Durham based charity Finchale’s CEO, Mel Pears MBE, presented a cheque for £355.00 to Lieutenant Colonel Barnbrook, Regional Director North East of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, at a ceremony at Finchale’s site in Pity Me on Thursday 23rd March 2017.
Finchale has worked with The Soldiers’ Charity over the past 2 years to provide tailored support to veterans from the North East of England to enable them to move from social exclusion to sustained employment.
Read moreThe Trustees of HighGround are delighted to welcome Air Commodore (rtd) Ian Elliott as the new Chairman of Trustees.
Read moreIn the run up to Seafarers Awareness Week, 24-30 June, primary school children are learning that bananas are only available in the UK thanks to ships and seafarers.
Seafarers UK, the charity that coordinates and promotes Seafarers Awareness Week, has partnered with leading fruit importer Fyffes to provide free educational resources for 24,000 schools.
Read moreThe RACPD is a leading provider of nationally recognised civilian qualifications to the Royal Artillery, other Service personnel and the wider Defence community including reservists, veterans and dependants. They are also a charity.
Read moreThe Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund has teamed up with the RFEA – The Forces Employment Charity to form a new Wellbeing and Employment Pathway, set up to support selected RAF veterans enhance their civilian life.
The voluntary scheme is focussed on beneficiaries who have been in an RAF Benevolent Fund Housing Trust property for a number of years.
Read moreThe Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT), established to help ex-Service personnel and their families make a successful transition back to civilian life, formally celebrated the achievements of their first two Specialist FiMT Fellows on Clore Social Leadership’s Fellowship Programme at a dedicated event marking the end of the 2015 and 2016 Fellowships.
Read moreMore terrific news for Future for Heroes: ABF, The Soldiers’ Charity has recently approved another consecutive year’s funding for their needy veterans who choose to attend our personal change programme. This continued support is fantastic – a huge thank you to The Soldiers’ Charity.
Read moreA charity that helps current and former military personnel transition from the Forces to employment in the rural sector has announced a new programme in Devon.
HighGround will be delivering Rural Weeks at Bicton College for the first time, starting in March, followed by a further three Rural Weeks in spring.
Read moreNFF has developed a ‘pull-out and keep’ resource for parents, carers and schools. Deployment can be an emotional experience for all the family. Understanding the stages and feelings involved can help parents, carers and schools to support children and young people.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) have launched a programme, called AWS re:Start which is aimed at providing training and potential employment opportunities for Service leavers, spouses, veterans, reserves and cadets.
This four week programme will take you through how to use the latest software development and cloud computing technologies.
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Afghanistan support
In light of recent events in Afghanistan, please find information and support resources here
