Delivering independence to UK Veterans through groundbreaking physical and psychological care.
Founded in 2012, Supporting Wounded Veterans provide 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.
"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.
I am a Veteran
We can help you to 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.
Ski-habilitation Week 2025
Applications are open for next year's Ski-habilitation Week.
This is a transformation week for Veterans, giving them the opportunity to get onto the slopes with the support and understanding of a support network who understand the unique physical and mental health challenges that Veterans face
Click below for more information.
Please come and join us on 4th December 2024 for this year's Carol Concert.
Last year's concert was a sell out and a huge success, so be sure to save this date in your diary!
For an enquiries, or to offer your support for this event, please email polly@swv.org.uk
The six important pathways that aid Veterans in their rehabilitation back to independence -
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 anyway I will with great pleasure."
Peer support from those who have faced injury, illness and battled themselves and have completed SWV pathways for veterans.
