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16 February 2017

Forces in Mind Trust

Education, Employment, Research, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

New Forces in Mind Trust award: University of Salford to examine impact of UK benefits system on Veterans

A grant of a £171,995 has been awarded to the University of Salford, working with the University of York on a two-year project, to examine what impact interaction with the benefit system has on the transition of military personnel to civilian life, thanks to support from the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT).

The two-year study, called Sanctions, support and Service leavers: welfare conditionality and transitions from military to civilian life, will investigate the effect of a conditional welfare system in the UK, including the use of sanctions, and how this affects ex-Service personnel and their families.

16 February 2017

Combat Stress

Appointments, Employment, Health, Mental Health, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Veterans’ mental health charity Combat Stress appoints new directors

Combat Stress, the UK’s leading mental health charity for ex-servicemen and women, has appointed two new directors as the charity reshapes its executive team. Director of Client Services – Carol Smith and Director of Resources – Richard Whitley.

16 February 2017

NHS England

Employment, Events, Health, Veterans, Welfare

Step into Health Recruitment Event for Broadmoor Hospital

Step into Health has partnered with West London Mental Health Trust to host a recruitment event for military veterans, service leavers and their families. This event will provide an overview of the NHS and opportunities at the West London Mental Health Trust and will allow attendees to apply and be interviewed on the day for live vacancies at Broadmoor Hospital.

9 February 2017

Officers' Association

Army, Courses, Employment, Familiy, Marines, Navy, RAF, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Transition

Midlands Military Meet (M3) – Networking (Tri-Services) Birmingham Area

Midlands Military Meet (M3) is a new networking group in the Birmingham area. The group meets on the first Thursday of every quarter for relaxed and informal networking.

9 February 2017

Officers' Association

Army, Courses, Employment, Familiy, Marines, Navy, RAF, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Transition

14th February 2017: OA Webinar – Management roles offering reward and opportunities at Siemens UK

Personnel from Siemens Mobility (their transportation division) will be speaking about their functions and typical roles.

9 February 2017

Officers' Association

Army, Courses, Employment, Familiy, Marines, Navy, RAF, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Transition

OA to Target Operations Management as a Career Option with New Workshop

The Officers’ Association will target Operations Management as a potential job sector for transitioning officers with a workshop in York, on Feb 15th, 2017.

Hosted by Portakabin, the workshop will combine insight into the sector with practical experiences from key speakers as well as looking at the military qualifications that will translate across to the sector. Advice on shaping applications (and CV’s) to target the sector will be available.

9 February 2017

Royal British Legion Industries

Army, Charities, Employment, Events, Remembrance, Sport, Transition

GB Olympic gold medallist tours RBLI

Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Major Heather Stanning MBE this week toured Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI), the charity she will run in aid of at this year’s Virgin Money London Marathon.

Heather, who won gold for Great Britain in the rowing at London 2012 and Rio 2016, visited RBLI and its Aylesford village to witness first-hand the range of services the charity offers to support the ex-military and disabled community into employment.

2 February 2017

Forces Welfare Media Team

Covenant, Employment, Housing, Remembrance, Scotland, Veterans, Welfare

Forces Welfare Media Team – all the latest news

The Forces Welfare Media Team has been working with a number of Cobseo and Veterans Scotland members in the past couple of weeks.

31 January 2017

Ministry of Defence

Army, Career, Children, Courses, Education, Employment, Families, Resettlement, Serving, Training, Transition

Tidworth Job Fair 2017 – Wednesday 15 March 2017

Headquarters South West will be running a Job Fair in Tidworth Garrison Theatre on Wednesday 15 March 2017. At the event will be over 60 regional and national employers, as well as recruitment agencies who are specifically looking to recruit Service Leavers, Veterans and Spouses. A wide variety of industry sectors will be represented, including (but not exclusively): health, care, construction, transport, communications, tourism & leisure, manufacturing, bio sciences & pharmaceutical, finance and defence.

31 January 2017

Army Families Federation (AFF)

Children, Courses, Education, Employment, Families, Health, Mental Health, Serving, Transition

AFF to host symposium in partnership with the King’s Centre for Military Health Research

Following the success of their first symposium in 2015, The Army Families Federation (AFF) will once again host a Research Symposium to discuss the issues Army families face and share findings and research with others also working in this field of work.

This event will take place on Monday 5 June at the Guy’s Campus, King’s College London.

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