The Centenary Village will include 22 apartments, each designed to be fully accessible (Part M4(3) equivalent) and house single veterans in urgent need, alongside 16 new family homes, and a further 24 assisted-living apartments. The new residential development which will also include a state-of-the-art community hub with accessible gym, is close to the existing village, care homes and manufacturing facility in Kent.

Recognising the individual needs of the people who will live there led us to design an environment offering tranquillity and space into the scheme for the residential development. The need to provide accommodation for veterans who are either wounded, injured, sick, or at risk of homelessness, is a priority for RBLI.

We had used our experience in designing housing schemes for people of all ages and needs to bring forward plans for Victory House and Invictus Games House – the first phase of the Centenary Village completed in 2017 – and this is now the benchmark for its residential developments.

The £22m fundraising campaign has secured £750,000 financial commitment from the country’s biggest housebuilder Barratt Developments Plc; a further £250,000 from Annington, and £2m from Greenwich Hospital, the Crown charity which can trace its history back to 1694.

Work is expected to be completed soon on the second phase of the Centenary Village by 2023.