RSL NSW and its partner charity RSL LifeCare have announced they will expedite the delivery of services from a temporary facility.

At a meeting on July 14, Wagga RSL sub-branch members voted to "be given in-principle approval to investigate the purchase of the Carmelite Monastery", at Ashmont.

Wagga RSL sub-branch president David Gardiner said the new centre would be developed in consultation with local veterans and service providers, ex-service organisations, such as Legacy and Pro Patria and would be modelled on the federally funded Veterans' Wellbeing Centres.

Mr Gardiner confirmed the site at Ashmont was a potential location for a new centre to be established.

"We're in the middle of investigating that purchase and that has been stalled," Mr Gardiner said.

"We're waiting on Pro Patria to see whether they want us to proceed with the purchase."

Mr Gardiner said he was expecting to hear Pro Patria's decision this week.

"We're hoping to have a temporary premises here in Wagga and then a long-term one found or built," Mr Gardiner said.

"We'll be starting to look for a premises in the coming weeks and we're looking to have it established within the next two months

"It will be a drop-in place similar to the one at Nowra, a centre that veterans throughout the Riverina can come along to."

Some of the services which will be able to be accessed include physical and mental health, advocacy, education and employment, housing and financial assistance.

Nicki Young, the general manager of veterans' services and a 21-year Royal Australian Navy veteran, said the service will be manned from staff in the local area and will be highly beneficial.

"Obviously regional areas tend to have a lack of services due to the demographic, so Nowra has been a great opportunity for us to explore what it looks like and build services in a regional area," she said.

"[For veterans] to be integrated amongst the non-veteran community and with the veteran community, is very helpful in transition.

"Having the opportunity to have this in Wagga is fantastic, we have a lot of veterans who join the service in Wagga.

"We know that also if you join the army, you are going to spend the first three months of your service in Wagga... So being able to provide services locally is a huge opportunity for the region."

RSL LifeCare hopes to hold community forums once COVID-19 restrictions ease to establish what residents would like to see in the facility.

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