused on supporting the long-term mental health of veterans. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Age UK Thanet Ltd | Thanet Veterans- Belonging and Celebrating | Age UK will provide volunteer-supported creative activities for groups of older veterans, in care homes and the community. Creative activity, veteran determined, will have positive impact on creative competence, self - confidence, social isolation and wellbeing. Project activities will also celebrate the Kent centenary of the Royal British Legion. | England/South East | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Alabaré Christian Care and Support | Positive about Mental Health - Boots on the Ground | Alabare will provide a menu of outdoor activities, for those in south west England, around conservation and physical exercise within the natural environment, to promote positive mental health, whilst encouraging mutual support, physical exercise, teamwork, leadership skills and peer mentoring. | England/South West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Alabaré Christian Care and Support | Boots on the Ground Mid Wales | Alabare will provide a menu of outdoor activities, for those in Wales, including conservation and physical exercise within the natural environment to promote positive mental health, whilst encouraging mutual support, physical exercise, teamwork, leadership skills and peer mentoring. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Armed Forces Community Support Hub (Devon) | AFCS Hub (Devon) Walking Group | The AFCS Hub walking group will meet monthly and will provide guided, walks around the local Exeter and Devon area focusing on culture and heritage. The walks will be inclusive for veterans and their families, for all genders and abilities and will encourage activity, learning, positive mental health and mindfulness. | England/South West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Battling On CIC | Healing Through Heritage | The Healing through Heritage project links veterans interested in learning about historic landscapes with the environmental conservation volunteering activities within the World Heritage Site of the Tamar Valley. | England/South West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Battling On CIC | Country Retreat | Battling On's Country Retreat project will provide a range of outdoor activities to veterans with cognitive impairment and/or life limiting illnesses and is designed to promote positive physical and mental health and wellbeing, cognitive function and social interaction whilst supporting their carers providing much needed respite and support. | England/South West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Beyond the Battlefield | Battlefield Riversearching | The project will offer River Hunting with Mine Detectors and Magnets throughout various rivers for 20 veterans per month, over a one-year period. The aim is to offer a tranquil and calming environment for better mental and physical wellbeing amongst the veterans. | Northern Ireland | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Bowra Foundation | BOWRA21 Activity Programme | Mark Bowra, former UKSF commander, Invictus Gold medallist and stroke survivor will lead physical challenges, bringing together veterans and people of all backgrounds living with neurological disorders. BOWRA21 will focus on early mental health intervention for Special Forces veterans who may be less likely to seek support. | England/South West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | BRAVEHOUND | THEATRE OF WAR 2 | Veterans supported by Bravehound will plan and deliver three interactive performances of “Theatre of War”, which combines a facilitator, professional actors and veterans performing Greek Tragedy, leading to a Town Hall discussion with the audience of veterans and family. Veterans will be able to develop new skills and confidence through this project. | Scotland | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Breaking Ground Heritage C.I.C | Breaking ground change step | Breaking ground, change step will deliver six heritage based projects to beneficiaries: three archaeological excavations, the construction of an authentic Bronze Age roundhouse, provide spaces on an archaeological field school and deliver an art therapy project and exhibition using prehistoric art as a muse. | England/South West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association | Sporting Activities for Limbless/Injured Veterans | Blesma will run a one-year programme of sporting/wellness activities to support mental health and wellbeing of limbless veterans UK-wide. Through these activities, including veteran-led pursuits, members will connect with each other, build friendships, learn new skills and feel better able to tackle the ongoing challenges of limb-loss and disability. | UK-wide | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Brooke House Health and Wellbeing Centre | Building Connections EcoHub | Brooke House will create a veterans’ led EcoHub. This will be a social, veteran-led hub, which incorporates a variety of nature-based activities and encourages veterans and their families to engage in their natural environment. Activities on offer will include art, mindfulness, fitness, and conservation projects. | Northern Ireland | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Building Heroes Education Foundation | West Midlands Construction Skills Hub | Building Heroes will create a construction skills hub in the West Midlands in an exciting new development. Veterans will learn a range of trade skills across several disciplines in a ‘real’ environment, guided by experienced instructors. Welfare staff will offer support, guidance, information and signposting to other organisations where needed. | England/West Midlands | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Burnley FC in the Community | Fitter Ex-Forces Online | Burnley FC in the Community's online Fitter Ex-Forces programme will support veterans with their physical and mental health through online workouts, delivering a combination of health, fitness and social sessions to assist in overall health and lifestyle improvements and social interaction for participants, leading to long term lifestyle changes. | England/North West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Care for Veterans | The Constant Gardening Project | The Constant Gardening Project will provide a large wheelchair accessible greenhouse. This will be a Covid safe environment where veterans can garden in all weathers - either alone, or with fellow veterans. The greenhouse can also be used at weekends when residents have fewer structured activities. | England/South East | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Climb 2 Recovery | Climb 2 Recovery | C2R enables veterans to access the outdoors, learn climbing and mountaineering skills, build long-term friendships, and earn instructor qualifications (to support a transition or return to employment, voluntary work, and C2R activity), to improve the long-term mental-health and wellbeing, resilience, independence, and Social Value of beneficiaries. | UK-wide | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Climb 2 Recovery | Try-climbing and mountaineering progression | ‘Try-climbing’ will enable almost 100 veterans access to the C2R programme, reducing isolation and building friendships; ‘mountaineering progression’ will help 42 of these veterans progress and develop their selfconfidence and skills. The ‘try-climbing and mountain progression’ aim is to improve mental health and wellbeing, resilience, and independence of WIS veterans. | UK-wide | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Climbing Out | Climbing Out Mental Resilience Programmes | Climbing Out will run two, five-day outdoor activity programmes specifically for veterans. The programmes, which combine outdoor activities and social reengagement with personal development and mental resilience coaching, are aimed at rebuilding confidence, self-esteem and mental wellbeing post trauma. Further opportunities for personal development and support are available on completion. | England/West Midlands | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Surf Action | Green/Blue Health Evolution Pathway | The Green/Blue Health Evolution Pathway will empower veterans to experience the proven, natural, physical and psychological health benefits from participation in enjoyable, high intensity, individual and group, ecotherapy activities in the stunning Cornwall coastal environment with the assistance of other veterans and professionals in the post Covid-19 new normal. | England/South West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Community Drug and Alcohol Recovery Services (CDARS) | Wellness and Recovery for Veterans | The project will deliver a health and wellbeing programme for veterans experiencing mental health issues. The project will support their recovery journey; to improve their quality of life and to support their independence and reintegration in their community. | England/London | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Company of Makers | Dits ‘n’ Pics | Co-created with veterans, for veterans, this Company of Makers’ heritage project brings veterans together to share stories from their military lives (dits) and the photos (pics) that evoke those memories; using digital technology to create an online exhibition, blogs and podcasts, building across 12 months to a ‘real life’ exhibition. | England/South East | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Defence Gardens Scheme | Defence Gardens Scheme - Regional Rollout | The project will enable more veterans to benefit from tailored gardening projects through the Defence Garden Scheme through supporting the development of Defence Gardening Schemes in different locations and providing training to veterans who will then be able to share these skills with other veterans. | UK-wide | 25,230.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | DWS LIFESKILLS CIC | Lancashire veterans health and wellbeing | The organisation will find vulnerable veterans in the local area and actively help them with any health and wellbeing issues they may have. It will encourage socialisation both with other veterans and also other groups within the area. | England/North West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Ely Centre | Veteran Fit Club (Walking football) | The Veteran Fit Club will provide walking football to veterans and provide Men`s Health advice covering weight loss, diabetes, cancer, healthy eating, and exercises working in partnership with other organisations. | Northern Ireland | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Enbarr Foundation CIC | Nature vs Nurture | The project will address the clear mental health needs of veterans living in Deeside and Flintshire by offering high quality heritage, culture and gardening volunteering activities around the 13-acre John Summers site. It will address identified mental health needs of the local veterans' community, including social isolation and loneliness. