We are proud to announce that Veterans Aid Trustee, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, GCB, CBE, DFC, ADC, has been appointed as a Knight Grand Cross of The Most Honourable order of the Bath (GCB). He was granted this remarkable State Honour by Her Majesty the Queen in the 2020 Birthday Honours List. Sir Stephen retired from the Royal Air […]
The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund has awarded £15,000 to help fund Veterans Aid’s vital interventions. This will go towards preventing difficult circumstances from turning into a crisis and supporting individuals towards leading successful and independent lives. Veterans Aid’s work concentrates on immediate action, so situations do not worsen, and individuals are prevented from sleeping […]
Veterans Aid HQ and Operational Centre is operational. Please now contact us on our usual numbers: Freephone: 0800 012 6867 Landline: 0207 828 2468 Monday to Thursday: 8:30am – 3:30pm, Friday: 8:30am – 1:30pm Advice and support will be provided in line with Government advice.
A unique joint venture aimed at preventing homelessness and getting immediate help to potentially rough sleeping veterans has been launched by Transport for London and the charity Veterans Aid. Through a series of internal posters, transport staff are advised to ‘Approach, Engage and Advise’ individuals who are rough sleeping or appear prepared to bed down […]
Veterans Aid is open for business Veterans Aid is resilient, flexible and operational. We have complied scrupulously with all COVID-19 restrictions and taken no risks with the health of staff or clients. No face-to-face services or admissions are available but, following appropriate restrictions, our residential facility, New Belvedere House, is operational; its dedicated staff continue […]
In response to coronavirus (COVID-19), Veterans Aid HQ and Operational Centre will be closed. No face-to-face services or admissions will be available. Advice and support, in line with national limitations, will continue to be provided remotely via telephone during our working hours. Monday to Thursday: 8:30am – 3:30pm, Friday: 8:30am – 1:30pm Operational: +44 (0) […]
A casual encounter with a Big Issue seller launched a 10 year commitment to support Veterans Aid. Julie was on her way to work when she turned a corner in Leicester and saw a man standing there selling The Big Issue. The man was someone she would often stop to have a conversation with. On […]
Veterans Aid has received a grant of £50,000 from The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) and its partner funder Greenwich Hospital in support of ex-servicemen and women in crisis who served in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. Case study Arthritis ended David’s career in the Royal Navy whilst he was still in his twenties. By the time […]
Douglas & Gordon (D&G), a leading London estate agency who opened their first office in 1958, have been fundraising for Veterans Aid since 2018. Always innovative, D&G have organised events such as Quiz nights and a Valentine’s Day, where staff bought roses and chocolates to send to people around the company with little messages. They […]
Veterans Aid is proud to have been awarded £250,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund. Received in three yearly instalments, the grant will be spent on a range of interventions responsive to the situation of the individual concerned, as part of VA’s Homelessness Prevention work. Those interventions include advice for those at risk of homelessness, […]
