Our commitment to veterans: an update on Armed Forces Week

Any veteran who meets the requirements set out in the job description of any of our vacancies will automatically be invited to interview. We also advertise all of our job opportunities through Walking with the Wounded, to encourage applications from veterans.

This team are available to support veterans in our community to access relevant services and resources.
They are also available to share information with other staff at Southway, to increase knowledge and understanding across the organisation.

Training about the difficulties many veterans face in returning to civilian life, as well as the services that can support them, has been created for our staff to complete.

We're confident this will help to increase our staff's awareness of how we can support veterans in our communities.

At every sign-up and property viewing, we now ask new and prospective tenants if they have served in the Armed Forces. This is so we can identify veterans in our communities and direct them to services that may benefit them.

We're also looking into new approaches of identifying veterans who are already Southway tenants so we can offer them the same service.

We are committed to giving our time to help other organisations supporting Armed Forces personnel. In November, we spent our Community Commitment Day painting and repairing the Walking with the Wounded Hub on Canada Street.

The following month, our staff took part in Walking Home for Christmas, raising a fantastic £1,935.81 for Walking with the Wounded.