About Us
VSS was born from the experience of two veterans who have struggled with their own mental health following a career in the military. Supporting those like us means everything.
"We are not clinical, we just know what it feels like"
Since The #NationalLottery began, you’ve helped support over 28,000 veteran projects. Including @VeteransSuppor2, founded by David & Simon. Read more about their vital work here: https://bit.ly/ProjectVeterans
Vision
To carry out activities which benefit the community, and in particular (without limitation), to the Armed Forces Community of Lincolnshire and the surrounding area
Aims
- Enable veterans and their families to gain access to and choice of quality opportunities
- Improve information on issues that affect Veterans lives
- Enable people, employers and communities to respect and meet Veterans individual needs
- Enable Veterans to make a difference to issues that affect their lives
- Make a positive difference to Veterans and communities who are often left out or excluded
Objectives
- To provide expert advice and guidance to Veterans and their families on issues that affects their lives
- To support the mental health and wellbeing of Veterans
- To empower veterans to acknowledge, talk about and address their health issues, including signposting them to support services
- To provide programmes of training and support to individuals to overcome personal barriers
- To advocate on behalf of veterans in the none veteran community