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Awards made
| Year awarded | Programme | Funder | Organisation name | Project title | Project description | Project location | Grant amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness (RVH) | Office for Veterans Affairs | The Riverside Group | Op Fortitude | A grant has been awarded to Riverside to run Operation FORTITUDE, a UK wide referral pathway that will support homeless veterans or veterans at risk of homelessness into housing or to maintain their home. Riverside will work in partnership with charities, veteran supported housing providers, local authorities and other organisations to support veterans and manage referrals. The pathway will be accessible to veterans at risk of or experiencing homelessness; and the organisations that support them | England/North West | 499,471.00 |
| 2023 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Alabaré Christian Care and Support | Alabaré Homes for Veterans | Alabaré’s Veterans’ Pathway will provide 101 beds across 9 geographical areas, for homeless veterans, recognising the unique nature of the support required. Their on-site bespoke support to overcome barriers to sustainable independent living is enhanced by their wider mental health services and wellbeing activities, ensuring best, sustainable outcomes. | Wales | 1,380,214.00 |
| 2023 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Launchpad | Sustained Support for Homeless Veterans | The project will provide additional, sustained support to 230 homeless veterans with high-complex needs in four supported housing locations in northern England. It will provide combined addiction and mental health psychotherapy, intensive training and employment support, greater access to community activities, and more effective help to transition to independent accommodation. | England/North East | 859,181.00 |
| 2023 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | LiveWest Homes Ltd | New Seasons – Veterans Supported Housing | This project will deliver an accommodation pathway with support for veterans who are facing homelessness and other complex life challenges; with veterans supported to move towards independence. | England/South West | 995,000.00 |
| 2023 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Rolig Homes | Achieving Independent Living for Veterans | The grant will support RBLI’s STEP-IN programme which supports homeless veterans to independent living by providing a personalised package of immediate housing, with health, addiction, mental health, welfare and employment support. STEP-IN integrates multiple services and aligns them to veterans’ personal goals, helping overcome multiple challenges; and supporting veterans to move on to longer term, independent solutions | England/West Midlands | 232,208.00 |
| 2023 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) | STEP-IN - Overcoming Homelessness | RBLI’s STEP-IN programme supports homeless veterans to independent living by providing a personalised package of immediate housing, with health, addiction, mental health, welfare and employment support. STEP-IN integrates multiple services and aligns them to veterans’ personal goals, helping overcome multiple challenges; and supporting veterans to move on to longer term, independent solutions. | England/South East | 254,550.00 |
| 2023 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | The Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation | Stoll Veterans Supported Housing | The project will provide supported housing to homeless veterans via the OpFortitude Pathway and will deliver a bespoke support package around individual housing and support needs. The project aims to help veterans get their life back on track and live well. | England/London | 839,835.00 |
| 2023 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | The Riverside Group | Riverside - Ending Veteran Homelessness Together | Riverside will provide supported housing specifically for veterans with high and complex needs. The project will provide wrap-around support, working holistically and in a psychologically informed way with their voluntary, statutory and community partners. The project will deliver intensive support to veterans experiencing homelessness combined with other needs including mental health, substance misuse, previous involvement in the justice system or physical disabilities. | England/North East | 830,790.00 |
| 2023 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Veteran Housing Scotland | Reducing Homelessness for Scottish Veterans | Veterans Housing Scotland and Defence Medical Welfare Service will provide comprehensive and coordinated support services to the veteran community in Scotland to address homelessness, tenancy sustainment and welfare needs. This collaborative approach will deliver improved wellbeing, reduced homelessness through increased housing stability, and better overall outcomes for Veterans in Scotland. | Scotland | 907,071.00 |
| 2023 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Wigan Council | Homes At Ease North West | Utilising a person-centred, trauma-informed ‘Housing First’ approach the project will reduce North West veteran homelessness with intensive support embedded within local communities. A consortium of respected providers and subject experts will provide veterans with homes, empowered to connect with their communities and achieve sustainable tenancies for better life chances | England/North West | 915,636.00 |