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Equus Ferus | Natural Horse Activities for Veterans | The project will deliver outdoor nature-based equine facilitated wellbeing activities for veterans who need support to improve their mental health. Activities are tailored to ensure inclusivity and diversity and include working with horses, driving a horse and cart, learning to ride, plus six online group wellbeing sessions. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Erskine Veterans Charity | Build Your Own Bike (BYOB) | Common Wheel will deliver a series of courses where veterans, referred to them through the Erskine Activities Centre, will build their own bikes from recycled materials and parts. The aims of the project are to improve mental wellbeing, increase skills, reduce isolation and challenge stigma surrounding mental health. | Scotland | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Fares4Free | More Than Just a Journey | Fares4Free will facilitate trips/activities such as fishing, walking, tours of historical places. Tailored to the individual/group’s interest and ability, activities will give veterans the chance to explore interests while being supported by trained individuals who will ensure safety is paramount, ultimately increasing well-being, combating social isolation while developing positive relationships. | Scotland | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Fighting Chance | Gloves Off - Coronavirus support project | The Fighting Chance 'Gloves Off' project will support veterans with mental health needs, particularly those most affected by the impact of coronavirus restrictions. The project will support veterans through a structured boxing programme, outdoor activities and a focus on developing independence and improving digital and social inclusion. | England/London | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Fighting With Pride | LGBT+ Veterans Out and About | LGBT+ Veterans 'Out and About' offers carefully matched outdoor activities that are achievable and enjoyable while meeting new people. Challenge by choice will be the ethos with veterans setting personal targets. Activities will provide a sense of achievement and build bonds of friendship in a safe exclusively LGBT+ setting. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Finchale Training College Trading as Finchale Group | Finchale’s Outdoor Adventure | Finchale’s Outdoor Adventure will provide veterans with exciting, high adrenaline activities aimed at challenging them to try something new. Activities will include mountain biking, water sports and axe throwing. Veterans will also have the opportunity to train as an instructor, allowing them to support others and ensuring the project’s sustainability. | England/North East | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | FirstLight Trust | Gaining Growth Outside | The organisation will utilise the FirstLight Trust allotments and weekly cycle club to support veterans in gaining new skills, taking part in social activities and increasing in personal growth and confidence themselves. | England/South East | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Forward Assist | Mindfulness Dream & Sleep Retreats | The organisation will deliver three residential therapeutic veterans retreats in England Scotland & France with online sleep therapy training prior to retreat participation.The retreats promote healthy eating and physical activity, as well as self-respect and camaraderie. | England/North East | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Groundwork Greater Manchester | Veterans' Grow Cook Eat | Groundwork will run gardening sessions for groups of veterans to develop new skills and confidence to grow their own food, with the option to complete a six-week cookery course with Cracking Good Food to develop cooking skills to make healthy and nutritional meals using local produce. | England/North West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Healthier Heroes CIC | In Pursuit of the Wild | The organisation will offer a bespoke programme that improves mental health, physical health and wellbeing, through the delivery of an extreme, outdoor pursuit and sporting recovery pathway programme. The programme is designed for Service leavers to share lived experiences, connect with peers and challenge themselves by partaking in high intensity activities. | England/North West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | HORSEBACK UK | HorseBack Veterans On The Move Together | Recognising the impact Covid-19 has had on veterans' ability to travel for support, the organisation will bring its award-winning mental health and wellbeing recovery programme including horsemanship, equine assisted therapy, rural skills and the outdoors, to a new cohort of veterans in the South of England. | England/South West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Live Music Now Scotland | Music to Lift the Spirits | Live Music Now Scotland will fill a gap in music provision in the daily lives of older people in the Armed Forces community. Focusing on Erskine Care Homes’ residents and staff, LMNS will bring the wellbeing benefits of music to those