The nation’s attention will soon focus on May 8, 2025 – the 80th anniversary of VE Day – and in the run up this historic occasion, West Bromwich Albion Football Club will host SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity at the club’s last match of the season at The Hawthorns.
Read moreA free art exhibition and sale featuring works produced by former service personnel, serving custodial sentences, is taking place on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May at St Paul’s, Muir, Kinross, KY13 8AY between 10am and 3pm each day.
Read moreYesterday was the 2025 TCS London Marathon, an opportunity for a world record 56,640 runners to raise funds for charities of their choice – 110 of which chose to run for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
Read moreKnown as Glasgow Veterans United (GVU), the popular football and social programme is making a comeback thanks to Glasgow’s Helping Heroes (GHH), a partnership between Glasgow City Council and SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
Read moreSSAFA Republic of Ireland Branch President Colonel Richard Kinsella-Bevan recently hosted a fundraising lecture for the branch with a very special guest speaker, the much-respected former Army officer and Chief of the General Staff, General Richard Dannatt.
Read moreMary Kenyon, the chair of the Forth Valley branch of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, has been commended by Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise (SVE) as part of Stirling 900 for her contributions to volunteering in Stirling.
Read moreSSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, has been commemorating its 140th year throughout 2025, with a service set for Edinburgh at 2pm on Saturday, 31 May, at St Mary’s Episcopal Church.
Read moreNewtown in Powys was the location for the inaugural Wales Conference of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
Read moreBabcock International Group, a longstanding supporter of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity has elevated its nearly decade-long sponsorship by becoming an official Corporate Partner.
Read moreVistry Group, which raised more than £700,000 for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity in 2024, has been shortlisted in the Business Charity Awards 2025.
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