OUR MISSION
HOW WE HELP
Our mission is to improve lives every day. Our heritage means we support Armed Forces veterans and their families, and the families of serving personnel, providing housing, employment and care. However since we were established in 1919, we have expanded, and we now also support people with disabilities and people who are out of work. Our aim is to ensure they have appropriate, sustainable employment and a brighter future.
BRITAIN’S BRAVEST MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Our focus as we approach our centenary year in 2019 is to ensure we are ready to support veterans for the next 100 years. We will invest in housing, welfare and care to ensure we provide the help Britain’s Bravest need throughout the 21st century and beyond.
Our social enterprise, Britain’s Bravest Manufacturing Company provides employment and volunteering opportunities to Armed Forces veterans, especially those who are wounded, injured or sick, and disabled people. Find out more about their impact over the last year ion pages 12–15.
WE WILL INVEST IN: HOUSING AND CARE
Welfare 1 in 10 veterans experience depression, and are more likely to be out of work than their civilian counterparts. Investing in our integrated welfare support with advice on everything from health to benefits, means we will ensure Britain’s Bravest get the help they need.
In our unique village in Kent, we have a wide variety of housing and care for veterans and their families. With everything from veterans’ family housing to a nursing home for older residents, we are able to ensure a stable environment and support individuals to be as independent as possible. All residents can also be supported by our welfare teams via STEP-IN, our integrated health and social care programme.
EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS
A distressing lack of single-person accommodation means single veterans are often left homeless. For injured veterans there is also a distinct lack of appropriate housing. Our new developments including apartments and mews-style family housing will ensure they have a home and a more secure future.
Nationally we provide employment support to Armed Forces veterans, helping those who have hit hard times to find work on civvy street. We also provide assessments across England, Scotland and Wales, ensuring people with disabilities and health conditions are able to stay in work. Across Kent and Sussex we also deliver employment support and skills training to disabled people and people who are out of work.
Care
SCOTLAND’S BRAVEST MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Housing
Increasing pressure on dementia and social care provision means quality of life for elderly veterans and disabled people is affected. Refurbishments and developments of our own care facilities will ensure we can play our part in combating the care crisis.
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Our latest venture is an additional social enterprise, Scotland’s Bravest Manufacturing Company, which will provide employment and volunteering opportunities to Armed Forces veterans. Currently in the development phase, this factory near Glasgow will be up and running in late 2018, providing products and services to companies in the public and private sectors. 9