Established in 1946 as a registered charity and home for disabled servicemen, Chaseley Trust has a proud military heritage and a long record of caring for veterans with complex injuries. While we now serve a broader community, veterans and their families remain at the heart of our purpose. Our 55-bed home in Eastbourne supports adults over 18 with acquired brain injury and neurological conditions such as Huntington’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neurone Disease and Parkinson’s.
These conditions often make everyday tasks impossible without specialist nursing and rehabilitation. We provide nursing care, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and a programme of social and recreational activities that help residents retain as much independence as possible. Our on-site rehabilitation gym is open to individuals with disabilities from the local community and complements individual therapy plans.
Chaseley honours its origins while continuing to deliver practical, person-centred care for veterans and civilians with profound disability and their families.
Chaseley gives the Armed Forces Community priority for admissions, ensuring veterans and their families can access specialist nursing and rehabilitation quickly. We offer a 25% discount on gym membership for Armed Forces Community members; our on-site rehabilitation gym supports therapy, social activity and ongoing physiotherapy. Each week a brilliant team of about ten local veterans volunteers provides hands-on help with small repairs, garden maintenance, driving community activities and spending time with residents — singing, sharing stories and laughing together. These veterans volunteers are affectionately known as The Chaseley Voluntolds and are central to daily life. These measures — priority admissions, discounted facilities and weekly volunteer support — make Chaseley a veteran-friendly home that honours our military heritage while meeting the needs of people with neuro-disabilities, local residents needing rehabilitation services, and those who want to give their time.
What makes us proud is the people and the history. Chaseley has seen generations recover and, for some, make this their home for life. That continuity matters.
There is a deep culture of care, pride and camaraderie here. The presence of our veterans volunteers keeps the military link alive and lifts spirits.
We believe there are solutions to every problem and, together, we find them. Practical teamwork between staff, therapists, residents and volunteers turns obstacles into possibilities. No matter their physical or emotional limitations, everyone here is an active and valued member of our very big Chaseley family.
Membership of Cobseo gives Chaseley vital information about Armed Forces resources and frontline organisations. Being part of the network raises Chaseley’s profile across the ex-service sector and we hope it will strengthen referral pathways, leading to more veteran referrals for our nursing, rehabilitation and gym services. As the relationship develops, we hope to be better placed to direct veterans to the right support.
Afghanistan support
In light of recent events in Afghanistan, please find information and support resources here