The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has worked with the Office for Veterans’ Affairs to award a grant under a specialist grant scheme to end veteran homelessness.
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The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has worked with the Office for Veterans’ Affairs to award a grant under a specialist grant scheme to end veteran homelessness.
Read moreRiverside and the University of York are involved in the No Homeless Veterans Roadmap (NHVR) research project which is entering the interviews stage.
Read moreA new research study has been launched with the aim of creating a roadmap to end homelessness for British military veterans.
Read moreDuring the Covid – 19 pandemic SPACES are continuing to deliver a housing advice and placement service to single veterans who are homeless or threatened with homelessness, throughout the UK.
Read moreDuring the Covid-19 pandemic, SPACES are continuing to deliver a housing advice and placement service to single veterans who are homeless or threatened with homelessness, throughout the UK.
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We asking you to pledge your support and to update you on some very positive developments on our quest to eliminate Veterans’ homelessness following our reception at the House of Lords in March.
The University of York research that we launched at the reception highlights how some ex-Service personnel slip through the net and end up homeless after leaving the Armed Forces. Evidence suggests that well over a thousand ex-service personnel each year require urgent support to find accommodation.
On the back of this research we developed a Call to Action to help tackle this important issue.
Read moreThe Cobseo Housing Cluster received the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) Working Together Award at the Soldiering on Awards on Friday 20th April, at a special ceremony at Westminster Bridge Park Plaza.
The Cluster is a combination of 30 veterans’ housing organizations and charities formed to provide veteran specific housing and create an integrated veterans’ housing sector, with clear pathways for ex-Service personnel and their families in housing need to move into permanent homes.
Read moreNew research commissioned by Stoll and Riverside, released today [Tuesday 6th March] at an event at the House of Lords, highlights how some vulnerable ex-Service personnel in crisis are not accessing support services resulting in homelessness after leaving the Armed Forces.
The Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) funded research, conducted by York University, found that of participating veterans, many experienced inconsistent quality of advice on transitioning from Service and inadequate support from Local Housing Authorities in the years after leaving service, many of whom did not identify the specialist support available to veterans.
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Afghanistan support
In light of recent events in Afghanistan, please find information and support resources here
