{"id":680,"date":"2022-05-06T09:51:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T09:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theveteranshub.co.uk\/?page_id=680"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T11:35:09","slug":"welfare-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theveteranshub.co.uk\/index.php\/welfare-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Welfare Support"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/div><\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=”Defence Medical Welfare Service” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

Since 1943 Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) has been providing medical welfare service to frontline staff and their families when they are on a medical care pathway.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

<\/div>

Thanks to a successful grant from Armed Forces Covenant Fund – Tackling Loneliness programme, DMWS and The Veterans Hub will be working in collaboration to help members of the local Armed Forces population.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

The DMWS Welfare Office is at the Hub every Wednesday, 1000 – 1600hrs<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/div>

(+44) 07880 445764<\/h4><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
<\/i><\/div><\/a>

rweaver@dmws.org.uk<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
<\/i><\/div>
<\/div><\/div>

Offering a confidential and impartial listening ear<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/div>
<\/div><\/div>

Referrals to other agencies for specific support, e.g. Dorset First Point, SSAFA & the RBL<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/div>
<\/div><\/div>

Recognising issues that may be effecting a person’s wellbeing such as debt, housing, family breakdown<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/div>
<\/div><\/div>

Tackling loneliness and reducing social isolation<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/div>
<\/div><\/div>

Liaising \/ referring onto NHS services (Op Courage, Steps to Wellbeing)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_custom_heading text=\"Defence Medical Welfare Service\" font_container=\"tag:h2|text_align:center\" use_theme_fonts=\"yes\"]Since 1943 Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) has been providing medical welfare service to frontline staff and their families when they are on a medical care pathway. Thanks to a successful grant from Armed Forces Covenant Fund – Tackling Loneliness programme, DMWS and The Veterans Hub will be working...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":897,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-680","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theveteranshub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theveteranshub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theveteranshub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theveteranshub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theveteranshub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/www.theveteranshub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":899,"href":"https:\/\/www.theveteranshub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/680\/revisions\/899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theveteranshub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theveteranshub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}