After a mizzling start, the weather gods almost smiled on the 2025 SSAFA Wales Charity Golf Day held at Southerndown Golf Club in the Vale of Glamorgan, which was won by The Tanning Studio team beating the runners up – The Old Fogies – by a single point.
Read moreOn 27 June, Carol and Charles Diaper, aged 63 and 61, of St. George’s Cross, will climb the inside of one of the iconic Kelpies before abseiling down the 30-metre-high structures.
Read moreThe NHS team behind the Solihull Approach, a provider of online learning focused on children’s emotional health and wellbeing, has partnered with SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity to increase access to and emotional health support for the military community overseas.
Read moreThe Battle of Britain, which was waged and raged in the skies above southern England and the Channel between July and October 1940 is part of the British psyche and of the legend and lore of World War Two.
Read moreStacey-Louise Bottomley, born in Munster, and now resident in Poole, is taking on the 13 Bridges Challenge in London this month in memory of her father, Corporal Phillip Bottomley Royal Logistic Corps, who was shot and died in Bosnia in July 1994.
Read moreThe Forces Additional Needs and Disability Forum (FANDF) is a tri-service group for serving personnel, reservists and their families who have a child or adult immediate family member with an additional need or disability.
Read moreThe Mentoring Service of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity has been awarded £26,000 by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) and Greenwich Hospital, covering a one-year period.
Read moreClive Richardson, aged 62, of Shetland, was recently recognised with a long service award to mark 30 years of volunteering for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
Read moreMajor David Heath French of Royal Army Medical Services (RAMS) has embarked on a 600-kilometre cycle ride from The Kelpies in Stirling to Weston Lawns, Bedworth to raise awareness of issues surrounding mental health in the armed forces and emergency services – as well as funds for charities in these sectors.
Read moreThe Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation has extended its longstanding partnership with SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, which has seen the business donate over £500,000 to the charity in the past 17 years.
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