Veteran Adam Francis talks about the plans

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00:00 So, yeah, the new facility is, for someone like me, very important.

00:08 Working in a workshop environment can come up with all sorts of difficulties and issues

00:13 with air cables and toolboxes, trip hazards, machinery, and that kind of stuff.

00:20 So the purpose-built workshop, we're going to do away with all stuff like airlines, put

00:26 more space between ramps, safer working areas.

00:31 Not just myself, there can be other veterans, either able-bodied or disabled like I am,

00:37 in wheelchairs, able to work more safely, conveniently.

00:44 And then upstairs, we're going to have a drop-in centre that's got a working area for people

00:52 doing CVs, interview skills, but more importantly, I think, is the space for veterans to get

01:00 together and talk about what's going on, talk about their issues, and just talk with people

01:09 that know through experience what they're going through and vent.

01:14 We'll also have a full-time, on-site mental health nurse that's going to be reactive to

01:22 help out people coming through the door with mental health issues and so on.

01:27 (laughing)