Norcare client story 1
In 2009 Paula (not her real name) came to one of Norcare’s supported housing projects with her young son. She had suffered sexual abuse at the...
Norcare Veterans Centre
The Norcare Veterans' Centre
Newcastle
The Norcare Veterans’ Centre was set up to help some of the hundreds of homeless ex-servicemen and women across the UK. It offers help to a hidden army of veterans that has slipped through the support net and ended up on the streets or ‘sofa surfing’, suffering problems with drugs, alcohol and mental ill health.
The Norcare Veterans’ Centre has en-suite residential rooms as well as outreach facilities providing veterans with a range of support services including access to counselling and family liaison services, accommodation and specialist services including drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
The centre has been set up in a converted private house to help residents feel part of a unit, providing them with the structure and community that is such a big part of life in the Forces. Residents are expected to stay in the centre for between six and 12 months and will have the opportunity to eat, cook and socialise together.
Our servicemen and women deserve tremendous respect for their work on our behalf and it is essential we support them when they return home. While some may have horrific injuries, others may have less obvious scars which may be psychological or simply a need for help to adjust back to civilian life.
This is what The Norcare Veterans’ Centre is designed to do.
