David Cowley, Chairman of The Not Forgotten Association, was appointed an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List in recognition of his remarkable service to the beneficiaries of the Association for over 3 decades.
Read moreDavid Cowley, Chairman of The Not Forgotten Association, was appointed an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List in recognition of his remarkable service to the beneficiaries of the Association for over 3 decades.
Read moreCarol Sales, HighGround’s first Horticultural Therapist at Headley Court, has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s New Year Honours for ‘services to rehabilitation and injured service personnel.’
Read moreA new dedicated crisis service will provide intensive support to scores of the most vulnerable former soldiers, sailors and air men and women battling alcohol, drugs and mental health problems, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens announced
Read moreThe Legion has released new figures about the scale of its operation in 2018, although it won’t be known for a number of months whether the charity has hit its £50million target
Read moreThis New Year’s Day marks the 70th anniversary of the enactment of the National Service Act, which led to more than two million young men being conscripted into the British Armed Forces.
Read moreA great-grandfather who began volunteering at The Royal Star & Garter Homes 25 years ago has received the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the New Year’s Honours List in recognition of voluntary service to Veterans.
Read moreThe Royal British Legion has announced plans to take 300 Normandy veterans to France on a specially chartered ship for the 75th anniversary of D-Day
Read moreLeading Armed Forces charity Poppyscotland is putting together an exhibition that will be on display as part of an exciting new project next year – and is on the lookout for stuffed toys, including a special teddy bear, that were produced at the historic Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory, in Edinburgh, back in the 1930s.
Read moreCommission’s review also finds just half of charities are meeting public benefit reporting requirements.
Read moreThe Veterans’ Gateway self-help directory is now live
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