| 2024 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Beyond the Battlefield | Advance | This project will provide wrap-around services for veterans in Northern Ireland who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Services offered includes benefit entitlement checks, health checks, employment engagement support, mental health support and referral onwards to other support such as offered through the VPPP programme and and other veterans organisations. | Northern Ireland | 100,000.00 |
| 2025 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | The Riverside Group | Op FORTITUDE | Op FORTITUDE is the U.K.-wide single point of contact for veterans at risk of or experiencing homelessness and provides a pathway into veteran supported housing for those veterans most in need. This grant enabled Riverside Housing to deliver Op FORTITUDE for a further 12 months. | UK-wide | 480,000.00 |
| 2025 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Alabaré Christian Care and Support | Alabaré Homes for Veterans | Alabaré’s Homes for Veterans will provide a minimum of 88 beds, across nine geographical areas, for homeless veterans. Recognising the unique nature of the support required, Alabaré’s on-site bespoke support to overcome barriers to sustainable independent living, enhanced by wider Alabaré services of mental health/wellbeing activities, ensuring maximum positive outcomes. | Wales | 300,000.00 |
| 2025 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Beyond the Battlefield | ENHANCE | ENHANCE is a nine-month veteran-led project offering 24/7 supported housing, a Northern Ireland homelessness helpline, trauma-informed counselling, and NI-wide outreach. Beyond the Battlefield will act as the lead agency to unify fragmented veteran homelessness services, with Harbour House as the hub for temporary accommodation, casework, data collection and partnership delivery. | Northern Ireland | 300,000.00 |
| 2025 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Launchpad | Specialist Support for Homeless Veterans | This project will provide sustained support to 135 homeless veterans with multiple and complex needs in three supported housing locations in northern England. Wraparound support will include combined addiction/mental health psychotherapy, intensive training/employment support, greater access to wellbeing-enhancing community activities, and support to transition into and retain independent accommodation. | England/North West | 295,324.00 |
| 2025 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | LiveWest Homes Ltd | New Seasons Veterans Supported Housing | New Seasons provides housing and support across Devon for homeless veterans with high, moderate or low support needs, primarily referred to the service by Op Fortitude. | England/South West | 300,000.00 |
| 2025 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) | Helping Homeless Veterans Move On | RBLI's project will reduce veteran homelessness by providing high level mental health, addiction and employability support. Working with partners including Op Fortitude and Op Courage, they will support 35 veterans to move on from homelessness and live independently following their time in emergency accommodation. | England/South East | 174,418.00 |
| 2025 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | The Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation | Stoll Foundation Veterans Supported Housing | This project will provide supported housing to homeless veterans and their families. They will work with social housing providers and place homeless veterans via Op Fortitude. | England/London | 300,000.00 |
| 2025 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | The Riverside Group | Riverside Ending Veteran Homelessness Together | Riverside will provide supported housing for veterans, 25 with high/complex needs, and 31 low to medium needs. The project will provide wrap-around support, working holistically and in a psychologically informed way with voluntary, statutory and community partners. | England/North East | 348,975.00 |
| 2025 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Tom Harrison House | THH-Reducing Veteran Homelessness | The project will provide supported housing to 25 homeless veterans with addiction/mental health problems. Delivered across the wider Liverpool City Region, the project will enable individuals to address these issues, be tenancy ready and sustain independent living. | England/North West | 300,000.00 |
| 2025 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Veteran Housing Scotland | Reducing Homelessness for Scottish Veterans | Veterans Housing Scotland, Defence Medical Welfare Service and Glasgow’s Helping Heroes will provide comprehensive and coordinated support in Scotland to address homelessness, tenancy sustainment, financial worries and wellbeing. | Scotland | 290,882.00 |
| 2025 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Wigan Council | Homes at Ease North West | Homes at Ease will reduce North West veteran homelessness with intensive support embedded within local communities. A consortium of respected providers and subject experts will provide veterans with homes, empowered to connect with their communities and achieve sustainable tenancies for better life chances. | England/North West | 296,057.00 |
