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23 August 2017

Walking With The Wounded

Event, fundraising, Health, Mental Health, Sport, Veterans, Welfare

Walking With The Wounded beneficiary, Kyle, set to run from Warrington to Ipswich in aid of wounded veterans.

Walking With The Wounded (WWTW) is exceptionally proud of beneficiary, Kyle, who is planning to run from Warrington to Ipswich in just 5 days. Kyle will be starting his 210 mile journey from Warrington on Monday 4th September, aiming to run 42 miles per day.

Kyle served with 9 Parachute Squadron RE (Royal Engineers) and served 2 tours of Afghanistan.

Kyle has explained on his Just Giving page: “I am trying to raise as much money as possible… for PTSD victims.” He is hoping to raise £1000 for the military charity Walking With The Wounded, which supports physically, mentally and socially wounded ex-servicemen and women back into independence by assisting them into sustainable employment and helping them to reintegrate back into society.

23 August 2017

Forward Assist

Families, Newsletters, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Forward Assist Weekly Newsletter

Follow this link to all the latest news from Forward Assist.

23 August 2017

Charity Commission

Charity News, Governance

Help the Charity Commission develop digital services

We are developing a number of digital services to make it easier for you to complete tasks online. As part of this development we are testing services with the charity sector, and using the feedback to improve them.

Testing services with real users helps us to understand needs, and create the best possible experience online.

23 August 2017

Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity

Children, Families, Serving, Sport, Welfare

Record numbers of Naval children attend Kings Camps in Portsmouth and Fareham

The Kings Camp at both HMS Temeraire and HMS Collingwood ended this year with record high numbers of naval children in attendance.

Children from ages 5 to 14 years-old turned up in their droves to attend this summer’s sporting activity camps. The camps, which play host to children from naval background, offer a plethora of fun sports activities from Badminton to Swimming, the camp offers it all.

Having begun as a single week at HMS Temeraire with between 30 and 40 children, Kings Camp Portsmouth and HMS Collingwood in Fareham now host over 210 children between them.

23 August 2017

Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity

fundraising, Royal Marines, Royal Navy

The ‘must have’ bag that’s CAUSING WAVES and raising thousands to support the Naval Community.

The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity have been overwhelmed by the popularity of their ‘Carrier Bags’ which commemorate the arrival of the Navy’s newest Aircraft Carrier the HMS Queen Elizabeth. The limited edition ‘Carrier Bags’ have raised thousands of pounds for The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) and are fast becoming the unexpected must have item of the summer

The stylish hessian bags that feature an artistic stencil of HMS Queen Elizabeth have sold at such an impressive rate, that over 1000 bags were sold within the first 12 hours alone.

Not only are the ‘Carrier Bags’ a memento of an historic day in Britain’s naval history but 100% of the funds raised by the bags will go towards aiding the naval community. As the official charity of the Royal Navy, the RNRMC’s mission is to ensure that sailors, marines, veterans and their families are supported, for life.

22 August 2017

Alabaré

Appointments, Housing, Veterans, Welfare

Alabaré’s Homes for Veterans welcome new team leaders in Bristol and Gloucestershire

Alabaré are delighted to welcome Kenneth Kwogyenga as the new Gloucestershire Homes for Veterans Team Leader and Harrison Buttress as new Team Leader in Bristol Homes for Veterans.

Kenneth has been working with Alabaré for almost 4 years as one of the housing support workers at Homes for Veterans Gloucestershire. Originally, from Ghana, Kenny served in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He left after a tour of Afghanistan to pursue a new career, and found himself working for Alabaré’s Homes for Veterans, helping homeless Veterans in need.

22 August 2017

Royal Marines Charity

Children, Families, Governance, Marines, Royal Marines, Serving, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

The Royal Marines Charity – Impact Report

Extract from the Royal Marines Charity Impact Report:

Support that leaves no one behind.

As an island nation dependent on the seas for 95% of our trade, the UK needs a strong Royal Navy; and as the vital amphibious element of the RN, the Royal Marines are a key component of the nation’s defence.

Despite withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Royal Marines remain deployed on duty serving the nation around the globe 365 days a year – whether on anti-piracy duties, protecting the nuclear deterrent, guarding embassies, or on Special Forces operations. The Royal Marines form 49% of UK Special Forces personnel and have won 211 national-level gallantry and meritorious service awards, including 25% of all gallantry awards made during the Afghan campaign.

22 August 2017

The Seafarers' Charity

Event, Merchant Navy, Veterans

Seafarers UK calls on UK Government to make Merchant Navy Day ‘official’ across the UK

On Merchant Navy Day, 3 September, the Red Ensign will be flown ashore to raise awareness of our dependence as an island nation on our past, present and future Merchant Navy seafarers.

The Red Ensign has since 1854 been the official flag of the British Merchant Navy, flown on ‘UK-flagged’ vessels of all sizes, from workboats and superyachts to container ships, fuel tankers and cruise liners. 3 September in 1939 marked the outbreak of the Second World War when the merchant ship SS Athenia was torpedoed and sunk, with the loss of 128 passengers and crew.

21 August 2017

Naval Families Federation

Children, Families, Marines, Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Serving, survey

Armed Forces Pay – Have Your Say

The NFF meets annually with the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body (AFPRB) to present feedback from Service People and their families. The AFPRB makes recommendations to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Defence on military pay, allowances and charges. This year’s AFPRB will meet in the Autumn term.

21 August 2017

Legasee

Education, Remembrance, Veterans, Welfare

UK charity seeks out British Korean War veterans for international education film project

The Legasee Educational Trust Links up with the Korean War Legacy Foundation for Educational Project Covering Three Continents

The Legasee Educational Trust is looking for Korean War Veterans from across the UK to come forward and share their experiences of the often forgotten conflict for a major new oral history project that will see British contributors added to the Korean War Legacy Foundation’s international digital memorial archive.

The New York-based Korean War Legacy Foundation, Inc. (KWLF) has sponsored the Legasee Educational Trust to film the oral accounts of British Korean War Veterans for their digital memorial, which hosts around 800 in-depth interviews with Korean War vets and 6,000 historical artefacts related to the conflict.

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