Founded in 2012, Supporting Wounded Veterans provides six comprehensive pathways, including sporting events, mentoring, pain management, and employment, to enable former UK servicemen and women, physically or mentally wounded, to move forward from rehabilitation to employment.
Carol Concert 2024
What a fantastic night it was!
We were delighted to welcome along another spectacular line up of special guests including Dame Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Dominic West & James Purefoy.
The Carol Concert 2025 will take place on 2nd December – see you there!
“I started the year with no possibilities and ended the year with everything being possible.”
John
Veteran battling with PTSD
I am a Veteran
We can help you find ways to manage your physical and mental health through Sports Habilitation or Pain Management Pathways. We offer many comprehensive programmes to help Veterans, like yourself, move forward to a more positive future.
If you are looking for support, please get in touch.
Online Christmas Auction has now ended
Running until 8th December, this year’s Auction had an incredible selection of gifts, experiences and trips away to bid on.
All funds raised from the Auction go directly to SWV for ongoing support for Veterans learning to adjust to life with injuries, illness and deeper battles.
Thank you to all who kindly supported this important fundraising event.
PTSD Trial
Supporting Wounded Veterans are working with King’s College London, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and NHS England on the first MDMA-assisted therapy in the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) clinical trial to the UK.
Rivers’ Forum 2024
“The speakers and panel sessions were incredibly insightful.”
The Rivers’ Forum was created to find employment for veterans on the Rivers and find solutions to the UK’s river pollution crisis.
To find out more about the SWV Rivers’ Forum 2024,
please follow the link below.
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The six important pathways that aid Veterans in their rehabilitation back to independence
Sports Habilitation
“With my walking stick, I’m an invalid, but on skis, I’m just another person.”
Sport is a proven, potent medium for confidence building. Adaptive skiing enables those with disabilities to level with those without in a way that few other sports can.
Pain Management
“If only I had attended this programme shortly after injury – it would have saved me years of pain and related anxiety. Thank you SWV for setting it up for me, it is going to have a hugely positive impact on my quality of life.”
We funded the UK’s first Veteran Pain Management Programme and continue to deliver pain management courses.
We have found that successfully managing pain can reduce the barriers to employment for many Veterans.
Mentoring
“I have had five years of nothing but hospital visits and being told negative, and scary, things about what was going to happen to my life. This is the first time for a long time that I have been treated as a human being with the chance for a positive future. The boost to my confidence and self-belief has been massive.”
Veterans who have participated in Sports Habilitation or Pain Management Programmes are offered individual mentoring support.
Mentors may offer help with retraining, career change, setting up a business, or returning to employment.
Occupation & Employment
Finding full-time employment or meaningful occupation addresses what is for many the most crucial part of a person’s transition from military to civilian life.
“Since we started our employment programme we have successfully found meaningful employment and training for over 90% of Veterans who engaged with SWV programmes.
Mental Health Support
Facing mental health battles can be hard, and there are many organisations that have the expertise and experience to help Veterans in need of mental health support.
Here at SWV we offer Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) sessions for Veterans on SWV pathways to help reduce symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, depression and pain, supporting them to a more positive future.
Veteran Support Network
“My whole experience with SWV has restored my faith in the human race and has pulled me out of a very dark place, if I can help you guys out in any way I will with great pleasure.”
Peer support from those who have faced injury, illness and battled themselves and have completed SWV pathways for veterans.
Latest News
Summer Drinks 2025
We are delighted to announce that the SWV’s annual summer drinks party will be on 1st May 2024 at the Cavalry & Guards Club. Tickets will be available soon, so watch this space! An evening of drinks and canapés and a chance to catch up with the charity, their events, its work, and the Veterans who…
Rollicking Reels 2025
Join us on 4th October 2024 for SWV’s 2nd annual Rollicking Reels. After last year’s inaugural event was a sell-out, we are delighted to announce that the SWV Rollicking Reels will return for another rollicking night of Scottish Reeling. Watch this space for tickets…..or sign up to our newsletter HERE
Carol Concert 2025
After such a fantastic concert of 2024 we are excited to announce that the date is set for this year’s SWV Carol Concert. Please save the date – 2nd December 2025 – and watch this space for further details. It is set to be another fantastic evening full of festive musical delights and star readers,…
