Pathways into mental health services for UK veterans
This report details the primary pathways into statutory, or NHS/HSC provided care mental health services for veterans across the UK.
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Walking with the Wounded
Walking with the Wounded received £15,000 of Local Grants funding from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust for their Veterans in the Community Scotland project, which was a one-year veteran-led endeavour commencing in December 2018.
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The Fighting Chance
The Fighting Chance received £19,843 from the Trust in 2018 for a one-year project as part of the Local Grant programme. The Fighting Chance for Veterans project funded an intensive employment support project which links health and wellbeing with employment support to help extremely vulnerable veterans to get their lives “back on track’. The project is for those veterans who are the furthest from entering the labour market, and those struggling with isolation, housing issues or substance misuse.
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The Advocacy People
The Advocacy People received a grant from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust of £19,439 as part of the Local Grants Programme. The grant funded their “Military Integration and Training” project which was held in 2018 – 2019. The project aimed to provide specialist support for veterans in the Devon and Torbay area by organising integration events and awareness training for the veteran community’s employers and civilian frontline delivery staff working with veterans.
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Venture Trust
The Positive Futures – Meteorite project, with just over £140,000 of funding from the Trust’s Ex-Forces in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) programme, has enabled the organisation to work with “hidden veterans” which includes early Service leavers, those discharged for poor conduct, those with an offending background or who are in the CJS and don’t want to identify as a veteran, and those who traditionally refuse to engage with what is seen as ‘charity’.
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VC Gallery
The £20,000 “Project Lifeline” grant awarded by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust to the VC Gallery in Pembrokeshire proved to be exactly that when the Covid-19 crisis hit rural West Wales, leaving them as the only support mechanism for a number of extremely vulnerable veterans in the area.
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Surf Action
Funded by a £70,000 grant via the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s Positive Pathways programme, the Recovery Pathway has been externally validated via Dr Nick Caddick PhD at Loughborough University. The surf-based programme is clinically proven to improve the mental health of the veterans who partake in the scheme.
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CARER SUPPORT WILTSHIRE – COURAGE TO CARE
This project has enabled the creation of a network of trained carer support officers and volunteers within the military community. These individuals deliver on base training and support for carers, building resilience, enabling self-support and reducing dependency.
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BROOKEHOUSE
Initially funded in 2018 with LIBOR funding, Brooke House was awarded a grant from the Trust’s Tackling Serious Stress programme in 2019, which provided grants to organisations supporting veterans who were very unwell, including their carers and families.
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