Armed Forces Families & Veteran Transition

Supporting successful transition through evidence, skills and innovation

The Neuro Transition Lab supports both members of the Armed Forces community and the organisations that serve them.

Through training, research and evaluation, we help military families navigate transition to civilian life while supporting organisations to design more effective services and demonstrate meaningful impact.

Two Ways We Work

Supporting Armed Forces Families

Building skills, confidence and opportunities beyond service life

Supporting Organisations

Research, evaluation and impact services

We provide training and development opportunities designed to help veterans, military spouses and family members build valuable skills and confidence during periods of transition.

Areas of focus include:

Introduction to research methods
Community researcher training
Qualitative interviewing skills
Data and evidence literacy
Introduction to user research
Employability and professional development
Neuroscience-informed wellbeing workshops
Understanding resilience and adaptation during life transitions

We help charities, social enterprises, public sector organisations and Armed Forces support services understand needs, improve programmes and demonstrate impact.

Services include:

Impact reports
Programme evaluation
User research
Community consultation
Needs assessments
Stakeholder engagement
Theory of Change development
Service reviews
Lived experience research
Co-production workshops

Why The Neuro-Transition Lab?

A Unique Combination of Expertise

Our work combines:

Applied Neuroscience

Understanding resilience, adaptation, wellbeing and behaviour during major life transitions.

Psychology

Evidence-based approaches to understanding people, services and outcomes.

Research & Evaluation

Generating meaningful evidence that supports decision making and service improvement.

Lived Experience

Ensuring the voices and experiences of communities remain at the heart of programme design and evaluation.

Our Vision

We believe military families possess significant strengths, expertise and lived experience that can contribute to research, innovation and community development.

By supporting individuals to develop research skills and helping organisations generate meaningful evidence, we aim to strengthen services, improve outcomes and create lasting impact across the Armed Forces community.