Guidance

Single Persons Accommodation Centre for the Ex Services (SPACES) (updated April 2020)

Updated 16 September 2020

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  • Serial No: JSHAO/11
  • Date: March 2020
  • Review Date: April 2021

SPACES is a team of staff based within The Beacon at Catterick, North Yorkshire. They help to secure accommodation when leaving the Armed Forces and provide support up to 12 months prior to and six months’ post discharge for those who have not been able to secure accommodation and will maintain contact until suitable accommodation is secured. They work with applicants, regardless of location in the UK. Beyond six months after discharge, veterans are given information and advice only.

The overall aims and objectives are to assist single Service Leavers to secure appropriate accommodation as they leave the Armed Forces, reducing the likelihood of them becoming homeless or rough sleepers. Single Service Leavers can be vulnerable to homelessness because of a combination of factors: having no home to return to after service, little understanding of how to secure rented accommodation and current legislation, little or no experience of budgeting and setting up home.

SPACES does not manage housing stock although they are part of a national Housing Association, Riverside Group, who own many properties and may be able to offer accommodation. They liaise with many other veteran charities and housing providers to secure accommodation, signposting those with dependants to the Joint Service Housing Advice Office.

SPACES contact details:

Address: The Beacon, SPACES Office, Marne Road, Catterick, North Yorkshire. DL9 3AU

Tel: 01748 833797 / 872940 / 830191 (Civ); 94731 2940 (Mil); Fax: 01748 835774 (Civ)

Email: spaces@riverside.org.uk Web: Riverside Veterans Service

Joint Service Housing Advice Office Civ: 01252 787574 Mil: 94222 7574 RC-PERS-JSHAO-0Mailbox@mod.uk

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