A Glasgow charity is celebrating after making a successful bid for funding from Nationwide Building Society for its work to support housing for veterans and their families in the area…
Nationwide, the UK’s biggest building society, has been looking to support charities dealing with the many issues around housing in Scotland and has made £250,000 available to help make a difference across communities across the region. Glasgow Helping Heroes has been confirmed as one of those that has been successful in receiving a grant of £25,000 to support its work.
Glasgow’s Helping Heroes is a partnership between SSAFA and Glasgow City Council, to support the serving community, veterans and their families. The team offer holistic help and advice on issues such as housing, employment and training, dealing with debt or financial issues as well as assistance relating to health problems.
Nationwide invited applications for grants of up to £50,000 for housing projects that have the potential to strengthen communities and help make a difference in local areas, ranging from preventing people from being homeless, helping people into a home and supporting people to remain in their homes.
Rachel Tribble, Service Manager Glasgow’s Helping Heroes, said: “We are delighted that the work we do with the Armed Forces community in Glasgow has been recognised by Nationwide. We’re extremely grateful for the incredibly generous grant which will help us reach more veterans and their families in need.
“Our plan is to launch a new ‘Tenancy Support Programme’ that supports veterans to successfully sustain new tenancies. It will offer support to manage their homes – by paying rent on time, budgeting, taking meter readings, and knowing who to call if something goes wrong.”
