Providing a taste of life on a boat, for veterans in need of a home
Join us refurbishing narrowboats, which have been donated to us and make them in to safe havens for homeless heroes.
Registered Charity Number
1211509
Hello! It's great to have you here and thanks for showing interest. If you've come to the site via Facebook, great, you've been on the charity's page. There is another page, using the same name, which isn't the registered charity's - if you come across it, it is not connected to the registered charity in any way.
Now the interesting stuff!
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A big thank you from Forces Veterans Afloat to...
We couldn’t do a lot of what we do without the generous help and sponsorship of a number of wonderful people and firms. Take a look at who’s helped us out and if you can, give them a bit of custom. Thanks.
Boat sponsors
These wonderful people have become our very 1st Boat Sponsors. They have donated a sum of money to be used to get CC Susie Splash inspected and tested, so she can become a home for veteran. It’s brough her being deployed considerably closers – thank you www.lofts4storage.co.uk
PJ Barber, Boat Builder
Paul has been amazing, lifting boats and carrying out welding on them. This would have been a major expense but Paul’s generosity has made out limited funds go an awful lot further! If you’re in the area and need work – please check them out – at Sheet Shed Basin, Long Eaton and at https://www.facebook.com/PjBarberBoatbuilderLtd
East Midlands Airport
In July 2025 East Midlands Airport made contact with us to see if they could help the charity in any way. They most certainly could! Keep visiting the website and Facebook page for news of the help they are giving us to make it possible for more veterans to live on our boats.
We couldn't do anything without...
Please try and support these woundeful companies who are helping us with the boat refurbishments
The Longest Yarn
The amazing producers of knitted panels - The Longest Yarn- have taken on sponsorship of our NB Clover. This will enable us to completely refurbish her and use her to house a couple. www.thelongestyarn.com
Vigitech Solutions
The wonderful people at Vigitech supply us with free trackers and subscriptions to run them. This means if a veterans drops out of sight and we're worried about them, we can locate the boat. https://www.vigitech.uk/
EcoBat Batteries
International suppliers of top quality batteries - who have donated some to us for the boats. https://www.ecobatbattery.com/
Hull Safe Surveys Ltd
Hull Safe Surveys are an East Midlands based company who have very generously offered to survey the hulls of our boats for nothing. This is a huge saving for FVA and we can't thank them enough. https://www.hullsafesurveys.co.uk/
Langley Mill Boatyard
The team at Langley Mill are so helpful with everything from emergency mooring to using thier wooden boat expertise to advise us on our two woodent old ladies! https://langleymillboatyard.co.uk/
The Massive Adventure
The Massive Adventure - Carri and Andy - right and middle, who helped our Gary Kirk, move NB Atalanta out of Sawley Marina, towards her appointment in the paint tunnel! Catch their YouTube Vlog https://www.youtube.com/@TheMassiveAdventure