We Support
The Most Disadvantaged
in Our Community
The Rawthey Project CIC
Founded in 2014, the Rawthey Project recognised over 2,000 military charities at the time in an uncoordinated and fragmented support framework. The mainstream charities (Royal British Legion, SSAFA, Help for Heroes, etc) were configured to support the majority of disadvantaged and vulnerable veterans, but were largely ineffective with the most complex cases.
Through our network of over 50 volunteer peer mentors nationwide, we aim to gain the trust of our beneficiaries as we wore the same uniform, deployed on the same operations, and many of us have faced our own challenges as we've returned from deployments, left the service and adjusted to civilian life.
Deep in the ethos of Rawthey since incorporation has been that veterans shouldn’t have to beg to get the support they rightfully expect when returning from war. We deliberately don’t ‘bucket rattle’. As a result, our beneficiaries have a reduced stigma of accepting charity and understand it’s the good will of a grateful nation and their peers that help us to do what we do.
Every veteran is supported as an individual with a recovery plan designed to meet their needs. With the support of their peer mentors, veterans are empowered to lead their own recovery journey safe in the knowledge they aren't alone, standing alongside them is someone who has navigated the bureaucracies of statutory agencies and military charities many times.
In 2025, Grace & Brian opened the Tom Thacker Residential Recovery Course based on their farm in Sedbergh, Cumbria. The course is 6-8 weeks long and serves as a rapid change of environment and intensive support framework for our most vulnerable veterans battling homelessness, addiction, poor mental health and other co-morbidities they can't break out of in their current situation.
The Rawthey Project has supported 863 of our most vulnerable veterans to date, with 88% achieving independent living and sustainable employment beyond 18 months of engagement with Rawthey.
Brian Capstick
Founder and Project Manager