A veterans health roadshow is stopping off in Liskeard and Saltash next week to raise awareness about the available health services in the county.

The drop-in event, driven by collaborative working of the charities and organisations involved, will also highlight some of the organisations and charities in the Duchy that veterans and their families can access.

The roadshow will visit Saltash, Launceston and Bude on Tuesday, March 7, then Bodmin, and Liskeard the following day.

Some of the organisations expecting to be in attendance are the Veterans Regroup Project, the Veterans Charity, Bude Surf Veterans, Veterans Outdoors, Rock 2 Recovery, Fighting with Pride, Help for Heroes, the Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS), Op Courage, We Are With You, Active Plus, the Armed Forces Covenant and many more.

The roadshow will be at the China Fleet Country Club at Saltash on Tuesday between 10am and noon, and at Liskerrett Community Centre in Varley Lane, Liskeard, on Wednesday March 8 from 1.30pm to 3.30pm. The roadshow will also visit Bodmin Military Museum at The Keep on Wednesday between 10am and noon.  

Help for Heroes veterans clinical adviser Janine Whitley, who has been personally involved in the project, said: “We’re continuing to educate veterans to the availability of veterans health services in Cornwall, and to network, share information, signpost, and enable referrals to those services. 

“This is the second such roadshow we have organised and, if successful, we will, hopefully, reach further afield in the future. 

It’s a drop-in event, so veterans or their families need to do nothing more than turn up at the relevant venue at the appropriate time. We look forward to meeting them.”