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.
Ski-habilitation Week 2025
Not long to go!
We look forward to welcoming this year’s SWV Veterans along to the Ski-habilitation Week 2025. This is the first stage on a pathway to further help and support to a brighter future.
To learn more about the SWV Ski-habilitation Week please follow the link below.
“Without these awesome people I dread to think where I would be. They have helped me on a practical level and an emotional level and they really do care. I can’t thank them enough”
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.
Rivers’ Forum 2025
“The speakers and panel sessions were incredibly insightful.”
The Rivers’ Forum was created to find opportunities and employment for Veterans in the river environment and associated industries, while helping to find solutions to the UK’s river pollution crisis.
To find out more about the Rivers’ Forum 2025, taking place from 13th – 14th May, please click here.
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.
Events taking place in 2025
Stay up to date with fundraising events happening throughout the year.
We would love to have you along to our fun, friendly and welcoming events. These are a fantastic opportunity to catch up with the SWV Team, along with many of our amazing Veterans and to find out about the ongoing work within the charity.
To find out more about this year’s events 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,…
