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16 November 2017

Officers' Association

Army, Career, Courses, Employment, Events, Marines, Navy, Officers, RAF, Regional, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Research to Find the Right Career, by Ben Keene

Ben Keene, from Escape the City, shares his top tips.

Researching career paths is important, but it is vital to act on your findings.

First ask yourself, what did you like about being in the Armed Forces? What skills did you gain and want to continue using? Identifying your interests and skills will help to give your job search direction. It’s easy to feel like there is choice overload, but knowing what you want from your new career will help you select the right roles and organisations.

16 November 2017

Officers' Association

Army, Career, Courses, Employment, Marines, Navy, Officers, RAF, Regional, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

22nd November 2017: Commercial Insights with MD of Yeo Valley – Bristol

The Officers’ Association, in partnership with The Leaders Club, are delighted to invite you to a relaxed evening of networking alongside an engaging talk from one of the South West’s most prominent business leaders, Karl Tucker, MD of Yeo Valley.

16 November 2017

Ministry of Defence

Launch, Navy, Royal Event, Royal Navy

Queen to commission namesake aircraft carrier in just three weeks, Defence Secretary announces on flight-deck

Her Majesty the Queen will formally commission her namesake aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, into the Royal Navy fleet in just three weeks’ time.

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson announced the news as he made his first landing onto the deck of the carrier today, while she was at sea sailing around the South Coast of England.

16 November 2017

Forces Employment Charity

Army, Courses, Employment, Navy, Newsletter, RAF, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Serving, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

RFEA Newsletter

Follow this link to all the latest news from RFEA The Forces Employment Charity.

16 November 2017

Royal Air Force Families Federation

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

Royal Air Force Families Federation – Weekly Newsletter

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

16 November 2017

Help for Heroes

Charity News, finances, Funding, Grants, Support, Veterans, Welfare

Help for Heroes and The Prince’s Trust Team programme

Since 2010, Help for Heroes has committed £1,032,846 to enable wounded, injured and sick tri-Service personnel and Veterans to participate in fully funded and bespoke secondments with The Prince’s Trust Team programme.

For veteran Tracy, whose life changed completely when she had a heart attack and stroke at just 35 years old, it enabled her to find renewed purpose.

16 November 2017

Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

Competition, Funding, Funds, RAF, Royal Air Force, Serving, Welfare

Win £500 for yourself and £15,000 for your RAF station

The RAF Benevolent Fund has launched an appeal for serving RAF personnel, reservists and their partners to complete a short survey to help inform the future of its welfare services.

The RAF’s leading welfare charity has commissioned this new piece of research to enable the charity to better respond to the needs of the serving RAF Family. Those who complete this short survey can enter a prize draw to win up to £500, with an additional 75 runner-up prizes of between £20 and £100 in Amazon vouchers also to be won.

16 November 2017

Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

Awards, Care Homes, Carehomes, Veterans, Welfare

RAF charity celebrates care home’s ‘outstanding rating’ by regulator Care Quality Commission putting it in the top 2% of adult social care

Princess Marina House, the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund’s flagship care and respite centre on the West Sussex coast, has been awarded an ‘outstanding’ rating following an inspection earlier this year.

Independent regulator the Care Quality Commission rated the home and its Respite at Home service outstanding in three categories caring, responsive and well-led and good in safe and effective – the five key lines of enquiry. Only 2% of adult social care providers have been awarded the overall ‘outstanding’ rating nationally.

16 November 2017

Blind Veterans UK

Disability Support, Events, Health, Remembrance, Royal Events, Veterans

Kent blind veteran marches at Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday

A blind veteran from Kent has marched at the Cenotaph in London this Remembrance Sunday (12/11) with the charity Blind Veterans UK.

David Scott, 93 and from Tunbridge Wells, marched with more than 100 other blind veterans supported by Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women.

David says: “It was a splendid day, truly splendid. There was a frisson of excitement in the air which only grew as we began moving.

16 November 2017

Blind Veterans UK

Disability Support, Events, Health, Remembrance, Royal Events, Veterans

Berkshire blind veteran proud to march at Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday

A blind veteran from Berkshire has spoken of his joy at marching at the Cenotaph in London on Remembrance Sunday (12/11) with the charity Blind Veterans UK.

Ron, 64, marched at the Cenotaph in London with more than 100 other blind veterans supported by Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women.

Ron says: “It was an amazing experience. A truly humbling experience. The feeling you get when the crowds are clapping you on is like nothing else. I was honestly surprised at the strength of my feelings as we were remembering those we had lost.

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