The Military Sanctuary is a national veteran employment integration model. We provide structured, short-term accommodation, training, and direct employment pathways — creating stable futures and reducing long-term welfare dependency.
We provide a 12-week structured living environment for veterans who are ready to return to work but need stability, routine, and direction.
Short-term supported accommodation that provides the foundation veterans need to focus on their future, not their immediate housing situation.
Physical activity, employment preparation, and health and wellbeing screening. The structure that veterans know, applied to civilian outcomes.
Job placement support and training through partner organisations. Veterans leave in work, not on benefits.
Across the UK, thousands of veterans are capable of employment but lack stable accommodation, daily structure, and direct employment pathways. Without a structured bridge back into work, many drift into long-term benefit dependency, temporary accommodation, and crisis-based services.
Without secure accommodation, veterans cannot focus on employment. Housing instability creates a cycle that prevents progress.
Military life provides daily routine and purpose. When that disappears overnight, veterans lose the framework that made them effective.
The system focuses on emergencies. We focus on employment and prevention — building bridges, not safety nets.
A structured employment model with clear phases. Veterans enter needing stability. They leave in work, with accommodation, and financially independent.
Health and wellbeing screening. Fitness baseline. Routine establishment. Employment planning. Building the foundation for everything that follows.
Skills training with partner providers. Employer introductions. Interviews and job offers. Real pathways into real employment.
Job start. Move-on accommodation. Financial independence planning. Veterans leave employed, housed, and ready for long-term stability.
Average stay: 12 weeks. Target outcome: employment and stable housing. Veterans leave in work, not on benefits.
Our model connects veterans directly to training, health services, employers, and government support — creating a complete pathway from accommodation to employment.
East Riding College and partner providers deliver skills training aligned to employer needs
NHS partners provide health screening and wellbeing checks throughout the programme
National employers offer direct recruitment routes for programme completers
The model delivers strong public value. A structured intervention that costs a fraction of long-term benefit dependency — and creates taxpayers, not claimants.
Typical investment per veteran covering accommodation, training, support, and employment placement services.
Total programme cost of £9,000–£12,000 per veteran from intake to employment placement.
The public cost of 3 years on benefits, repeated homelessness placements, and crisis services — prevented by one intervention.
The first Military Sanctuary site. This facility will deliver the first employment cycles, act as a national pilot, and provide a blueprint for replication across the UK.
30+ years delivering property, construction, and regeneration projects across Yorkshire. Track record of creating employment through social housing delivery in Leeds, Halton Moor, and the Keplers portfolio. Understands what it takes to move people from unemployment into sustainable work.
British Army veteran — 6 years with the Staffordshire Regiment (2001-2007). Transitioned into property operations, understanding first-hand the gap between military service and civilian employment. Now runs the day-to-day programme delivery at The Expanse.
The Military Sanctuary is designed as a replicable national employment model. Bridlington is the pilot. The long-term aim: one employment sanctuary per region, direct pipelines into major employers, and thousands of veterans returning to work each year.
Regional Employment Hubs — One sanctuary per region across the UK
Direct Employer Pipelines — Recruitment routes into national employers
Scalable Government Partnership — Model designed for national rollout
Whether you're a government body, an employer, a training provider, or someone who wants to understand the model — we're here.