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5 January 2017

Care For Veterans

Army, Events, Fund-raising, fundraising, Health, Serving, Veterans, Welfare

Naval charity donates £20,000 to help disabled veterans

The Worthing-based Queen Alexandra Hospital Home (QAHH) has been awarded a grant of £20,000 from The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity and Greenwich Hospital.

The grant is towards the costs of delivering a tailored rehabilitation programme to disabled Royal Navy and Royal Marines Veterans and their dependants. The rehab services included in the grant are: Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Social and Recreational activities, Neuropsychologist, Chaplaincy and Mini-Ambulance service.

5 January 2017

Royal Air Force Families Federation

Children, Families, Newsletter, RAF, Royal Air Force, Serving, Training, Transition

RAF Families Federation – Weekly Newsletter

Follow this link to all the latest news from the RAF Families Federation.

5 January 2017

ABF The Soldiers’ Charity

Announcements, Army, Charities, Governance, Serving, Welfare

ABF The Soldiers’ Charity is named as one of the UK’s most trusted charities

In the latest Third Sector Charity Brand Index (CBI), which gauges public awareness of the charity sector, our Charity, has come top in a number of categories. The Charity was ranked number one for ‘using its money well’, and for ‘delivering on its promise’ – to support soldiers, veterans and their immediate families – out of the top 154 charities in the UK.

5 January 2017

Recruit for Spouses

Courses, Education, Employment, Families, Training

Free One day Digital Skills Workshop for Spouses, Helensburgh, Scotland – 26 January

On the 26 of January 2017 – Free One day Digital Skills Workshop, Helensburgh, Scotland, 09:30 – 17:00

Another great opportunity for spouses, whether they are starting a business or are entrepreneurs already or if they just want more insight into the ever changing world of technology. This workshop is presented by Freeformers UK and requires the attendees to have no prior experience.

5 January 2017

Recruit for Spouses

Courses, Education, Employment, Families, Training

Recruit for Spouses West of Scotland Office Launch

On the 23 January 2017 Recruit for Spouses is celebrating the launch of their West of Scotland office launch.

They would love to see as many of their Scottish spouses there as possible. It is a great opportunity for spouses who have felt left out of the ‘recruitment loop’ to take the first to finding support.

5 January 2017

Recruit for Spouses

Courses, Education, Employment, Families, Training

Free CV & LinkedIn webinar for military spouses – 11th January

On the 11th of January from 20:00 – 21:00 Recruit for Spouses is running a free CV & LinkedIn webinar that has been created specifically for military spouses.

You will learn how to write a high impact, interview winning CV that addresses and overcomes the employment challenges faced by military spouses.

4 January 2017

Forces Welfare Media Team

Charities, Families, Media, Serving, Transition, Welfare

Update from the Forces Welfare Media Team

SSVC’s Forces Welfare Media Team continues to feature the work of Cobseo and Veterans Scotland members, Armed Forces Covenant-funded projects and other initiatives that are helping to deliver the promises within the Covenant. In the run-up to Christmas, Edinburgh reporter Dave McCann filmed with a forces spouse being helped to set up her own business by Women’s Enterprise Scotland.

3 January 2017

Gurkha Welfare Trust

Children, Families, Housing, Nepal, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

A week in the field at the top of the world

Last month, former engineer and Head of our Earthquake Response Team, John White, headed out to visit some of our most remote projects in eastern Nepal. In this light-hearted account, John’s diary from the trip gives supporters a behind-the-scenes glimpse of our work

3 January 2017

Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity

Awards, fundraising, Navy, Royal Navy, Serving

Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity CEO Robert Robson has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours

Robert joined the RNRMC in September 2008 as Chief Executive Officer, a move which he says brought him back “home”, having previously served as a warfare officer in the Royal Navy in the 1980s. After a 20 year “interim” stint with Barclays, which took him all over the UK and Europe, he took the helm of the Charity at the beginning of the voyage of discovery that awaited.

3 January 2017

The Seafarers' Charity

Merchant Navy, Navy, Remembrance, Royal Navy, Serving, Veterans, Welfare

Lord West to Highlight State of UK Maritime Sector at Seafarers UK Centenary Dinner

On 1 January 2017 the leading maritime charity, Seafarers UK, celebrated the start of its Centenary Year. To mark this anniversary, Seafarers UK is holding a number of special Centenary events around the UK during 2017, in Liverpool, Bristol, Glasgow and London.

On 28 March, exactly 100 years to the day since the first meeting was held in 1917 in the City of London to discuss the formation of the charity (previously known as King George’s Fund for Sailors), Seafarers UK will hold a Centenary Celebration Dinner at Guildhall.

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