Supporting Our Veterans

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Accommodation and Support

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Welcome to Launchpad

Launchpad provides accommodation and support to help veterans make a successful transition from military to civilian life. In some cases, they need time to stabilise their lives before tackling training and job hunting but Launchpad offers the veterans that opportunity.

675+

veterans helped since 2013

86%

from a homeless background*

61%

successful move-ons*

50%

gained employment during their time with Launchpad*

* average figures over the last five years to December 2023

Our Locations

We have three houses in Liverpool, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Durham, each providing comfortable self-contained flats and communal facilities, including a social and training area, kitchen, IT suite, laundry and outdoor garden area.

 

At Speke House in Liverpool, we provide 50 self-contained flats. At Avondale House in Newcastle, we offer 33 self-contained one-bedroom flats while at Hollyacre House in Durham, we provide accommodation for up to 18 residents.

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Our Team

Our experienced staff work in partnership with a range of specialist providers to help residents with additional support to improve their wellbeing, to help them claim benefits, to tackle training and to help them to acquire jobs and subsequent accommodation.

 

Our aim is to help veterans secure employment and more permanent housing within two years so that they can live independently and contribute to society.

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Outcomes

“If I hadn’t reached out to Op FORTITUDE, I probably would be dead if not from suicide, then probably natural causes from sleeping out in the cold. Launchpad has been a saviour for me.”

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