Former Coldstream Guardsman Greg Dunnings is taking on a unique and gruelling challenge on Saturday 30th August 2025— attempting to break a Guinness World Record by pulling a van for the greatest distance in 24 hours, in aid of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, The Coldstream Guards Charity and The Fire Fighters Charity.
Read moreAfter its first full year tending an allotment in Sefton Park, the Merseyside branch of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity has donated its bounty to the Joseph Lappin Centre.
Read moreBowling clubs from Campbeltown to Dumbarton were invited to participate in the inaugural Combined Services Bowling Competition, which took place at Colgrain Bowling Club in Helensburgh last month.
Read moreDanny Kruger, the Member of Parliament for East Wiltshire, recently paid a visit to the Salisbury Plain Community Serving Team (SCT) of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
Read moreKieran Palmer, ex- Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) mechanic is preparing to take on a challenging 100-mile bike ride in the ‘Tour de Broads’ annual cycling event on Sunday 17th August, to raise funds and awareness for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
Read moreSSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, is proud to recognise the achievements of Robert Dunne, who has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List for his exceptional work with Veterans Housing Scotland (VHS).
Read moreAn RAF recruit training instructor from RAF Halton is preparing to scale South Wales’ highest peak ten times in 24 hours – the equivalent of summiting Mount Everest – in an extraordinary challenge to support SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
Read moreVeterans Olly Waters and Conor McAdams, both from Stafford, are taking on an epic test of endurance in April 2026 – running in the Manchester Marathon, then running from Manchester to London and finishing by completing the London Marathon, all in aid of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
Read moreThe death of Lieutenant General Sir Robert “Robin” Ross, former National Chair of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, has been announced.
Read moreSSAFA, the Armed Forces charity has been awarded a £5,000 grant from Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner Dan Price’s “SWAP Fund” to launch its new initiative Beyond the Walls.
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