To mark both VE Day (May 8) and VJ Day (August 15), the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) are asking everyone to share stories and memories from WW2.
Read moreTo mark both VE Day (May 8) and VJ Day (August 15), the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) are asking everyone to share stories and memories from WW2.
Read moreAlchemic Kitchen, a start-up social enterprise from the charity Feedback, and other partners have been serving up homemade soup and fresh bread and delivering them to veteran residents living at Launchpad’s Speke House in Liverpool.
Read moreThe project was commissioned by FiMT and benefits from a UK-wide partnership of research institutions including King’s College London, Anglia Ruskin University, Combat Stress, Cardiff University and Glasgow Caledonian University.
Read moreThis May, the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans would have been taking WWII veterans to 75th anniversary Dutch Liberation and VE Day celebrations. Sadly, these events had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 restrictions and many of the veterans will be spending the 8 May alone.
Read moreWhether it is ‘weekending’ or deployment, we understand that Royal Navy and Royal Marines families spend a considerable amount of time away from each other.
Read moreDuring the Covid-19 pandemic, SPACES are continuing to deliver a housing advice and placement service to single veterans who are homeless or threatened with homelessness, throughout the UK.
Read moreResidents at Broughton House Veteran Care Village in Salford have been cheered during the lockdown with letters from pupils at a high school.
Read moreWith VE Day edging closer, leading Armed Forces charities Legion Scotland and Poppyscotland have commissioned a series of stunning portraits of Second World War veterans as part of the national celebration of this important milestone.
Read moreThe boxes include a personal thank you letter from the First Sea Lord, Admiral Tony Radakin CB, along with a selection of useful items such as shower gel and hand moisturiser, along with morale boosting items like sweets and an Amazon voucher.
Read moreAlabaré are delighted to be marking the 75th anniversary of VE Day with a community celebration – ‘Petals for Peace’.
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