Recent research from the ONS that found that the most commonly held perception of veterans was that they are routinely forgotten and ignored. The most recent Supporting Our Veterans consultation highlighted key barriers for veterans integrating back into civilian life, including lack of access to housing, employment, and mental health support. These challenges can be even more pronounced for ‘invisible’ veterans from communities underrepresented and not traditionally associated with the armed forces who face additional burdens securing recognition and accessing post-service support. With the latest census returning 1.85 million veterans in England and Wales, it is imperative that healthcare providers, local authorities, and NGO’s work in close concert to ensure that the support provided meets the evolving needs of the veteran community.
Join us at The National Supporting Veterans Conference 2024 to gain insights into the latest initiatives, challenges, and best practice in veteran physical and mental care. The conference will address key challenges including providing personalised care for veterans, delivering specialist mental health support as well as ensuring support is joined-up across local service providers. There will also be the opportunity to network with senior colleagues from across the sector to discuss challenges around improving veteran outreach and encouraging help-seeking behaviours. Why Attend: NEW AND EXCLUSIVE TO YOUR
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Online Registration
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Chair’s Opening Remarks
Dr Chris Kay, Senior Research Fellow, Veterans and Families Institute, Anglia Ruskin University (CONFIRMED)
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Keynote: Providing Personalised Care to Meet the Evolving Needs of Veterans
- Identifying emerging challenges for recent and long-term forces leavers reintegrating into the civilian world
- Accessing funding to source mobility aids and equipment grants for injured or disabled veterans
- Guidance on providing financial support and advice to promote veteran financial wellbeing and stability
Lynne Doherty, Director of Social Care Operations, SSAFA (CONFIRMED)
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Keynote: Addressing Changing Veteran Need and Identifying Recurring Challenges
- Identifying emerging challenges for recent and long-term forces leavers reintegrating into the civilian world
Thomas McBarnet, Director of Programmes, Forces in Mind Trust (CONFIRMED)
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Questions & Answers Session
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Comfort Break
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Keynote: Supporting ‘Invisible’ Veterans from Traditionally Under-Represented Communities to Access Assistance
- Delivering immigration advice and connecting non-UK veterans to the Commonwealth and Families Veterans’ Support Group
- Supporting veterans who have been victims of sexual harassment and assault during their service to access therapeutic care
- Ensuring employment and healthcare providers are trained on the disadvantages LGBTQI and female veterans have faced to ensure they are not replicated
Paula Edwards, CEO, Salute Her UK (CONFIRMED)
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Case Study: Recommendations for Delivering High Quality Joined Up Care for Veterans
- Offering a single point of contact for veteran’s and their families to access support networks
- Liaising with healthcare providers to organise regular check-ins and remove the stress of coordinating care from veterans and their families
- Providing training to organisations who do not have military expertise so that providers employ trauma-informed approaches that help veterans feel safe, empowered and understood when accessing support
- Developing a social prescribing service that centres around the 5 ways to wellbeing
Dr Gill Le Page, VCN Services Director, Veterans Community Network (CONFIRMED)
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Case Study: OpCourage – Psychological Pathways, Underpinnings, and Overview of Veterans Support
- Trauma Informed Care and Service Development
- Enhanced Team Support
- Core Team Support
- Psychologically Informed Practice and Supervision
Helen Birbeck, Clinical Service Manager, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust and Sian Wood, Senior Psychological Therapist, Op COURAGE North (CONFIRMED)
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Questions and Answers Session
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Lunch Break
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Case Study: Tackling the Common Barriers to Veterans Accessing Physical and Mental Health Support
Ian Lofting, Armed Forces Champion for Kent, DWP (CONFIRMED)
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Case Study: Supporting Veterans in your Organisation and Navigating the Criminal Justice System
- Solutions to support vulnerable veterans and encourage help-seeking behaviours
- Maintaining relationships with external service providers to rapidly signpost local veterans to available support
- Strategies for building a rapport with and supporting veterans inside of the criminal justice system
- Supporting ex-forces colleagues within your organisation and championing veteran recruitment and retention
Darren Andrews, Armed Forces Champions Lead, Hampshire Constabulary (CONFIRMED)
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Questions and Answers Session
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Breakout Networking: Removing Barriers to Service Uptake and Rewarding Help-Seeking Behaviours
This session will provide you with the opportunity to discuss the main challenges you face around increasing uptake of your support services and identifying common barriers to veteran’s help-seeking. This networking session will allow you to share your experiences and encourage cross sector collaboration.
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Comfort Break
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Keynote: Embedding Veteran and Carer Voices into Service Design and Delivery to Improve Health and Work Outcomes
Nicky Murdoch, Non Executive Director Independent Chair of Armed Forces Public Patient Voice Group, NHS England (CONFIRMED)
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Case Study: Providing Wrap Around Mental Health Support for Veterans and their Families
- Creating a crisis plan to deliver intensive support during critical periods of vulnerability
- Collaborating with charities to provide targeted referrals to specialised counselling resources and services
- Guidance for delivering substance misuse treatment and support for veterans
- Strategies for assessing local need and collaborating with GPs to ensure veterans are effectively allocated across local capacity
Lynne Davidson, Operations Manger Op Courage, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CONFIRMED)
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Case Study: Supporting Veterans into Employment Post-Service
- Creating interview practice workshops to help veterans prepare for the application process
- Engaging local businesses to challenge unhelpful stereotypes and encourage widespread adoption of the Armed Forces Covenant
- Connecting with active service and recently discharged service members to provide guidance on identifying potential employers and careers pathways
- Strategies for engaging ex-forces offenders and showcasing employment opportunities and reduce the risk of re-offending
Cllr Keith Girling, Armed Forces Champion, Nottinghamshire County Council (CONFIRMED)
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Questions and Answers Session
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Chair’s Closing Remarks
Who Should Attend?
Delegates who will have an interest in this event will be people who work and support the veteran’s community.
*This Conference is open to Public, Private and Third Sectors
For more information or to make a booking please call 0330 058 4285

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