
Family Support Service
Ex-service families can now receive the support they need thanks to Walking With The Wounded's Manchester Hub.
We have a new Family Support Worker!
Victoria’s new role will deliver direct support to those ex-service personnel and their families who are struggling. She will assess their needs, develop bespoke support plans and provide support and advice to ensure positive changes to their lives at home and in the community. Victoria will also be working closely with other local organisations which offer opportunities for vulnerable members of the Greater Manchester community.
Commenting on her new position at WWTW, Victoria Squires
says: “This Family Support role is the first in the North West and Walking With
The Wounded have already seen some great outcomes within the local veteran
community. I am thoroughly enjoying my new role here in Manchester, it gives me
great pleasure enabling family members of ex-service personnel to gain
necessary support to improve family life and life within the community.”
Since her appointment, Victoria has already achieved life
changing outcomes:
After receiving a referral from another military service
partner, Victoria was contacted by a widow of a Royal Navy veteran. The lady
was homeless and struggling to look after her four children whilst living in a
tent. Thanks to WWTW’s excellent relationship with local organisation Adactus Housing Associations, together WWTW and Adactus were able to support this lady
and her children into secure accommodation.
WWTW’s collaborative philosophy is crucial to its success. The
charity’s office in Manchester plays a key role in developing partnerships with
the Council, other military charities and local organisations in order to
support the local ex-service community. WWTW’s focus is to improve the pathway
back to independence for ex-servicemen and women.
The hub on Canada Street in Manchester, also known as the ‘Veterans’ Village’, opened as a result of the BBC DIY SOS programme in 2015. As well as providing an office for the charity’s North West team, it also boasts a Training House offering four short-term, supported beds providing accommodation for beneficiaries completing their journey back into work and independence. WWTW also oversees a further eighteen supported beds in two other locations in Greater Manchester, in partnership with housing charity Nacro.
North West Operations
Manager, Gary Lamb, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Victoria to the team,
she’s an incredibly hardworking individual who has been working with WWTW for
nearly 3 months. She has seven clients and is already making a difference and
changing lives.
“I am really pleased to see the Manchester hub growing and
being able to deliver services to family members as well as those who have
served in HM forces. This role is a great asset to WWTW and the community of
Greater Manchester and the Northwest.”