living with dementia, mental health difficulties and psychological disorders. | Scotland | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | On Course Foundation | Veterans Golf Programme - North-East England | Veterans in the North East of England will be able to access confidence building golf events, developing skills and sharing the experience with like-minded individuals. Long-term participation can have a positive effect on the mental wellbeing of attendees. | England/North East | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | PATT Foundation | The Green Task Force | Project delivered/partially delivered, with some funding not used | England/North East | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Plymouth Argyle Football in the Community Trust | Argyle Vets Fit Club | Argle Community Trust will engage with veterans of all ages to provide extra support around mental health and wellbeing - delivering a weekly menu of outdoor sporting and physical activities that veterans can join in with, combined with regular social activities and specific mental health workshops and courses. | England/South West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Project RECCE CIO | Project TRIDENT | Adventurous group sports allow Service leavers to maintain morale, health and wellbeing as they commence a life outside of the military. Project TRIDENT is a sporting programme designed to provide access for veteran beneficiaries to three exhilarating sporting activities: mountain biking, surfing and snowboarding. | England/North West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Radiate Arts | Creative Freedom | Creative Freedom' delivers creative and outdoor residential experiences followed by a 12-month programme of weekly workshops for Armed Forces veterans. Working closely with Armed Forces referral pathways, the aim is to develop creative and expressive skills, building positive mental wellbeing in the inspirational surroundings of the Cambrian Mountains, Mid Wales. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Reading Force | Veteran Force: Connectedness and mental-wellbeing through shared-reading | Veteran Force will seek to reduce isolation and loneliness among veterans, working with them to develop collective, shared reading. Working with them, and through supporting organisations and collaborators, the veterans will benefit from the mental, social, and emotional wellbeing and personal agency that comes from discussing and sharing books. | Northern Ireland | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Re-Live | Coming Home Choir: North Wales | Coming Home Choir: North Wales is an exciting new branch of Re-Live’s Coming Home to the Arts programme, currently running in South Wales. The North Wales group will form a new veterans’ choir and provide creative engagement to support the health and wellbeing of our veterans’ community. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Re-Live | Coming Home Choir: West Wales | Coming Home Choir: West Wales is an exciting new branch of Re-Live’s Coming Home to the Arts programme, currently running in South Wales. The West Wales group will form a new veterans’ choir and provide creative engagement to support the health and wellbeing of our veterans’ community. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) | Purpose, wellbeing, independence through activities | A new programme of outdoor physical activities therapies including hiking, biking, canoeing and walking for hard-to-reach veterans. Covid-19 has left vulnerable veterans struggling as a result of isolation. This project will build their confidence, promote inclusion with the community once again and support health and mental health recovery. | England/South East | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Royal British Legion Tandragee Branch | A Golden Stitch In Time | The project will enable veterans with mental health issues to learn new skills in machine embroidering, design, production and ordering materials to enable them to produce embroidered items. | Northern Ireland | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Royal British Legion Tandragee Branch | The Stages of War | The project will give veterans who have experienced mental health issues an opportunity to learn how to put together a stage-play, including learning every aspect of production from writing, producing, and directing to lighting, sound, and stage management. The final piece will be performed in the prestigious Lyric Theatre Belfast. | Northern Ireland | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Royal Hospital of Chelsea | Active Ageing - Developing New Passions and Friendships | The Active Ageing Programme provides both indoor/outdoor activities. The organisation will ensure individuals, whatever their ability, can engage in their passion, whether as part of a group or following their own individual hobby. The programme is dynamic, intergenerational, improving physical and mental health. Above all it aims to be fun. | England/London | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Leighton House CIC | Growing Together (Defence Gardens Scheme Westbury) | Growing Together will deliver a Nature -based Therapy programme for military personnel with poor mental health. A Horticultural Therapist will combine the tranquil setting of the walled garden with the interests and needs of the group to create a sense of shared purpose and meaningful