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18th May 2012
A historic agreement is forging stronger links between the West Lothian community and the Armed Forces. Thirty two Covenants have now been signed in Scotland and only 3 remain outstanding.
Representatives from the military and various public, charity and voluntary sector organisations in West Lothian came together recently to sign the West Lothian Armed Forces Community Covenant.
The important...
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17th May 2012 - Members Only
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16th May 2012
At Netheravon Airfield in Salisbury last Friday (11.5.2012), Major Kate Philp of 3rd (UK) Division in Bulford, the first female soldier to lose a limb, on operations in Afghanistan in 2008, joined The Tigers Parachute Display Team from The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment and 20 other women to takes a jump from 13,000 as part of a charity skydive to raise funds for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity...
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14th May 2012
A specialist dementia care centre, which provides dedicated nursing and respite care to former seafarers, and non-seafarers whenever able to, is highlighting the plight of the ‘silent sufferers’ who are caring for family or friends with the condition ahead of Dementia Awareness Week (20 – 26 May).
The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, which will shortly be celebrating the...
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14th May 2012
Geoff Ware, Regional Director for the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund (RAFBF), visited St Nicholas Hospice Care in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk on 8th May to present a cheque for £5,000.
The donation will go towards treating RAF family members who may need St Nicholas’ help. It will be used to treat people in the local community as well as patients in the Hospice.
St Nicholas Hospice...
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11th May 2012 - Members Only
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8th May 2012
The RAF Association has announced £35k funding to provide vital support for those leaving the RAF due to ill-health.
Recent conversations with RAF Community Support identified the need for a civilian post within the RAF Recovery Pathway, to provide specialist employment advice to those transitioning out of Service due to the fact that they were sick, wounded or injured.
The post would not...
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5th May 2012
‘Keith Brown, MSP, visited the Thistle Foundation on the 24 April to announce £80,000 worth of funding for charities that support Veterans. The Scottish Government Scottish Veterans Fund funding will support Thistle Foundation’s award-winning Lifestyle Management Course for Veterans with a grant of £10,000.
Keith Brown said "I am delighted to see how the support Thistle...
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26th April 2012
A serving RAF Officer completed a gruelling desert challenge on 16th April. Squadron Leader Daniela Spiridigliozzi Nowalski (34), from Edinburgh, took on the six day, 150 mile “Marathon Des Sables” across the Sahara Desert in aid of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund (RAFBF), the RAF’s leading welfare charity.
Daniela, who has served in the RAF for 13 years, has raised around...
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18th May 2012
Veterans Scotland- West Lothian signs agreement with Armed Forces
A historic agreement is forging stronger links between the West Lothian community and the Armed Forces. Thirty two Covenants...
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