Who We Help
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First Steps Bursary Scheme
First Steps is our bursary scheme which helps to fund both educational and vocational courses which are being attended by the Wounded, Injured and Sick. Individuals can apply directly for grants to help fund courses which will assist in qualifications to help them re-integrate in the work place.
For further details or to apply for a bursary, please contact Fergus Williams in the WWTW office.
Partnerships
Walking With The Wounded is not a service or care provider. We work in partnership with expert organizations who can effectively deliver training, education, career transition advice and planning for our wounded.
Your donation go to the funding of these programmes:
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Recovery Career Services
We are very proud to be involved in the RCS, a collaboration between the Ministry of Defense, the Career Transition Partnership, which manages the resettlement for all service leavers, as well as Walking With The Wounded, Help for Heroes, The Soldiers’ Charity, The Royal British Legion and the Regular Forces Employment Agency. The RCS provides a comprehensive pathway from the military into the civilian job market for our Wounded, Injured and Sick wounded service personnel, providing vocational advice, mentoring, training and education opportunities (where our First Steps Bursary Scheme is also available) as well as direct access to corporates who are keen to provide career opportunities. Walking With The Wounded is provided the funding, alongside Help for Heroes, for the Relationship Team within the RCS, a team which is directly working with UK plc in order to help get our Wounded, Injured and Sick find work.
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Skill Force
The Military to Mentors course, run by Skillforce, trains wounded servicemen and women to work as mentors in the SkillFoce schools program throughout some of the most deprived area in the UK. The scheme is proving hugely successful at getting children increasingly motivated and involved in full time education. Skillforce is a dynamic education charity which is working in schools in some of the most deprived areas of the UK.
Powered by Skillforce
Funded by Walking With The Wounded & The Royal British Legion
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The Warrior Programme
The Warrior Programme is a 3 day personal transformational and support programme which empowers traumatised Serving men and women and veterans to address complex challenges which have prevented them from leading a normal and fulfilled life. This course helps them start their journey back into the work place.
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The Poppy Factory
The Back to Work Programme, powered by The Poppy Factory, delivers support leading to employment for our wounded ex-servicemen and women, providing career development advice and vocational assessments, the sourcing of appropriate employers, and suitable roles within the correct culture of employment. The Poppy Factory will create employment for 500 disabled ex-service personnel over the next five years with this scheme. The Poppy Factory, which was established in 1922, has a simple aim – to enable wounded, injured and sick ex-Service men and women in finding paid, meaningful civilian employment.
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RBLI
RBLI’s LifeWorks programme is designed to act as an easily accessible service that identifies what specific issues are facing the Wounded, draws together and co-ordinates any specialist help they may need and supports them on their pathway to employment. In practical terms, it’s an innovative work-focused assessment and employability course that also provides follow-up information, advice and guidance and ongoing support to set the wounded on the right track in the world of civilian work.
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Discovery Quest veterans (DQv) project
DQV is a specialist 1 year mountaineering therapy project for ex-services personnel who have left the armed forces and who are experiencing severe psychological injuries incurred in service. The project is focused on supporting veterans who live in the Eastern/Midlands Region. The project is funded by Walking with the Wounded, Help for Heroes, and Norfolk PCT.
The project has two distinct elements running parallel with each other: the rehabilitation programme and the employment pathway programme.
Individuals undertake their Mountain Leader accredited training with the opportunity to undertake an assessment to become a qualified Mountain Leader. The focus is on developing a broad range of effective leadership and communication skills to assist both in their recovery and in future work related opportunities.
DQv also provides specialist employment support funded by Walking With The Wounded with a clear route to meaningful employment. DQv do this by providing direct proactive employment and careers support for all participants. The focus will be to engage with individuals from the start of the programme, tailoring a support/employment package to their individual requirements and supporting them into sustainable employment. DQv will be working in partnership with Forces Recruitment Services and leading outdoor expedition companies.
Funded by Walking With The Wounded
Direct Relationships
We also work directly with corporates who are looking to employ wounded servicemen and women, identifying the right employment for those with the right qualifications. It is vital that those who have been injured are aware of their own strengths and weaknesses, and are able to understand their aptitude so they look for the right job in the right sector. We help to coordinate this process, working with other organisations who have the required expertise. There is extraordinary willingness in the corporate sector to help these young men and women find work, but it is vital that the right job is identified for each individual for the right reason.
This programme is continually developing, and we would be delighted to hear directly from companies who would like to offer wounded servicemen and women employment opportunities.
Please contact us here.
