March 7, 2023 1.00 pm This story is over 24 months old

Hub supporting Armed Forces community in Scunthorpe

Support with education, health, housing, and more

Armed Forces veterans have spoken about the importance of a hub offering support which recently opened in Scunthorpe.

The hub opened by North Lincolnshire Council has been on Scunthorpe High Street for a few weeks and it is a place for veterans to meet and chat, to start up social clubs and support each other.

It offers a wrap-around care package for the entire Armed Forces community.

People using the service spoke to BBC Look North about the new hub, including one man who said: I’ve got PTSD, but I get as much out of the hub as I put in and it keeps me right.”

Armed Forces veterans have spoken about the importance of a hub offering support which recently opened in Scunthorpe. | Screenshot: BBC Look North

Melissa Worboys from the Armed Forces Hub told BBC Look North: “We’ve recently supported a homeless veteran. He was finding it very, very difficult to navigate his way around the housing system.”

Elaine Marper, a Conservative councillor in North Lincolnshire, said: “They can talk to like-minded people, get the help that they need whether it be education, health, housing. We just want to say thank you to our Armed Forces because they give it all.”

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