| |
| Project title |
Veteran’s
and their Families in Scotland |
| Funding details |
Funded by Moray
Endowment Trust. |
| Research
team |
Professor
Linda McKie, Glasgow Caledonian University
Brigadier (Retired) Allan Alstead CBE
Mrs Zoe Morrison and Dr Fionagh Thomson
both Centre for Population Health Sciences |
| Dates |
December 2010 and
on-going |
| Type of project |
Setting a research
Agenda and Developing Research Applications |
| Keywords |
Veterans, families, resettlement,
third sector, Scotland |
Project
description |
The over-arching aim of this project is
to develop a research agenda with charities and individuals
working with veterans from UK Armed Forces in Scotland and their
families.
To achieve this over-arching aim we organised the work across
the
following stages:-
• Mapping and scoping: what the
charities are offering in terms of support?
How
and why?
• Broad agenda setting: what do veterans
find both useful and challenging
in the current
economic and political context?
• Agreeing priorities:
How do veterans perceive future opportunities
and
challenges?
• Future outputs: how do we establish
an agenda for collaborative activities,
e.g. project
applications, knowledge exchange and community engagement?
The research team undertook background research and work with
charities. In
June 2011 a joint workshop was run with Veteran’s Scotland
and 31 veterans of
various ages and service and resettlement experiences. You can
read the report
of this event by clicking on the link below.
In addition to those with acknowledged health needs, there are
many veterans not
currently drawing on charitable support. This may be because
they have successfully transitioned into civilian life, or prefer
alternate support mechanisms (for example peer support) or have
been less fortunate (for example become homeless or offended
and been imprisoned). These ‘invisible’ veterans
may well have health and social needs and well being concerns
that go unsupported and unrecognised for many years. Whether
visible or invisible, the health and social needs and considerations
require further attention, as acknowledged in the recent Strategic
Defence and Security Review (Cabinet Office, 2010).
The team are currently addressing these issues through on-going
work with third sector organisations. They are also developing
a bid to the Economic and Social Research Council titled, The
Transition from Armed Service to Civilian Life for Veterans
and Veterans Families.
References
Cabinet Office (2010) Securing Britain in an Age of Uncertainty:
The Strategic Defence and Security Review. London: Cabinet Office,
H.M. Government. |
Publications/
dissemination |
Read
the report from the workshop. |
| Contact |
Linda
McKie |
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