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3 May 2018

Officers' Association

Advice, Army, Careers, Employment, Marines, Navy, Networking, Officer, Officers, Podcast, RAF, Regional, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Serving, Support, Transition, Veterans

8th May 2018: OA Event – Project Management Workshop – York

The skills and experience required to manage a project are common within the Forces and many individuals look to transition into a new career within Project Management when they leave, but what does this look like in a civilian context?

Kindly hosted by Network Rail this event is one of a series of OA career-focused workshops delivered in conjunction with employers which explores these questions…

The workshop will begin with an overview of project management within a business setting, including a review of qualifications.

3 May 2018

Officers' Association

Advice, Army, Careers, Employment, Marines, Navy, Networking, Officer, Officers, Podcast, RAF, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Serving, Support, Transition, Veterans

8th May 2018: OA Webinar – A Portfolio Career

OA consultant Fiona Jackson is joined by Vix Anderton, a former RAF Intelligence Officer who left the Service in 2014.

She will be sharing key insights into her career including pros and cons of a portfolio career and lessons she has learnt along the way.

Vix now has a portfolio career, working on gender and conflict, diversity and inclusion, and mental health and wellbeing.

3 May 2018

Alabaré

Army, Housing, Veterans, Visits, Welfare

Gloucester Homes for Veterans welcome Lieutenant General Timothy Buchan Radford

Alabaré’s Gloucestershire Home for Veterans were delighted to welcome Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, Lieutenant General Timothy Buchan Radford, CB, DSO, OBE to visit the service.

The visit came about after our padre LT-Col Grant-Jones of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps spoke of his desire to invite the commander to our services to demonstrate the excellent work carried out by our Gloucester team.

Alongside Lieutenant General Timothy Buchan Radford and Lt Col Grant-Jones, was Lt Col Richard Smith who is soon to be Padre to ARRC and Padre for our Gloucestershire Home as of August 2018.

3 May 2018

The Royal British Legion

Army, Challenge, Event, Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Serving, Sport, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

This Saturday 82,000 rugby fans will fill Twickenham Stadium for the 101st match between the British Army and the Royal Navy for the Babcock Trophy

This year The Royal British Legion is honoured to have been chosen as Charity of the Day and we’ll be celebrating the unique contribution of our Armed Forces community as One Legion – United by Difference.

Despite the differences between the Army and Navy so evident on match day, it is these differences that ultimately make us stronger when we stand together.

The Royal British Legion has been supporting soldiers, sailors and airmen past and present since 1921, and we’ll be here as long as they need us.

3 May 2018

Royal Air Force Families Federation

Children, Families, RAF, Royal Air Force, Transition, Welfare

RAF Families Federation – Weekly Newsletter

Follow this link for all the latest news from the RAF Families Federation.

3 May 2018

BLESMA

Event, Performance, Veterans, Welfare

A group of injured veterans are to perform in a series of epic outdoor performances this summer to mark the centenary of the end of WWI

A group of injured veterans are preparing to take part in a series of epic outdoor performances this Summer to mark the centenary of the end of WWI. The piece, entitled This Is Not For You is a Graeae Theatre Production, co-commissioned by military charity Blesma, The Limbless Veterans and 14-18 NOW, supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK Branch), The Drive Project, National Centre for Circus Arts and Arts Council England.

This Is Not For You, part of 14-18 NOW, the UK’s arts programme for the First World War centenary, is an epic outdoor performance paying moving tribute to Britain’s wounded war veterans, men and women whose contributions to history often go unnoticed.

3 May 2018

RACPD

Charity, Courses, Employment, Governance

Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) course free for charity staff

RA CPD has developed an Information, Advice and Guidance course (distance learning with online tutorials over an 6 – 8 week period) for staff who give advice but for whom it is probably not their primary role. Completion of the course earns a nationally recognised level 2 qualification. RA CPD has gained funding for the course and will ask only for a minimal fee to cover registration costs should the learner not complete. The programme covers how to plan, conduct and evaluate information, advice or guidance sessions and enables learners to acquire the skills to establish co-operative working relationships.

3 May 2018

Give Us Time

Challenge, fundraising, Veterans, Welfare

Give Us Time attends Charity Walk For Peace 2018!

Give Us Time’s Managing Director was delighted to attend this year’s Walk For Peace in the gorgeous Windsor Great Park on Sunday 29th April 2018. Rupert, along with the other participants walked five miles raising money for great causes including Give Us Time.

Walk For Peace has been happening every year for the last twenty-eight years and in the past five has raised over £1.3 million which has been distributed to 136 local, national and mayoral charities.

Overall the day was a great success and even the weather behaved – for the most part!

3 May 2018

Forces in Mind Trust

Children, Families, Grants, Research, Veterans in the Criminal Justice System, Welfare

New Grant Award: FiMT awards funds to Barnardo’s to evaluate the needs of imprisoned ex-Service personnel and their families

Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) is delighted to announce an award of £91,707 to Barnardo’s to assess the needs of ex-Service personnel and their families who are serving, or have served, a custodial prison sentence.

Focusing on the Southwest and West Midlands areas, the project will access the connections that Barnardo’s have already developed in HMPs, the Criminal Justice System and Armed Forces charities.

The 18-month study will consist of interviews with ex-Service personnel and their children and families to ascertain the need, unmet need, the availability of support services and the impact of imprisonment.

3 May 2018

Blind Veterans UK

Challenge, fundraising, Support, Transition Welfare, Veterans

Brighton blind veteran joins 130 others in Royal Marines zip wire

A blind veteran from Brighton took on a great challenge by riding a Royal Marines zip wire and descending 120 feet from the top of Blind Veterans UK’s iconic building in Ovingdean earlier in April (21-22/04).

Tony Harbour, who turns 83 in June, was joined by 130 other daredevils, including blind veterans supported by the charity, in taking part in the challenge which has seen nearly £12,000 raised and pledged so far.

Tony says: “This is my third year taking part in the zip wire challenge and the atmosphere was absolutely brilliant yet again. The fear soon turned into exhilaration as the adrenalin kicked in and I sped 30mph towards the ground.”

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