Royal Signals veteran from Southport celebrates centenary as her wartime service is finally formally recognised.
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Royal Signals veteran from Southport celebrates centenary as her wartime service is finally formally recognised.
Read moreA couple facing the aftermath of a stroke and cancer diagnosis have spoken about the difference an RAF Benevolent Fund Group Friendship Break in Suffolk made to their lives, giving them the chance to step away from their health challenges, meet others with shared experiences and realise they were not alone.
Read moreCentre for Mental Health has recently been commissioned by Forces in Mind Trust to explore how mainstream (non-veteran-specific) mental health services recognise and respond to veterans’ backgrounds, experiences, and ongoing needs, and how these services might become more veteran-friendly.
Read moreFrom beds on trains to sandwiches in Bristol, teams taking part in the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity’s Race Across the UK (RATUK) have already been overwhelmed by acts of kindness as they make their way from Dartmouth to Inverness.
Read moreNew partnership will widen access to adaptive sport for wounded, injured and sick serving personnel and veterans – and build a new understanding of how sport can improve military health and wellbeing.
Read moreThree months after a VALOUR-Recognised Centre (VRC) for the South West opened at ALABARÉ’s Riverside House in Salisbury, the scheme has supported the equivalent of four people every week.
Read moreVeterans’ mental health charity Combat Stress publishes report showing how their OVA-funded research has led to specialist training, professional education and improved support for women veteran survivors.
Read moreOver the next four days, teams will race from Dartmouth to Inverness, travelling the length of the UK with no cars, no planes and no map apps. Armed only with a paper map, what they can carry on their backs and their own resourcefulness, participants will need to use teamwork and ingenuity to make their way through a series of secret checkpoints before reaching the finish line in Scotland on 9 October.
Read moreFive years ago the charity Reading Force organised a sponsored bike ride from Lands End to John O’Groats.
Read moreThe Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation has extended its longstanding partnership with SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, which has seen the business provide life-changing and even life-saving funding to the charity since 2008.
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