Scarborough's Mayor is officially opening the new Armed Forces Community and Veterans Hub in the town today.
Scarborough Mayor, Thomas Murray, will be officially opening our new Armed Forces Community & Veterans Hub, at the start of Scarborough’s Armed Forces week at 2pm on Monday.
The Mayor will meet the Chair of the Hub’s Steering Committee, Counsellor Kevin Foster (the Armed Forces Champion for North Yorkshire), along with representatives of partner organisations, donors, veterans and volunteer Ambassadors.
This new initiative is hosted by Age UK North Yorkshire Coast & Moors and sponsored by the Veterans’ Foundation. It is the only dedicated site in the region that provides a one-stop-shop to meet the needs of members of the Armed Forces Community.
By joining forces with other groups and organisations in North Yorkshire, the Armed Forces Community & Veterans Hub are able to ensure that the thousands of serving and former members of the UK Armed Forces and their families, plus the increasing number of Ukrainian veterans and families living in the region, receive the support they want and deserve.
The Armed Forces Community & Veterans Hub is on duty on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays between 10am and 4pm offering the following services:
- Information & Support: Together with partner organisations offering drop-in services to provide information; signposting and navigation to Armed Forces and Civilian services
- Social Activities & Friendship: Delivering social events and outings and a Buddying service for lonely and isolated veterans
- Training Services: Providing free talks and fee-paying training services for community groups, charities and organisations that seek to improve how they support members of the Armed Forces Community
Age UK's Armed Forces Community and Veterans Hub Lead is Dr Lori Boul:
" Apart from providing services for veterans about joining forces with anybody in the area who is veteran friendly, shall we say, the basic idea is instead of all these separate organizations, let's pull it all together and try and keep it under an umbrella. So I think the more share, the better we get.
"We've got Carers Plus coming doing sessions in the Hub, citizens Advice, so people are gonna be invited to come in and run sessions for their organization within the Hub if it's for veterans."
Dr Boul added:
"The hub building and facilities and everything are being provided by the UK, but it's really a very tight budget. They are being very generous with providing the facilities here and hosting it and employing me, but there is no other funding. So I'm gonna be looking for people who might be able to pay the electricity bill or whatever.
"I'm looking for support from anybody. Local businesses would be great, and any organization that wants to contribute or help in any way, whatever support we can get to keep is going because I just really would hate in three years time to see all this just stop. Because there is a demand for it and there is good support."
The official opening is at 2pm.
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