Houses for Heroes
SVGCA provides and maintains houses for disabled British ex-Service, Merchant Navy, Police and Fire Brigade personnel. The qualifying disability need not have been incurred in Service and includes chronic illness. The estate currently consists of 608 houses, of varying sizes and types, of which the majority are three or more bedrooms on two floors. The houses are located on 74 sites covering Scotland from the English Border north to the line of the Great Glen. Plans have been developed to build up to a further 60 or so wheelchair friendly houses over the next six years, with initial 4-5 house builds at Motherwell, Scone (Perth) and Penicuik. Allocations to fill any vacancies are made by the local District Committee with priority going to those in receipt of a War Pension and qualifying younger ex-Service personnel who are homeless and have a family.