It operates from two locations: a Drop-in Centre/Head Office in central London (Victoria) and a residential home (New Belvedere House) in east London (Stepney).
The charity's core business is averting and/or addressing the crisis, particularly where it threatens to lead to homelessness.
Veterans Aid was established in 1932 (designated originally as EFC – The Embankment Fellowship Centre) as a direct response to the homelessness caused by poverty and unemployment among the ex-service community in London.
It was founded by Mrs Gwendoline Huggins, whose husband was Adjutant of The Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1932–35.[2] Moved by the sight of men who had served their country sleeping on the capital’s streets and along the Thames Embankment, she decided to do something practical to remedy it. This led to the opening in January 1932 of H10, a canteen and recreation room for destitute ex-services personnel in Lambeth, South London.[3]
In 2007 the charity was renamed Veterans Aid, and its remit extended from homelessness to all issues affecting veterans in crisis.[4]
In general terms, all the charity’s activities revolve around helping ex-servicemen and women in crisis. Specifically, it deals with all the factors that contribute to the crisis, especially those leading to homelessness. Because homelessness is considered both a cause and an effect of dysfunction, charitable activities are diverse. The charity aims to restore veterans in crisis to a point where they can sustain productive, independent living.
The charity aims to tackle rough sleeping by committing to 'No First Night Out. The charity will immediately provide food, new clothing and safe accommodation to those seeking and qualifying for its help.
Subsequent interventions can include counselling, addiction treatment and rehabilitation, debt management and, where appropriate, access to education, retraining or the acquisition of a new skill. Help is given to identify employment opportunities and, when veterans are considered ready, help is provided to source appropriately decorated and furnished homes.[6]
^"VETERANS AID WELCOMES LADY ROTHERMERE AS PATRON". Veterans Aid.
^"What we do - Veterans Aid". Veterans Aid. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
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veterans, this, article, contains, wording, that, promotes, subject, subjective, manner, without, imparting, real, information, please, remove, replace, such, wording, instead, making, proclamations, about, subject, importance, facts, attribution, demonstrate,. This article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information Please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject s importance use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Veterans Aid is a UK charity providing support to ex servicemen and women Royal Navy Royal Marines Army RAF or Merchant Navy and their widows and widowers 1 Veterans AidFormation1932TypeCharityLocation27 Victoria Square London SW1W 0RBStaff25Websitewww veterans aid netIt operates from two locations a Drop in Centre Head Office in central London Victoria and a residential home New Belvedere House in east London Stepney The charity s core business is averting and or addressing the crisis particularly where it threatens to lead to homelessness Contents 1 History 2 Main activities 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory EditVeterans Aid was established in 1932 designated originally as EFC The Embankment Fellowship Centre as a direct response to the homelessness caused by poverty and unemployment among the ex service community in London It was founded by Mrs Gwendoline Huggins whose husband was Adjutant of The Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1932 35 2 Moved by the sight of men who had served their country sleeping on the capital s streets and along the Thames Embankment she decided to do something practical to remedy it This led to the opening in January 1932 of H10 a canteen and recreation room for destitute ex services personnel in Lambeth South London 3 In 2007 the charity was renamed Veterans Aid and its remit extended from homelessness to all issues affecting veterans in crisis 4 The charity s patron is the Dowager Viscountess Rothermere 5 Main activities EditIn general terms all the charity s activities revolve around helping ex servicemen and women in crisis Specifically it deals with all the factors that contribute to the crisis especially those leading to homelessness Because homelessness is considered both a cause and an effect of dysfunction charitable activities are diverse The charity aims to restore veterans in crisis to a point where they can sustain productive independent living The charity aims to tackle rough sleeping by committing to No First Night Out The charity will immediately provide food new clothing and safe accommodation to those seeking and qualifying for its help Subsequent interventions can include counselling addiction treatment and rehabilitation debt management and where appropriate access to education retraining or the acquisition of a new skill Help is given to identify employment opportunities and when veterans are considered ready help is provided to source appropriately decorated and furnished homes 6 See also EditMilitary Covenant HomelessnessReferences Edit VETERANS AID Charity 1095308 register of charities charitycommission gov uk Retrieved 2022 06 02 War artist s cartoon resurrected by Veterans Aid in WW1 centenary year Veterans Aid 2014 12 15 Retrieved 2017 01 05 Veterans Aid History Archived October 5 2011 at the Wayback Machine History Veterans Aid Veterans Aid Retrieved 2017 01 05 VETERANS AID WELCOMES LADY ROTHERMERE AS PATRON Veterans Aid What we do Veterans Aid Veterans Aid Retrieved 2017 01 05 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Veterans Aid amp oldid 1121632895, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
