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Read moreDMWS is constantly evolving to meet new needs and requirements. Our reach now extends to new beneficiaries in the Veteran’s community, the Police, the Probation Service and the NHS. The move to support the wider emergency services is part of our planned diversification to continue our mission to support those who put themselves in harm’s way for the Nation.
We are proud to announce the release of our newly redesigned website that reflects all of our new projects.
Read moreThe team returns to the Veterans Village to finish the extraordinary project which originated from a chance meeting between Nick and WWTW’s Founder & CEO, Ed Parker.
The project started two years ago, building homes for veterans and revitalising a community.
Once a dilapidated street on the outskirts of Manchester, the street is now home to some ex-servicemen and women who initially struggled with the transition back into civvy-life after leaving the Armed Forces.
Read moreA blind veteran from Kent is set to march at the Cenotaph in London this Remembrance Sunday (12/11) with the charity Blind Veterans UK.
Frank Unwin, 97 and from Orpington, will be marching at the Cenotaph in London with more than 100 other blind veterans supported by Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women.
Frank says: “For me, Remembrance means looking back at the Second World War and all the fellows who didn’t make it back alive. It’s also an opportunity to reflect on all the times that I myself narrowly and miraculously avoided death.”
Read moreA pup called Poppy, a two-year old Airedale terrier, has been helping her owner, Colin Stegeman collect for The Royal British Legion in the Shropshire village of Worthen.
Accompanying 82 year old, former RAF serviceman, Colin, on his rounds and home visits, Poppy the pup is a big hit with the villagers and even sports her very own specially fashioned poppy harness. A talking point for many of those living in the village, Poppy has been aiding Colin in selling poppies for this year’s Appeal, as well as helping her owner spread the word about the Legion’s work and its 2017 message – Rethink Remembrance.
Read moreOn the launch of this year’s Poppy Appeal, former Royal Engineer and Normandy veteran, Ron Trenchard celebrated his 100th birthday.
Born in Highbury, North London on 26th October 1917, Ron spent his milestone birthday with family and friends at a party organised for him by The Royal British Legion’s Galanos House staff where he now resides.
The son of an Army Clerk, Ron moved to Warwickshire with his family in 1937 and soon enlisted in The Royal Engineers at the age of 22 when war broke out.
Read moreSale Sharks will show their support for the Poppy Appeal tonight (Friday) ahead of their home clash with Saracens.
As well as taking time to recognise the sacrifices made by our Armed Forces community, Sharks Community Trust will also celebrate the success of Sharks Forces, a veterans’ project funded by the Royal British Legion, helping more than 40 veterans this year.
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Read moreEx-Cabinet ministers Iain Duncan Smith and Owen Paterson, former shadow Defence minister Julian Lewis and crossbench peer Lord Hastings have called for urgent action to be taken for 600 Commonwealth veterans living in destitution in Zimbabwe ahead of Armistice Day on Saturday (11th November).
Iain Duncan Smith, who was part of the British delegation that negotiated Zimbabwe’s independence, said it was “unacceptable” that men who were prepared to lay down their lives down for the British Crown should be living on one meal a day and without access to basic medical care.
Read moreLast week, HRH Princess Alexandra came to Worthing to visit residents and staff at local charity, Care for Veterans, of which she is President.
The charity (formerly known as The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home), has recently extended one of its wings, to enlarge and improve the facilities in two existing rooms and build two additional single en-suite rooms. This not only provides two more beds, enabling the charity to care for more veterans and their family members, but it also gives greater flexibility when admitting both permanent and respite residents.
Her Royal Highness came to officially open the extended ward, which has been renamed the Richmond Wing.
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