Irma, the very first companion dog from charity Glen Art’s Bravehound Project, was awarded “Caring Animal of the Year” at the Mirror/ RSPCA Hero Animal Awards.
Veteran Paul Wilkie was presented with the award along with Bravehound Irma. Paul’s journey across London was made possible thanks to fellow Cobseo members the London Taxi Charity.
Read moreThe Royal Air Forces Association is looking for volunteer fundraising team leaders and fundraisers to help fund its welfare work in specific areas in the UK.
“Forces personnel and their families sacrifice a normal family life to keep the rest of us safe,” says Katharine Montgomery, Volunteer Manager at the Association. “And we believe that we owe them a debt of gratitude once they have served. We are a welfare charity that focuses on providing practical and emotional help for service personnel and their partners and dependents. We are setting up brand new fundraising teams – looking for people who are passionate about raising money to fund our welfare support for the veterans and serving men and women in the Royal Air Force.”
Read moreBrenda Hale, our Charity Ambassador, is now a published author! ‘’I Married a Soldier’ follows Brenda’s experience of losing her husband, Captain Mark Hale, whilst he was serving with 2 RIFLES in Afghanistan on the 13th August 2009.
Mark’s unit had been providing security for a meeting of local leaders in Sangin and searching a mosque for ammunition, when a soldier triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
Read moreThe Spinnaker Tower Abseil, which has been fantastically organised by our Home Counties office since 2013, is just one of the extreme events that ABF The Soldiers’ Charity offers. Soaring 170 metres above Portsmouth Harbour and the Solent, the Emirates Spinnaker Tower is taller than the London Eye, Blackpool Tower and Big Ben, and has already established itself as a national icon for Britain.
Read moreThe Officers’ Association (OA) is sponsoring the annual BSI Resettlement Awards, and is also part of the judging panel.
The BSI Resettlement Awards celebrate Service Leavers who successfully transition from military to civilian life, as well as the people and organisations that support them. The awards include Service Leaver of the year; Employer Committed to Employing Service Leavers; Service Leaver’s Independent Business Start-up of the Year and Service Leavers’ Training Company of the Year. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Manchester on 31st October 2017.
Read moreThis event is not to be missed if you are keen to improve your opportunities with employers. You can become a great networker in just one hour- a great skill to have when considering a second career.
Due to past popularity and success, a further Networking Workshop is taking place in Leeds. This workshop will be led by Colin Tweedie, a Business Development Consultant who will thoroughly explore the most effective ways to network with potential employers. Colin will have time to convince those with trepidation about networking that there is nothing to fear, answering any queries with over 30 years of experience behind him. If you want to enhance your networking skills and understand how to best use networking to your advantage then this is the event for you.
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The BSI Resettlement Awards, in association with Pathfinder Magazine, exist to celebrate the achievements of Service Leavers who have successfully progressed through the transition from life in the Armed Forces to life as a civilian and to acknowledge the efforts of organisations offering support to the Service Leaver during this transition.
The Awards will be presented to the winners at The Lowry Hotel in Manchester on October 31st, 2017.
Read more“It’s free and fun, just like chatting in the mess, and you can do it from the comfort of your home.”
Seafarers Link is celebrating its tenth anniversary with an ambitious target of creating an additional 10 telephone friendship groups for former Seafarers and dependants.
The project hosts free conference calls for former seafarers and their families in a partnership between Community Network and both SFUK and MN Fund. It was devised in response to recommendations in a major report on Seafarers welfare, Supporting Seafarers and Their Families: The Challenges for the Future, commissioned by Maritime Charities Group in 2007.
Read moreThe Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) has awarded noted philanthropist and friend of the charity, Sir Michael Hintze, the role of Senior Vice Patron.
This key ambassadorial role recognises Sir Michael’s extraordinary encouragement and support of the RNRMC over the last eight years, which has been invaluable as the Charity has established itself on the national scene.
Sir Michael Hintze’s leadership and example have been crucial in attracting philanthropic donations to assist the work of the charity. His loyalty, the momentum that his support has generated, and the generosity of the Hintze Family Foundation, has enabled the RNRMC in its mission to support sailors, marines and their families, for life.
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Afghanistan support
In light of recent events in Afghanistan, please find information and support resources here
