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.
Our Christmas Auction is now live
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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.
Thank you to all who came along to make this another special Carol Concert.
“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 is live!
Running until 8th December, this year’s Auction has 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.
To head over to the Auction page please click on the link below –
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
Big Give 2024
We are excited to announce that this year we will be taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge! The link is now live! It’s that special time of year, where you get to make an extra difference. During The Big Give Week, 3rd – 10th December, every donation made is DOUBLED! That’s right, one…
Exciting announcement
We are excited to announce that Dame Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Dominic West and James Purefoy have been confirmed as readers for this year’s SWV Carol Concert! SOLD OUT – but we are running a waiting list so please click on the ticket link at the bottom of the page to add your name. This…
Auction is now live!
This year’s SWV Online Christmas Auction is now live! Each year SWV hosts an exciting online Christmas Auction, and the link is live from 7th November until 9pm on 8th December. All items have been kindly donated, so all proceeds from the Auction go directly to SWV to fund ongoing support for Veterans to…
