Annual Report 2023/24

Scottish Veterans Residences provides supported residential accommodation for homeless and at-risk veterans across Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee, supporting them to rebuild independent lives.

Report snapshot
Residential places: multiple properties across Scotland Key Metric 1
Focus: homeless and at-risk veterans Key Metric 2
Cities: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee Key Metric 3
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📋About

Residential housing, supported accommodation, welfare support, transition to independent living

📊Key Metrics

Residential places: multiple properties across Scotland Key Metric 1
Focus: homeless and at-risk veterans Key Metric 2
Cities: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • Provided residential accommodation to homeless and at-risk veterans in Scottish cities
  • Supported veterans to transition from residences to independent living
  • Partnered with statutory and voluntary services to deliver wraparound support

📍Geography

Scotland

2024

Annual Report 2024

Emergency accommodation and shelter provided across UK services in multiple regions
Key Metric 1
Digital inclusion programme expanded throughout 2024
Key Metric 2
Budgets project rolled out to help young people with financial independence
Key Metric 3
Young people supported into stable accommodation across the UK
2025

Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25

Up to 1,927 people supported at any one time through RSI-funded services
Key Metric 1
Housing First census expanded from 41 to 88 local authorities across England
Key Metric 2
400+ deaths linked to synthetic opioids since June 2023 — frontline response established
Key Metric 3
People moved off the streets and into stable housing through extensions and new investment secured
2023

Impact Evaluation Report 2023

Average 50 people per day through The Gateway drop-in since 2016; estimated 169,000 visits between 2013 and 2019 alone
Key Metric 1
Lewisham is the 6th highest LA for homelessness in England; 999 Club described as a 'major anchor' institution by partner organisations
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Independent evaluation by Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths, University of London — commissioned to mark 30th anniversary
Key Metric 3
Multiple clients stated they would not be alive without 999 Club; partner organisations confirmed closure would result in loss of lives — 'Every borough should commission a service like 999 Club'