Awards Made
| Year awarded | Programme | Funder | Organisation name | Project title | Project description | Project location | Grant amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | OVA Capital Refurb | Office for Veterans Affairs | Alabaré Christian Care and Support | Homes for Veterans Refurbishment | This project will make improvements to improve energy efficiency of three of the organisation’s existing Homes for Veterans’ properties in Plymouth, Swansea and Pontypridd. | Wales | 75,000.00 |
| 2023 | OVA Capital Refurb | Office for Veterans Affairs | RAFA Housing Ltd | Building Futures at Storrington | This project will provide new boilers and the installation of front and back doors, for older members of the RAF community, with a variety of support needs, to ensure their homes are energy efficient and meet the decent homes standards. | England/South East | 55,385.00 |
| 2023 | OVA Capital Refurb | Office for Veterans Affairs | Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) | Urgent repairs veterans' family houses | This project will provide much needed repair works and providing improved energy efficiency for housing for disadvantaged veterans', through the provision of new soffits on 11 homes, and making improvements and adaptations to 3-bedroom homes. | England/South East | 73,765.00 |
| 2024 | OVA Capital Refurb | Office for Veterans Affairs | Aspire Ryde | Self Finish Veterans Housing | The development will provide seven ‘self-finish’ accommodation units with at least three units specifically set aside for the use of female veterans or females from veteran families. All accommodation will be female only and will be professionally supported to assist with issues around mental health, addiction and domestic violence. | England/South East | 25,011.00 |
| 2024 | OVA Capital Refurb | Office for Veterans Affairs | The Block | Refurbish the Block Foundation | Funding will help to refurbish the eight single occupancy bedsit building used to house homeless veterans in Liverpool signposted from other veterans’ support organisations. They will also convert commercial business office space into an area for use by the Block’s residents and homeless veterans in transition including those with access needs. | England/North West | 45,000.00 |
| 2024 | OVA Capital Refurb | Office for Veterans Affairs | Community Ventures (Middlesbrough) Ltd | Transitional Tenancies for Veterans | The project will provide transitional housing options for those for whom independent models are more appropriate. Over the past 15 years, the organisation has developed peer-led interventions supporting those with long-term conditions to take ownership of their recovery journeys, initially with services based around abstinent outreach approaches, and peer-supported accommodation models. | England/North East | 60,000.00 |
| 2024 | OVA Capital Refurb | Office for Veterans Affairs | The Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation | Fulham 400 Block Refurbishment | Stoll will refurbish the communal areas, improve security systems and access for both able and disabled veterans in the Fulham 400 Block at Stoll's Housing Scheme in Fulham. | England/London | 74,303.00 |
| 2024 | OVA Capital Refurb | Office for Veterans Affairs | Gentoo Group | Operation Positive Moves | The project will refurbish three void properties in Gentoo Group stock to create the first dedicated transitional homeless veteran housing within the City of Sunderland. | England/North East | 39,119.00 |
| 2024 | OVA Capital Refurb | Office for Veterans Affairs | Haig Housing | Bathroom & kitchen refurbishments | Haig Housing Trust (HHT) seeks to refurbish nine kitchens and bathrooms across its properties. This funding will contribute towards its existing rolling refurbishment programme which sees it refurbish kitchens and bathrooms every 20 years, ensuring that homes meet the decent homes standards. The project will improve the quality of accommodation available for veterans and prevent them from falling out of use. | England/London | 75,000.00 |
| 2024 | OVA Capital Refurb | Office for Veterans Affairs | Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) | Boiler for Mountbatten homeless hostel | Funding will enable the replacement of the non-functioning boiler system at their emergency accommodation for homeless veterans, Mountbatten Pavilion. Without heating or hot water, RBLI cannot adequately support the wider welfare of their most vulnerable residents, many of whom live with PTSD and severe mental health issues. | England/South East | 75,000.00 |
| 2024 | OVA Capital Refurb | Office for Veterans Affairs | The Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation | Bathroom Refurbishments at Wessex House | The project will refurbish five bathrooms at Wessex house, their veterans' housing site in Hounslow, and refurbish these to a high and modern standard suitable for residents' needs and comfort. | England/London | 75,000.00 |
| 2025 | OVA Capital Refurb | Office for Veterans Affairs | Mode Rehabilitation | Veterans' Haven Finalization Project | The Veterans' Haven Finalization Project will complete a refurbished property to house five veterans by funding a kitchen, en-suite bathroom, and furniture. Residents will receive free, unlimited access to mental health and support services next door, ensuring a stable, supportive environment for their recovery and transition to independent living. | England/North West | 31,000.00 |
| 2025 | OVA Capital Refurb | Office for Veterans Affairs | RAF Association | Enhancing futures at Dowding House | The RAF Association will undertake an extensive refurbishment of Dowding House to extend its usable life and ensure it continues to be accessible and compliant housing for older members of the armed forces veteran community, to enable them to continue living independently in a community of like-minded people. | Scotland | 72,115.00 |
| 2025 | OVA Capital Refurb | Office for Veterans Affairs | The Royal Alfred Seafarers' Society | Refurbishment of Sheltered Accommodation | The project will refurbish 2 flats for veterans and their families, to give more useable space in the kitchens, refresh the bathroom adaptations to enhance safety and mobility. | England/South East | 30,141.00 |
| 2025 | OVA Capital Refurb | Office for Veterans Affairs | The Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation | Plant System at Wessex House | A new Plant System at Wessex House will provide economical and energy efficient heating and hot water system at Stoll's Countess of Wessex House, which is one of Stoll's Housing Schemes for veterans. | England/London | 75,000.00 |
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