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Follow this link to all the highlights from the last month from Blesma.
Read moreHeropreneurs is delighted to announce that Surge Group Plc has become the Main and Headline Sponsor to the Heropreneurs Awards. The Awards are run in association with The Telegraph and the Warwick Business School, and with support from the Ministry of Defence.
Surge Group Plc was founded by Paul Careless in January 2015, a start-up with zero debt or venture capital. In 2018, the group will exceed £50m in annual turnover. Paul Careless served in the British Army and has since become one of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs – his personal motto is “Do not fear failure. Fear mediocrity”.
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Read moreDefence Secretary Gavin Williamson praised Broughton House for the care it provides to veterans and for its vision for the future during a visit to the Salford care home for ex-servicemen and women.
Mr Williamson, who was accompanied by Bolton West MP Chris Green, met with veterans, staff and board members during his tour and learned more about Broughton House’s redevelopment plans.
The two-acre site is to be transformed into a Veterans’ Care Village in a £14m scheme.
Read moreYou are warmly invited to join us for Afternoon Tea in the Garden at Mind in Haringay (Crouch Hill station, walk or bus from Finsbury Park tube).
To find out more about our new service for people who have served in the Armed Forces, including counselling, ART group and courses, all free to access.
Tea, coffee, cold drinks and cakes from 2.3
Short introduction to the service at 3pm
You are welcome to remain longer in the garden.
A multi-million-pound programme to support older Armed Forces veterans in Scotland has helped around 2,000 people in its first year.
The Unforgotten Forces project is a collaboration of 15 leading organisations, led by Poppyscotland, which is delivering a range of services and enhancements in areas including advice, access to healthcare, social isolation, respite and transport, along with creative activities and events for those in care settings. The consortium was awarded £4m of funding from the Aged Veterans Fund to run the project over three years.
Read moreAlabaré Homes for Veterans are delighted to welcome National Armed Forces Day 2019 to Salisbury!
This fantastic event will shine a national light on the tremendous work of our awe-inspiring UK Armed Forces, and our heroic Veterans community, all against the backdrop of our beautiful city.
As the home of UK Land Forces for nearly half a century and with close ties to military bases all around the area, Salisbury is a fitting location to showcase our Nation’s Armed Forces.
Read moreThe Ministry of Defence (MoD) must show that it has learned the lessons of the lamentable record, in managing Service accommodation, of CarillionAmey, Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and the Ministry itself. So says the Defence Committee in its latest report, published on the 2018 Armed Forces Day, into the Armed Forces Covenant. (The Covenant expresses the moral obligation that the Government owes to those who serve or have served in our Armed Forces, and to their families.)
Read more“D-Day, June 1944. The Allied forces led by General Eisenhower are poised to launch. 350,000 lives are at stake. The most important weather forecast of all time.
Book now to see Olivier Award-winner David Haig as Group Captain James Stagg, in the 5 star smash-hit, which plays at the Ambassadors Theatre for a strictly limited season.
Free glass of beer, wine or soft drink with every ticket! Quote ‘ARMED FORCES’ when booking over the phone on 020 7395 5405”
Read moreThe Prime Minister has recognised Nikki Scott, from King’s Lynn, Norfolk, for supporting bereaved British Armed Forces children.
Nikki is the founder f ‘Scotty’s Little Soldiers’, the UK’s leading charity for bereaved British Forces children. Nikki set up the charity after her husband and father to her two children, Corporal Lee Scott, died in Afghanistan in 2009. The charity reaches more than 360 children of Army, Navy and RAF personnel with its ‘smiles’, ‘support’ and ‘strides’ programmes, providing fun activities, counselling and personal development grants.
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Afghanistan support
In light of recent events in Afghanistan, please find information and support resources here
