The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most significant change in data protection law in the last 20 years, and it is now less than eight months away. This free webinar will help you prepare for the change and understand what you need to do to ensure your organisation is compliant.
Read moreWalking With The Wounded speak to Rod Eldridge, former senior officer and Clinical Lead at Walking With The Wounded about the importance of mental health and why looking after yourself needs to be a priority.
Lt Col (Rtd) Rod Eldridge is Walking With The Wounded’s Clinical Lead, supporting the charity’s mental health programme, Head Start. Today is World Mental Health Day: what is Mental Health and why is it so important that we all look after it?
Read moreMairéad Ní Cheóinín has been appointed to Seafarers UK as the charity’s new Corporate Fundraising Manager where her focus will be on engaging with the commercial maritime sector.
Mairéad brings a wealth of business development, marketing experience and industry knowledge to the position from her previous roles, working with Steamship Mutual P&I, TradeWinds, Informa PLC in London and the Irish Maritime Development Office in Dublin.
Mairéad joins the grant-giving, campaigning and fundraising charity at an exciting time, as it celebrates its Centenary and is looking ahead to the next phase of its future. Her role will be to raise awareness of Seafarers UK’s wider impact within the maritime charity sector.
Read moreForces in Mind Trust (FiMT) has awarded a grant of £31,500 to Ulster University, to produce a report on public attitudes towards ex-Service personnel in Northern Ireland.
Currently there is no evidence base which provides insight into how the general public view ex-Service personnel in the region. While work has been done to assess public attitudes towards policing in the years following the Good Friday Agreement, there is no equivalent for ex-Service personnel.
The report will be based on answers generated from the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey (NILTS), the largest public attitudes survey in NI, and covers a range of modules on community relations and attitude towards particular groups in the region.
Read moreFollow this link to all the latest news from the Navy Families Federation.
Read moreFollow this link to all the latest news from the Sandhurst Trust.
Read moreHis Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales and Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon will today (Monday) launch a new partnership to improve the mental health of current and former Armed Forces personnel.
The joint initiative between the MOD and the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry builds on the MOD’s recently launched mental health and wellbeing strategy, which outlines how the department will improve the mental health of its serving military and civilian personnel, their families, and veterans.
It will see the Royal Foundation provide advice and resources to the MOD to improve training, education and information sharing for the entire Armed Forces. The work will include annual briefings, websites and specialist support to raise awareness of the importance of good mental health.
Read moreFollow this link to all the latest news from Blesma.
Read moreManchester, join Walking With The Wounded at Be At One Manchester on 13 Barton Arcade for an informal drinks evening with an update on the charity and hear how you can become an ambassador for our Walking Home For Christmas campaign.
Military charity Walking With The Wounded (WWTW) is estimating it will treble the number of ex-servicemen and women it supports in 2018, following a 97% increase last year to more than 1,000. With Christmas fast approaching, for many a time of financial pressure and loneliness, more ex-service personnel than ever require support.
Read moreInmarsat, 99 City Road, London, EC1Y 1AX
16 & 17 October 2017
Over the past 18 months the Maritime Charities Group has commissioned research on the needs of our seafarers and their families and how the UK Maritime Charity Sector can best meet them now and in the future. The research has also focused on the current size and shape of our UK Maritime Charity Sector and our overall financial health. There are many challenges ahead and we look forward to sharing our findings with you on October 16th & 17th 2017.
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Afghanistan support
In light of recent events in Afghanistan, please find information and support resources here
