SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is thrilled to congratulate Coronation Street Star Antony Cotton for being appointed MBE in the Platinum Jubilee Honours List.
Read moreSSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is thrilled to congratulate Coronation Street Star Antony Cotton for being appointed MBE in the Platinum Jubilee Honours List.
Read moreLed by none other than Michael Wilson, the Queen’s Guide to the Sands, the Cross Bay Walk across Morecambe Bay takes place on June 11 – and SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is looking for people to help raise funds to continue its work in north-west England.
Read moreAs arduous challenges for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity go, climbing a mountain ranks quite near the top. Taking on a Three Peaks Challenge is a step beyond that. So how do you top – literally – these?
Read moreStaff from award-winning building services consultants Anderson Green undertook the gruelling Yorkshire Three Peaks (Pen-y-ghent, Whernside, and Ingleborough) for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity and donations have already climbed above £2,000.
Read moreA team of eight serving and veteran Grenadier Guards, five of whom have life changing injuries, will take to open canoes and traverse 700km of the Yukon River in Northwest Canada to raise funds for veterans’ mental charity Combat Stress, SSAFA, the armed forces charity, and The Grenadier Guards Colonel’s Fund.
Read moreOn May 21, some 23 families from the SSAFA Support Groups for Bereaved Families attended A Time To Reflect, an event held at the National Memorial Arboretum, near Alrewas in Staffordshire.
Read moreAndy McIntosh – Chairman of SSAFA Lanarkshire and late of the Cheshire Regiment – had good reason to enjoy the view across the Trossachs from the summit of Ben A’an, especially given that the average time to ascend its 1,512 feet (461 metres) is around two hours or so, and Andy did it in just over 100 minutes.
Read moreNot every eighteenth birthday celebration reaches such dizzy heights, and comes back down to earth so quickly, but for Perthshire teen Cormac Sharpe – who took part in a tandem fundraising skydive with mum Connie – that’s exactly what happened.
Read moreMulti-award-winning garden designer Amanda Waring has won a silver medal for her garden of peace and tranquillity at RHS Chelsea Flower show this year.
Read moreStar of Coronation Street Anthony Cotton attended the RHS Chelsea flower Show today on behalf of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity
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