# VETERANS COMMUNITY NETWORK

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1191970
- **Other names:** VCN
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Oct. 23, 2020
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1191970


## Contact

- **Address:** Union House, 111 New Union Street, Coventry
- **Postcode:** CV1 2NT
- **Phone:** 07902 632949
- **Email:** admin@vcn.org.uk
- **Website:** vcn.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AND TO PROMOTE THE GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBING OF EX-SERVICE PERSONNEL (HM ARMED FORCES) AND RESERVISTS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, BEDFORDSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE AND BERKSHIRE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING THEM WITH COMRADESHIP, HELP AND ASSISTANCE AND BY OFFERING THEM A SIGNPOSTING SERVICE TO EXPERT SUPPORT PROVIDERS FOR THEIR BENEFIT.

**Activities:** Veterans Community Network provides intensive peer mentor support, social community interaction that breaks down isolation, and therapeutic spaces for serving personnel, veterans, reservists, and families across England, centred on Northamptonshire and the wider Lower Midlands. We identify and help individuals to engage with and remain in specialist treatment and support services.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Disability, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Bedford
- Buckinghamshire
- Central Bedfordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Leicestershire
- Milton Keynes
- Northamptonshire
- Oxfordshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Thomas John Crossman-Kellie** | Chair | July 23, 2025 |
| David John Harris |  | Nov. 23, 2025 |
| Geoffrey Millen |  | Nov. 19, 2025 |
| Melanie Reevel Giles |  | Nov. 19, 2025 |
| andrew collacott |  | March 1, 2026 |




