Abergavenny may be the base for a new scheme to help ex-service men and women with health problems readjust to civilian life after facing frontline dangers.

"South-east Wales proportionally provides a high number of recruits and Abergavenny would be the ideal place for this," said Mr Andrew Staufer who has been in talks about the plan to provide residential courses with the director of the Mulberry Centre (Ty'r Morwydd) in Pen-y-Pound.

The proposal was welcomed by Hazel Hunt (pictured), of the Welsh Warrior Foundation set up in memory of her son Private Richard Hunt, of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh, from Abergavenny, the 200th British soldier to die in Afghanistan.

"This is the first I have heard about it but I think it would be a fantastic idea, exactly the kind of thing that is needed. Help near to home."

"As long as they have people who actually know what it is like and what it takes to help them then it would have our full support," she said.

Mr Staufer said some veterans had conditions such as post traumatic stress disorder or depression and needed help to recuperate and retrain for a return to civilian life.

He had been in talks with Nicola Perkins, the director at the Mulberry Centre, about the possibility of organising pre-vocational courses for veterans returning home after frontline duty in war zones such as Afghanistan.

"When people leave the services all the support they had no longer exists," he said.

He outlined the plan at a public meeting held at St Michael's Centre called to discuss the future of The Hill after sales negotiations collapsed between Coleg Gwent and local businessman Dr Olinga Ta'eed.

The Welsh Warrior Foundation was started in September 2009 by Private Hunt's family and friends. It aims to help Welsh service personnel or those attached to the Welsh regiments and their families, and also to raise awareness of the "forgotten service men and women injured physically and/or mentally."

Mrs Hunt said the Welsh Warrior foundation was allied with another charity called Talking2Minds which is a charity run by ex military veterans who have all suffered from post traumatic stress disorder and have found a way to deal with it.

They were always looking for places to hold their courses. One of the Talking2Minds patrons is the inspirational Falklands war veteran Simon Weston.

"They have had a 100 per cent success rate so far. We would be very interested in this proposal and should it get off the ground our charity would be available to help with certain costs to the veterans," said Mrs Hunt.

The Foundation will again be staging their fund-raising Welsh Warrior Festival in Bailey Park on May 14. The Welsh Warrior daffodil dedicated to Richard Hunt will be launched at the Royal Horticultural Society show at Cardiff Castle between April 8 and 10.