The Royal British Legion pop-in centre on Regent Street is closing at the end of this year after the charity said its funds would be better spent elsewhere.

The venue was launched in 2014 to provide support to veterans in and around Swindon.

But the charity says it does not not get the footfall to make it value for money.

In a statement, it said: “The complex needs of our community continue to change over time and our priority is to remain agile and responsive and use the generous donations of our supporters in the most responsible way.

“We take the use of charitable funds extremely seriously and regularly review how we use these funds and how people choose to access our support.

“Following a review, it has been decided the office is not providing the best value for money for the charity and the current running costs could be more effectively used elsewhere for the good of our community.

"Therefore we plan to close the office and reallocate resources to where it is most needed.

“Work has been undertaken to ensure there will be no direct impact in the delivery of support to our community and the services required in this area can be provided in a variety of other, more cost effective, ways.”

But ex-army serviceman Graham Stobbs claims the charity isn’t doing enough to keep up with the times.

He said: “The Royal British Legion is an old man’s club. It’s old fashioned.

“Veterans between the age of 20 and 40 feel too young to be going there. It needs to be modernised.”

Graham is looking to set-up his own Veterans' Hub which will support those of all ages.

“The younger generations are the ones who need help,” he added: “There needs to be an update which is what I’m trying to achieve. We want to host meetings in coffee shops.”

Chairman of the RAF Association in Swindon Andy Ormston added: “The closure will be noticed on the high street.

“We were finding that there were more and more cases where we would go out to veterans rather than them coming in to the centre. People are aware that the help is still out there.”