Veteran Mentoring: Guiding Transition to Civilian Life

Transitioning from military to civilian life can be a complex time for veterans. Trained mentors can provide help with professional and business matters, and with personal challenges. They can assist in identifying goals, and tackling professional or personal barriers, leading to a more fulfilled life. Our mentor programme was launched in 2014, and was originally offered to veterans completing our Ski Week with nearly all of them taking up this offer. Now all veterans who have completed Sports Habilitation or a Pain Management programme are invited to join the mentoring programme. ​ It is a structured programme with each veteran allocated a dedicated mentor to support their return to meaningful civilian life and employment. The process may continue long after a veteran gains employment, and the vast majority of mentoring relationships last beyond a year. Mentors are someone a veteran can confide in and work through their problems with, and the difference they make is often considerable. 80% of veterans on our Pain Management Programme who had a mentor said it had benefited them.

Supporting Wounded Veterans provides limbless and wounded veterans with opportunities in sport, the arts, and beyond for wellbeing and recovery.