occupation through gardening. | England/South West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Small Woods Association | Out of the woods... | Project delivered/partially delivered, with some funding not used | England/West Midlands | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Soldiers' Arts Academy CIC | Singing Workshops with Laura Wright | The SAA will offer individual singing lessons for veterans who are in need in a twelve-month period. The lessons will be in small groups with internationally renowned professional singer Laura Wright offering individual focus.; and will enable veterans to develop new skills and confidence. | UK-wide | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Sporting Force | SPORTING FORCE - MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT | Sporting Force will work in five targeted locations across the UK to develop improved mental health in vulnerable and isolated veterans through regular sport and physical activity taking place at professional sports organisations. The organisation will combine sport with specialised workshops and events designed to improve resilience, mental health and wellbeing. | England/West Midlands | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | DEFENCE MEDICAL WELFARE SERVICE (DMWS) | Walking Football and Welfare | Herefordshire Football Association and Defence Medical Welfare Service have come together to offer Walking Football Welfare Support for Veterans. | England/West Midlands | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | DEFENCE MEDICAL WELFARE SERVICE (DMWS) | Qigong Welfare and Wellbeing Project | DMWS are excited to offer Qigong sessions to veterans across Cumbria. Qigong, labelled the “new yoga” is an ancient practice with heaps of rewards, including helping with physical and mental wellbeing. This will allow veterans to engage in something new, benefit from improved wellbeing and physical health, develop a new skill and meet other veterans. | England/North West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Step Together Volunteering | The Bronze Age Roundhouse Build | Working in partnership with Operation Nightingale, Breaking Ground Heritage and Butser Ancient Farm, Step Together will provide the opportunity for veterans and injured Service personnel to build a replica Bronze Age roundhouse using archaeological evidence to ensure authenticity. | England/South East | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | STEPWAY CIO | Forest Garden and Beekeeping Project | The project offers opportunities for veterans to participate in nature through hands-on activities; growing produce, beekeeping, taking part in outdoor activities, friendship, learning, participating for a healthy body and mind, promoting mental wellbeing The Forest Garden Project is a dynamic, therapeutic, outdoor space in the heart of Worcester for the veteran community. | England/West Midlands | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Team Endeavour Racing UK CIC | TEAM ENDEAVOUR RACING - OUTREACH | Team Endeavour Racing will provide and facilitate adapted high-speed adrenaline powerboat, training, racing and experience days in the Midlands leading to national qualifications and participation in National events. | England/West Midlands | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Not Forgotten Association | Sporting events for injured veterans | Funding to provide sporting events and recreational activities for injured or wounded serving and veterans of the UK Armed Forces. Sporting activities that are planned include trekking to the summit of Mount Olympus, white water canoeing in France, Half Marathon Des Sables and cycling the Western Front Way. | UK-wide | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Warrior Programme | Wellness through nutrition | Veterans will deliver regular online sessions for other veteran participants, on growing and sourcing affordable seasonal food and host a monthly formal cooking session. These will raise awareness of good nutrition and local food links. Supported by informal chat sessions, the project will promote friendship and enhance overall health and wellbeing. | England/West Midlands | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The VC Gallery | Into the Deep Blue. | The VC Gallery will deliver multiple, adventurous activities based around the beautiful waterways and coast of Pembrokeshire, for the benefit of veterans' mental health and wellbeing. With the help of a veteran mentor, they will learn new skills and build confidence together. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | The Veterans Hub Weymouth & Portland CIC | MAD Dogs Supporting Veterans | This organisation will work alongside the team from Making A Difference (MAD) CIC, in a green space designed to bring together veterans who use support dogs. | England/South West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans In Action | Veterans In Focus | Veterans In Focus will create new positive memories in film where veterans can see and participate in their own growth through working with their peers in tried and tested projects that will increase awareness, self-expression, and community building. | England/South East | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans Outdoors | Project Artemis (Goddess of Nature & Growth) | Project Artemis is a unique, one-year project to provide therapeutic outdoor learning opportunities for