Following on from a highly successful trail in 2025, we are making our second Mission to Malta and this year we will be taking a small group of students alongside our Veteran’s group with us to capture the fort’s social history and learn more about the people that served at the fort.

Our group will be undertaking a busy schedule of hands-on restoration of elements in the Fort, in April 2026. This is part of Alabaré's pathway of support for homeless and vulnerable Veterans to give them the skills, confidence and opportunities for them to live a fulfilling life.

The aim of the project is to support the preservation efforts at Fort Delimara, one of Malta's historic military sites, to enable it to be open to the general public. Last years work saw the group achieve a great deal and are keen to do even more next time.

This year we'll be joined by staff & two mature students from Bangor University & staff from Archaeology Warwickshire who have generously volunteered their time to help uncover the social history of the people that served at the fort. Helping our Veteran's understand more about their predecessors.

Our heritage project is part of our Boots on the Ground programme, building self-esteem, resilience, skills and wellbeing whilst helping to combat lonliness and isolation. This is the fifth international heritage project undertaken, with the first three taking place in Gibraltar.

Our programme is built on the tried and tested NHS '5 Steps to Wellbeing'.

Fort Delimara was built between 1876 - 1884 by the British as part of a network of forts and batteries that protected Marsaxlokk Harbour. In 1956, the fort was stripped of most of its artillery and suffered decline, abandonment, neglect and misuse.

This project is being undertaken in partnership with Heritage Malta and Malta Armed Forces. Photo credit - Heritage Malta.