| 2026 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Beyond the Battlefield | ENHANCE | The project will continue delivering supported housing and intensive wraparound support for veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness across Northern Ireland. It will maintain accommodation, casework and partnership working with Op FORTITUDE, while strengthening early engagement and reach through additional peer support capacity. | Northern Ireland | 300,000.00 |
| 2026 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Veterans Housing Scotland | Reducing Homelessness for Scottish Veterans | This project will address the needs of disabled veterans with complex needs to reduce homesless and secure positive health outcomes. Veterans Housing Scotland (VHS), Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) and Glasgow’s Helping Heroes (GHH) will provide comprehensive support across Scotland to address homelessness, tenancy sustainment, financial worries, health and wellbeing. | Scotland | 290,882.00 |
| 2026 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Alabaré | Alabaré Homes for Veterans | Alabaré’s Homes for Veterans will provide circa 90 beds, across 9 geographical areas, for homeless veterans. Recognising the unique nature of the support required, Alabaré’s on-site bespoke support will help overcome barriers to sustainable independent living ensuring maximum positive outcomes. | Wales | 300,000.00 |
| 2026 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Launchpad | Specialist Support for Homeless Veterans | This continuation project will provide sustained support to 150 homeless veterans with multiple and complex needs in three supported housing locations in northern England. Wraparound support will include combined addiction/mental health psychotherapy, intensive training/employment support, greater access to wellbeing-enhancing community activities, and support to transition into and retain independent accommodation. | England/North East/ North West | 379,702.00 |
| 2026 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Riverside | Riverside Ending Veteran Homelessness Together | Riverside will provide supported housing for veterans, 56 with high/complex needs veterans between the two services. The funding will support all staffing not funded by eligible service charges. The project will provide wrap-around support, working holistically and in a psychologically informed way with voluntary, statutory and community partners. | England/North East | 348,975.00 |
| 2026 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Tom Harrison House | THH - Reducing Veteran Homelessness | Building on their existing project, Tom Harrison House will provide ongoing support to 37 homeless veterans with the most entrenched addiction and mental health problems. Working across Liverpool, the project empowers veterans to become tenancy-ready and sustain independent living – stopping the revolving door of veteran homelessness. | England/North West | 270,000.00 |
| 2026 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Wigan Council | Homes at Ease North West | Utilising a person-centred, trauma-informed ‘Housing First’ approach, Homes at Ease will reduce North West veteran homelessness with intensive support embedded within local communities. A consortium of respected providers and subject experts will provide veterans with homes, empowered to connect with their communities and achieve sustainable tenancies for better life chances. | England/North West | 380,211.00 |
| 2026 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | The Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation | Stoll Foundation Veterans Supported Housing | This project will provide supported housing to homeless veterans and their families. The project will engage with Stoll Foundation veterans and their families with supported housing who would otherwise be homeless; working with social housing providers through the VNS scheme; and placing homeless veterans via the OpFortitude Pathway. | England/London | 300,000.00 |
| 2026 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | Royal British Veterans Enterprise | Helping Homeless Veterans Move On | RBVE will reduce veteran homelessness through the provision of emergency housing combined with holistic mental health, employability, and welfare support. Working with its partners (including Op FORTITUDE, COURAGE, and VALOUR networks and Chapter House), RBVE will directly support at least 35 vulnerable, street homeless veterans to move towards independent living. | England/South East | 174,371.00 |
| 2026 | Reducing Veterans Homelessness | Office for Veterans Affairs | LiveWest | New Seasons Veterans Supported Housing | New Seasons provides housing and support across Devon for homeless veterans with high, moderate or low support needs, primarily referred to the service by Op Fortitude. Skilled staff build professional relationships and deliver person centred and trauma informed support to all veterans throughout their stay and beyond. | England/South West | 385,714.00 |
