The Bridge for Heroes proudly works alongside their partner charities in the East of England region to develop better, more joined up lasting support for local veterans with mental health needs as part of the VPPP programme.
In order to build on this success and work towards a future that makes the UK the best place in the world to be a veteran, we are proud to support the Office for Veterans’ Affairs in a major consultation they have launched to gather evidence on the experiences of UK Armed Forces Veterans.
By better understanding veterans, their families and their experiences in the community, the UK Government’s Office for Veteran’s Affairs can shape their strategies to ensure the country as a whole does the best for their veterans.
Responses from the VPPP partners dedicated veteran’s charities, as well as the network of other veteran organisations and experts, and the veterans and their families are crucial to consultation.
We encourage you to take part, and to share this consultation link with your veteran’s, their families and colleagues that are part of your organisation.
What does the consultation cover?
As a group of veteran’s charities in the VPPP project we experience every day the issues that effect veteran’s and their families, whether it is health, housing, or employment. The consultation seeks to build information on all of these, any many other topics to build information that can be used to better target the future needs of veterans. The full list of topics covered in the consultation are:
- Health and Wellbeing
- Employment, Education and Skills
- Making a Home in Civilian Society
- Finance and Debt
- Veterans and the Law
- Community and Relationships
- Collaboration between organisations
- Coordination of Veterans’ services
- Data on the Veteran community
- Public perception and understanding
- Recognition of Veterans
- Economic contribution of veterans
Please share the link to this consultation, whether it is colleagues in your own veterans’ organisation, the veterans themselves and their families, business groups and employers and any other groups or organisations that you know support veterans.
http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/supporting-our-veterans-a-consultation