News

16 March 2017

Finchale

Employment, Families, Family, Training, Transition, Welfare

Fully funded training at Finchale for the unemployed

Funded training is to be provided to unemployed people across County Durham, Tyne and Wear and Northumberland to give them a better chance of finding a job.

Health, training and work experts, Finchale, an independent charity based in Durham, is to deliver RTITB Forklift Truck training in partnership with Gateshead College. Through funding from the European Social Fund matched by the Skills Funding Agency, we are able to offer training at no cost to individuals who wish to retrain in order to gain employment.

15 March 2017

RACPD

Army, Courses, Education, Employment, Navy, RAF, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Training, Transition

RACPD Course Dates

The 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.

9 March 2017

Royal British Legion Industries

Awareness, Employment, Event, Events, Rehabilitation, Training, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

RBLI hosts House of Lords event where one hundred influential women discuss ways to tackle disability employment gap

Baroness Sal Brinton and Minister Penny Mordaunt spoke at the event

Kent-based charity Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) hosted one hundred influential women from across the private and public sectors at the House of Lords on Monday to discuss the challenges disabled people face in finding employment and ways to close the disability employment gap.

9 March 2017

Army Benevolent Fund

Army, Employment, Events, Transition, Veterans

TfL Ex-Military and Reservists Industry Day 2017

In February, ABF The Soldiers’ Charity were privileged to attend the fourth TfL Industry Day for Ex-Military and Reservists at HMS President in London.

Individuals who are leaving, or have left, the Armed Forces had the opportunity to explore their skills with employers and speak to those who have made the transition to civilian work.

9 March 2017

Officers' Association

Benevolence, Employment, Families, Officers, Research, Serving, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Former officer community faces new challenges

The OA has produced an infographic to sit alongside their latest report – funded by the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) and released last week. The report provides a definitive demographic profile of the serving and ex-officer community.

OAinfograph

Demographic Research of the Serving and Former Officer Community, states that there are over 26,820 serving UK officers, and an estimated 371,600 veteran officers in Great Britain, including 19,200 over ninety years of age.

7 March 2017

Officers' Association

Army, Courses, Employment, Marines, Navy, Qualifications, RAF, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Transition, Veterans

28th March 2017: OA Webinar – Virtual Career Fairs

Join OA careers consultant, Lisa Jones, as she helps you to prepare for the OA’s first virtual career fair taking place on 4th and 5th of April 2017. Lisa will explain the benefits of attending the fair and give you information including what you should expect, how to prepare for the event and how to approach employers.

7 March 2017

Officers' Association

Army, Courses, Employment, Marines, Navy, Qualifications, RAF, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Transition, Veterans

Last year OA webinars were accessed by 16,000+ job seekers

The OA webinar programme continues to offers job seeking tips or industry insights to officers in transition from the Armed Services.

7 March 2017

Officers' Association

Army, Courses, Employment, Marines, Navy, Qualifications, RAF, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Transition, Veterans

OA recently ran Leeds Project Management Workshop based on success of York event

A recent OA led Operations Management Workshop in York explored the skills and experience required to transition from managing a project within the forces, to a career in Project Management within a civilian context.

7 March 2017

Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

Courses, Education, Employment, RAF, Royal Air Force, Support

RAF Benevolent Fund teams up with RFEA to offer new Wellbeing and Employment Programme

The 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.

7 March 2017

Finchale

Employment, Families, Family, Grants, Research, Training, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Shared values means business for local firm

Values shape a company and no-one recognises this more than AAA Property (North East) Ltd who’s AAA Caring Caretaker Ltd division has secured a new cleaning and maintenance contract with Durham based, independent charity, Finchale to service their 13.5 acre site in Pity Me.

Founded by father and daughter Richard H Tucker MBE and Alison Stephenson the company was first launched as AAA Property (North East) Ltd in 2007.

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