Increase funding for veteran-led organisation supporting veterans into work

We call on the Government to fund and support veteran-led organisations delivering training and employment for veterans who have fallen outside transition support, enabling them to move into sustainable work and reducing long-term reliance on welfare and crisis services across the UK.

We believe many veterans miss or fall outside existing transition support and later face unemployment or instability. In our view, veteran-led organisations provide structured training and direct employment pathways but struggle to access funding due to rigid commissioning systems. Increased government funding could allow these programmes to expand nationally, helping veterans into long-term work while reducing reliance on welfare, housing and crisis services.

The government is fully committed to renewing the nation’s contract with those who serve and who have served, to ensure veterans and their families get access to the health, housing, employment and other support they need, when and where they need it.

A full range of effective provision is already in place to support veterans seeking employment, with more information available on the GOV.uk website. The Ministry of Defence Career Transition Partnership (CTP) is the initial point of employment support provision for all veterans leaving military service, with directly provided support usually available for two years before and two years after leaving service. To ensure that everyone has access to support, registration with CTP is mandatory. The service also includes bespoke support for more vulnerable cohorts to ensure that everyone can easily access help if needed.

In February 2025, this government launched the new veterans’ employment pathway Op ASCEND. From two years after leaving service, Op ASCEND provides veterans and their families with free career progression support and connects them with employers to provide clear, accessible pathways into roles in strategic sectors. So far, Op ASCEND has successfully engaged over 600 employers and supported over 5000 veterans and family members.

There are also a number of schemes operating across government to support veterans into particular careers after military service.

Going Forward into Employment (GFIE) and the Great Place to Work (GPTW) scheme are government-wide schemes to help veterans secure job opportunities within the Civil Service. All appointments are based on merit.