News

8 January 2018

Blind Veterans UK

Challenge, Disability Support, Funding, fundraising, Health, Veterans, Welfare

Cornwall health care worker to take on 100km challenge for charity that supports her father

A health care worker from Cornwall is training to complete a 100 kilometre walk in Yorkshire for Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women that supports her father.

Sue Edwards, 49 and from Hayle, explains that the care the organisation has provided her father with fed her decision to fundraise on its behalf. She explains: “He became a beneficiary about 18 months and absolutely loves it. My mum too. They’ve been down to the charity’s Brighton centre three times already and always have a fantastic time!

5 January 2018

Wings for Warriors

Courses, Newsletters, Rehabilitation, Training, Veterans, Welfare

Wings for Warriors – Newsletter

Follow this link for all the latest news from Wings for Warriors!

5 January 2018

Ministry of Defence

Employment, Families, Reservists, Serving

Reservist employers toolkit

The employer toolkit provides information on all aspects of employing reservists. This includes: an outline of the benefits of employing reservists; guidance for line managers on how to manage reservists; managing requests regarding time off for training; details of rights and responsibilities, and financial assistance for employers and guidance and actions for when a reservist is mobilised, demobilised and returns to work.

4 January 2018

Blind Veterans UK

Case study, Challenge, Disability Support, Health, Veterans, Welfare

Bedford blind veteran looks forward to 2018 thanks to support of military charity

A blind veteran from Bedford has praised Blind Veterans UK for the help he has received in the past year after losing his sight. Brian Hill, 89, started receiving support from the charity this time last year.

Brian says: “Since joining Blind Veterans UK I’ve tried all sorts of things I’d written off because of my sight loss. It’s been a great year and I’m looking forward to plenty more adventures in 2018!”

Brian joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1945 and spent the majority of his Service in Germany. He worked in operations, plotting the location of aircrafts and reporting on weather conditions for pilots.

4 January 2018

Blind Veterans UK

Case study, Challenge, Disability Support, Health, Veterans, Welfare

Walsall blind veteran looks forward to 2018 thanks to “fantastic” support of national charity

A blind veteran from Walsall has praised Blind Veterans UK for the help he has received after losing his sight. Geoff Deaney, 70 and from Bentley, started receiving support from the charity this time last year.

Geoff says “Finding out I would become blind was a real kick to the stomach. But over the past year Blind Veterans UK have proven to me that there is still a lot to be excited about. It’s been a fantastic year and I looking forward to seeing what 2018 has to offer.”

4 January 2018

Royal Air Force Families Federation

Children, Families, RAF, Royal Air Force, Transition, Welfare

RAF Families Federation – Weekly Newsletter

Follow this link to all the latest news from the RAF Families Federation.

4 January 2018

The Armed Forces Community Awards @ Soldiering On

Army, Awards, Courses, Employment, Events, Media, mentoring, Navy, RAF, Remembrance, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Serving, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Happy New Year – and Watch This Space for Soldiering On Awards Finalists Announcements!”

The Soldiering On Awards wishes all Cobseo members a very Happy New Year with a reminder that we will be releasing details of the 2018 Soldiering On Awards Finalists on Wednesday 10th January.

Be amongst the first to hear the great news of the amazing people we will be recognising by going to www.soldieringon.org on January 10th! Further details will be available in next week’s Cobseo News!

4 January 2018

Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

Events, Families, Funding, fundraising, Health, RAF, Royal Air Force, Sport

RAF Marham Flyers hit fundraising heights at New Year’s Eve run

The RAF Marham Flyers Running Club hosted its annual New Year’s Eve 10k and saw a record turnout of 219 runners. Held in aid of the RAF Benevolent Fund, donations from fundraisers taking part totalled more than £3,400.

Although there was a lot of surface water on the airfield following the previous day’s record rainfall, the damp, windy conditions did nothing to put off people from taking part to help support the RAF’s leading welfare charity.

4 January 2018

Deptherapy

Announcements, Charity News, Health, Mental Health, Rehabilitation, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Deptherapy is pleased to announce a new Patron

Major General Paul Nanson CBE, Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst has accepted an invitation from Deptherapy’s President Air Vice Marshal Jon Lamonte to join the Deptherapy team as a Patron. General Nanson is a scuba diver and kindly attended the Deptherapy Awards ceremony in October where with Air Vice Marshal Paul Colley he presented the awards.

4 January 2018

Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

Funding, RAF, Royal Air Force, Veteran, Welfare

Keeping Gwladys warm this winter

When 95-year-old Gwladys Anderson’s boiler broke down just before Christmas 2016, festivities at the old stone house in Crail, Fife, were all but over.

Gwladys did not want to leave the home she has lived in for 53 years, but with no heating and hot water, she told her Christmas guests to stay away. Gwladys’s daughter, Carolyn, describes how the RAF Benevolent Fund came to the rescue.

It was Christmas Eve when mum’s 10-year-old boiler decided to pack up completely. It had been playing up for a while and we’d limped on with it but this time we knew it was the end.

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