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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.

16 March 2017

Gurkha Welfare Trust

Army, Children, Families, Gurkha, Remembrance, Transition, Veterans, Welfare, WW2

Meet Rifleman Hauda Thapa

Hauda joined the Army over 75 years ago, in the middle of World War II. It wasn’t long before he found himself in the jungles of Burma with the 3rd Assam Rifles.

He served with the British Army through the bitter fighting that followed Japan’s invasion. The tropical climate meant that battles were especially challenging.

15 March 2017

NHS England

Announcements, Armed Forces, Families, Family, Health, Mental Health, Serving, Welfare

Transition, intervention and liaison mental health service for armed forces personnel approaching discharge and veterans

On 1 April 2017, NHS England is launching the transition, intervention and liaison (TIL) mental health service for armed forces personnel approaching discharge and veterans.

Provided across England, the service will seek to increase the access and treatment to appropriate and timely mental health services for armed forces serving personnel approaching discharge and veterans with mental health difficulties.

15 March 2017

Defence Medical Welfare Service

Children, Deployment, Event, Families, Health, Mental Health, Remembrance, Royal Event, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

DMWS represented at Iraq and Afghanistan memorial unveiling

Welfare Officers from the Defence Medical Welfare Service join Armed Forces Colleagues and Civilian members of staff in Iraq and Afghanistan memorial unveiling

Our nation owes much to the men and women of its Armed Forces who give so much to defend our values and way of life. The conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have highlighted these sacrifices. Today, the unveiling of a new memorial in Victoria Embankment Gardens, Westminster by Her Majesty The Queen, honours both the UK Armed Forces and civilians who served their country in the Gulf region from 1990 – 2015.

15 March 2017

The Seafarers' Charity

Awareness, Children, Education, Families, Merchant Navy, Navy, Remembrance, Royal Navy, Sea, Veterans

Hey kids – how do you think that banana got into your lunch box?

In 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.

9 March 2017

Forces Welfare Media Team

Children, Families, Remembrance, Serving, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Forces Welfare Media Team – on the road again

The SSVC Forces Welfare Media Team have been on the road again, filming stories about the work of the Cobseo charities. In the last couple of weeks, they’ve produced videos, radio reports and online articles about the Life Skills programme at Blind Veterans UK’s Llandudno Centre, the expansion of SEAP’s advocacy services in Plymouth and plans for a new Veterans’ Village at Broughton House in Salford.

9 March 2017

Give Us Time

Children, Families, Family, Health, Serving, Support, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Give Us Time: an Opportunity for Families in need in May

Give Us Time takes holidays donated by owners of holiday groups, hotels, holiday homes and timeshares, and matches them with military families in need of rest, rehabilitation and reconnection so that they can be able to re-bond as a family.

We help both veterans and service personnel from all the services. Eligible to our services are those who are physically or mentally injured, have spent long periods of time away from their families, bereaved or in financial need.

9 March 2017

Royal Air Force Families Federation

Children, Families, Newsletter, RAF, Royal Air Force, Serving, Welfare

RAF Families Federation – Weekly Newsletter

Follow this link for all the latest news from the RAF Families Federation

9 March 2017

Forward Assist

Families, Newsletters, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Forward Assist Weekly Newsletter

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

9 March 2017

Royal Air Forces Association

Families, RAF, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Forces, Veterans, Welfare

Helping Ian to get out and about

The RAF Association supports members of the RAF family in many different ways. When Ian felt like he was losing his independence, he reached out to the RAF Association.

Ian joined the RAF in 1958, working as a teleprinter operator, sending signals from station to station. During his time in the RAF, Ian served at many UK bases, including Brize Norton,

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