Veterans Aid is unique. Not just because of what it does, but because it does it immediately. Within hours of someone walking through the door, they can be provided with food, new clothing and accommodation. And that’s only the beginning.
NBH is our flagship residential facility in East London where veterans in crisis receive the stability, structure and day‑to‑day support that help them rebuild their lives.
“Old soldiers never die; they simply fade away,” warned General Douglas MacArthur in 1951. More than half a century later, it’s not the soldiers who are fading but the nation’s focus on them that seems to ebb and flow. Professor Hugh Milroy, CEO of Veterans Aid, asks whether Britain is now caught in that same difficult rhythm?
Our recent article on the growing fragility of small frontline charities – published by Politics Home – has now been picked up by EUROMIL (the European Organisation of Military Associations and Trade Unions). In sharing the piece, EUROMIL underscored the central message that effective veteran support is inseparable from national defence readiness.
Veterans Aid has become the new charitable partner of the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) and will benefit from its support for the next three years.
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