TY - BOOK
T1 - Exploring the Need for a Veterans' Centre in Northern Ireland
AU - Armour, C
AU - Walker, Emma
AU - Hall, Matthew
AU - Waterhouse-Bradley, Bethany
AU - Ross, Jana
AU - Mc Lafferty, Margaret
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The current report builds upon the findings of our previous two reports; Supporting & Serving Military
Veterans in Northern Ireland, which scoped the services available to NI veterans through the statutory,
Ministry of Defence (MOD) and voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations, and the Current and
Future Needs of Veterans in Northern Ireland, which outlines the findings of focus groups with a range of
veterans in NI as well as perspectives of those providing direct services to this population regarding the
needs of the veteran population in the region. The first report identified a large infrastructure of various
support services, with a paucity of veteran specific services in the statutory sector. The second report
found that veterans’ needs are often complex and overlapping, and accessing support is hindered by a
number of social and institutional barriers. With the complexity of veterans’ needs, and the obstacles to
identifying and accessing appropriate services described by veterans themselves, there is some appeal in a
dedicated Veterans’ Centre. The possibility and acceptability of such a centre, what it might look like, and
what services it may provide, is the primary concern of this report.
AB - The current report builds upon the findings of our previous two reports; Supporting & Serving Military
Veterans in Northern Ireland, which scoped the services available to NI veterans through the statutory,
Ministry of Defence (MOD) and voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations, and the Current and
Future Needs of Veterans in Northern Ireland, which outlines the findings of focus groups with a range of
veterans in NI as well as perspectives of those providing direct services to this population regarding the
needs of the veteran population in the region. The first report identified a large infrastructure of various
support services, with a paucity of veteran specific services in the statutory sector. The second report
found that veterans’ needs are often complex and overlapping, and accessing support is hindered by a
number of social and institutional barriers. With the complexity of veterans’ needs, and the obstacles to
identifying and accessing appropriate services described by veterans themselves, there is some appeal in a
dedicated Veterans’ Centre. The possibility and acceptability of such a centre, what it might look like, and
what services it may provide, is the primary concern of this report.
M3 - Commissioned report
BT - Exploring the Need for a Veterans' Centre in Northern Ireland
ER -