The Maritime Charities Group (MCG), together with MCG members the Merchant Navy Welfare Board (MNWB) and Trinity House, has joined forces with the Marine Society to launch a bursary fund for seafarer training.
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The Maritime Charities Group (MCG), together with MCG members the Merchant Navy Welfare Board (MNWB) and Trinity House, has joined forces with the Marine Society to launch a bursary fund for seafarer training.
Read moreVolunteer London licenced taxi drivers took three WWII veterans to the Sun Inn in Faversham to support the launch of the Kent Community Foundation Knock and Check Campaign which asks the community to look out for their elderly neighbours this winter
Read moreHundreds of partners of UK Armed Forces personnel will receive personalised career support as part of a targeted training scheme.
Read moreThe latest edition of the Veterans in Communities newsletter is now available.
Read moreSSAFA’s RAF Personal Support and Social Work Service (PS&SWS) are delighted to be recognised as part of the RAF Wittering Welfare Team who have received an AOC 38 Groups Commendation as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Read moreA blind veteran from Cheshire who has previously marched at the Cenotaph in London will be experiencing a very different Remembrance Sunday this year due to Covid-19.
Read moreA 40-year-old blind veteran will be running 75km in the days leading up to Remembrance Sunday. He hopes to raise £5,000 to send an iconic pin badge and message to 1,000 of the UK’s most vulnerable and elderly blind veterans, showing them that they are not alone despite spending Remembrance Sunday in isolation.
Read moreVeteran homelessness charity Scottish Veterans Residences (SVR) has received a generous grant from Comic Relief’s Homeless Response Fund to help it absorb some of the financial impact of Covid-19.
Read moreThe annual national remembrance events that were scheduled to take place in Edinburgh on Remembrance Sunday (8 November 2020) and Armistice Day (11 November 2020) will not be open to the public following confirmation of Coronavirus guidelines by the Scottish Government yesterday.
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.
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