After serving 24 years as an aircraft engineer in the Royal Navy, Grant Blackburn thought returning to civilian life would be relatively straight forward and never imagined the events that would unfold, which left him divorced, bankrupt, homeless, struggling to come to terms with his sexuality/gender and also serving time in prison.
Read moreMBDA UK is the latest company to make a donation to veterans’ charity, Launchpad.
Read moreFor most veterans, the transition when leaving the forces and returning back to civilian life will be smooth but, a few of those who can’t resettle are faced with challenges such as homelessness, poverty, health issues, addictions, broken families and unemployment.
Read moreNow in its second year, the Heropreneurs Awards celebrate the success and entrepreneurial spirit of ex-members – and their families of the Armed Forces.
Read moreA new garden area providing peace and tranquillity for veterans to enjoy was unveiled in Newcastle yesterday (Thursday 18 July).
Over 60 volunteers from organisations across the North East worked together to transform the garden area at one of the largest veterans’ houses in the city.
Read moreRoyal Air Force (RAF) veterans living at Launchpad’s Avondale House in Byker, Newcastle have secured paid employment thanks to a national grant.
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We asking you to pledge your support and to update you on some very positive developments on our quest to eliminate Veterans’ homelessness following our reception at the House of Lords in March.
The University of York research that we launched at the reception highlights how some ex-Service personnel slip through the net and end up homeless after leaving the Armed Forces. Evidence suggests that well over a thousand ex-service personnel each year require urgent support to find accommodation.
On the back of this research we developed a Call to Action to help tackle this important issue.
Read moreThe Cobseo Housing Cluster received the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) Working Together Award at the Soldiering on Awards on Friday 20th April, at a special ceremony at Westminster Bridge Park Plaza.
The Cluster is a combination of 30 veterans’ housing organizations and charities formed to provide veteran specific housing and create an integrated veterans’ housing sector, with clear pathways for ex-Service personnel and their families in housing need to move into permanent homes.
Read moreTwo former world and European Taekwon-Do champions dropped-in to a local Liverpool sports centre this month to put on a masterclass for veterans ahead of the European Championships taking place in the city.
Master Alan Clark, England’s International Taekwon-Do Federation Head Coach, was joined by Hwang Su-il, Japanese multiple gold-medal winning world champion and ITF Technical and Education Committee member, in providing expert tuition to residents of Launchpad’s Speke House in the south of the city at the nearby Austin Rawlinson Sports Centre.
Read moreThis week, award winning veterans’ charity AF&V Launchpad rebrands as Launchpad and introduces a new logo to reflect the organisation’s mission and goals.
The new logo has a combination of the Union Flag, shaped as a triangle above the word ‘Launchpad’ to signify a roof – representing the security that the charity provides. Coloured lines extend below the ‘house’ to denote the different services. It is hoped that the shorter name and simpler, more striking logo will make the charity more recognisable.
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