Dr Sandesh Gulhane MSP, Shadow Minister for Health and Social Care, recently visited Glasgow’s Helping Heroes (GHH), a service for veterans in the city run by SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity and Glasgow City Council.
Read moreDr Sandesh Gulhane MSP, Shadow Minister for Health and Social Care, recently visited Glasgow’s Helping Heroes (GHH), a service for veterans in the city run by SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity and Glasgow City Council.
Read moreOn 17 June, Sally Orange, from Salisbury, has been made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours List, for her services to charity and mental health.
Read moreThe Veterans’ Places, Pathways and People Programme (VPPP) awards grants to regional charities to help service veterans in their times of need.
Read moreMark Lane, from Doncaster, who serves in the RAF, and is currently based at RAF Waddington, found himself on the Falkland Islands with some free time on his hands. He promptly set about raising money for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity by organising a virtual row around the islands.
Read moreOn 3 June, James Neil, 45, from Tunbridge Wells, ran the 52 highest tors on Dartmoor, known as the Dartmoor 500 Challenge, in under 24hrs, with no support.
Read moreSSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, has launched a new initiative in time for Loneliness Awareness Week, 12-18 June in Catterick.
Read moreNorthallerton-born Paige, who is a leading rallycross driver in her spare time, organised a 24-hour fitness marathon at the barracks to raise money for and awareness of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
Read moreKnown to many in the Armed Forces community in Scotland and beyond, Veronica Young – or Vron to all – died on 5 June following breast cancer, which she had faced valiantly and with determination.
Read moreThe route begins at historic Southwick House in Portsmouth, the site of the forwards headquarters of the invasion of Normandy and the famous Map Room.
Read moreWW2 veteran, Ronald Baker, of Maldon, took part in the D-Day landings 79 years ago.
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