women only groups of veterans or female serving members of the Armed Forces, in a safe and supportive environment on farms and estates in the South West of England. | England/South West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans Outreach Support | Veterans Outdoor Support | Veterans Outdoor Support' is a peer supported programme of outdoor activities aimed at promoting confidence, wellbeing and positive mental and physical health in enjoyable and friendly settings, through learning new skills, re-discovering old ones, helping others, and by contributing to the quality of local communities. | England/South East | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans Woodcraft CIC | Veterans Restoring Health and Furniture Together. | Veterans Woodcraft will deliver a therapeutic introduction to furniture restoration and reupholstery project to veterans in North Yorkshire and Co Durham. The project will help veterans manage their mental health recovery and wellbeing and increase their social network, opening positive pathways for progression to a more positive and fulfilling future. | England/North East | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans Woodcraft CIC | Veterans Heritage & Craft Skills | Veterans Woodcraft will deliver a therapeutic heritage skills development project to veterans at their Newton Aycliffe workshop in Co Durham. The project will help them manage their mental health recovery and social wellbeing and increase their social network, opening up positive pathways for progression to a more positive and fulfilling future. | England/North East | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Veterans' Garage Ltd | Mission VG: Farm to Table. | Project delivered/partially delivered, with some funding not used | England/North West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Victoria Cross Trust | Maintaining the Memories | The organisation will recruit and retrain veteran volunteers in the restoration of VC graves. This will teach veterans new skills delivering lectures and talks to schools and a wide range of special interest groups, in order to maintain the memories of VC recipients. The VCT gives purpose to its veterans through this work. | England/North East | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Walking With the Wounded | Veterans Tribe Creative, Wellbeing, Network - Scotland | Veterans Tribe, in partnership with Walking with the Wounded, will provide a support network for veterans throughout Scotland, offering creative, wellbeing events and activities, exhibitions, and a monthly newsletter. Events will provide a relaxing environment, introduce new skills to challenge and develop, thereby improving mental health and wellbeing. | Scotland | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Walking With the Wounded | Online Model Making for Veterans | Model making in Occupational Therapy encourages focus, patience, development of coping mechanisms and delicate motor skills. Models For Heroes and Walking With The Wounded will collaborate to provide modelling tools, materials and live online support to engage beneficiaries in this meaningful activity with a satisfying end result. | UK-wide | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Walking With the Wounded | Veterans Tribe Creative, Wellbeing, Network - NW | Veterans Tribe, in partnership with Walking with the Wounded, will provide a support network for Veterans throughout NW England, offering creative, wellbeing events and activities, exhibitions, and a monthly newsletter. Events will provide a relaxing environment, introduce new skills to challenge and develop, thereby improving mental health and wellbeing. | England/North West | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Walking With the Wounded | The Frontier Pipes and Drums | The Frontier Pipes and Drums will enable veterans to partake in music based, social activities where they can learn new skills, develop a sense of achievement and pride. The project aims to improve veterans' mental health by reducing social isolation as well as undertaking a subtle form of music therapy. | Northern Ireland | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Welsh Veterans Partnership | WVP “Green Head Space” Project | To meet increased demand, a group of veterans will build a bespoke outdoor facility in the centre of Cardiff for veterans with poor mental health, encompassing horticulture, beekeeping and a contemplative garden responding to the negative effects of covid-19 reducing isolation and boosting the wellbeing of the veterans community. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Woody's Lodge | Life Beyond Service | Woody's Lodge will expand the range of activities it already offers in support of veterans with mental health issues, through the inclusion of additional sporting opportunities, photography and modelling activities, gardening and forestry, all in a COVID-proof environment. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
| 2021 | Positive Pathways | HM Treasury | Woody's Lodge | Vale and Valley Veterans | Woody's Lodge will increase its capacity to assist veterans with mental health and wellbeing concerns by enhancing their outdoor infrastructure to provide physically and mentally stimulating activities and will grow its capacity to guide and assist veterans through the addition of two support officers, all in a COVID-proof environment. | Wales | 35,000.00 |
