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9 February 2017

Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity

Children, Families, Fund-raising, fundraising, Navy, Royal Navy, Serving

Heroes Drinks Company celebrates Asda listing

A social enterprise, which supports the armed forces, has secured the largest ever listing of its kind with a national supermarket.

Heroes Drinks Company, a spirit-producing social enterprise, is now stocking its premium British wheat grain vodka in selected Asda stores.

Consumers can be confident that when they purchase Heroes Vodka in one of the 350 stores they will be helping support worthy causes at the same time as Heroes Drink Company is pledging to donate a minimum of 20% of all profits to UK Armed Forces’ causes.

9 February 2017

Royal Air Forces Association

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

RAF Association launches Storybook Wings survey

Are you a parent or grandparent?

Did you know that all year round, the RAF Association runs the Storybook Wings initiative, offering parents and grandparents serving in the RAF the opportunity to record one of their children’s favourite books?

9 February 2017

Forward Assist

Families, Newsletters, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Forward Assist Weekly Newsletter

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

8 February 2017

SSAFA

Announcements, Benevolence, Children, Families, Support, Transition, Veterans, volunteers, Welfare

Sign up for SSAFA’s short breaks

SSAFA, the Armed Forces Charity, has announced it is now taking bookings for this year’s Short Breaks weeks taking place on 28th May – 3rd June and 29th July – 4th August. The SSAFA Short Breaks offer new experiences and activities for children, young people and families from the Army community.

Each year, the UK’s oldest Armed Forces charity, SSAFA, offers two free week-long adventure breaks; The Siblings and Young Carer Break for children aged 8-12 only, and The Family Break for families with a child with an additional need or disability.

7 February 2017

Forces in Mind Trust

Education, Families, Health, Mental Health, Reports, Research, Training, Veterans, Welfare

FiMT publishes two new reports on its website

‘Life Transitions: What can be learnt across sectors to better support individuals when they undergo a life transition?’

In November 2016, FiMT partnered with St George’s House to deliver a consultation to explore how transition is approached and managed in different settings and sectors. These are examined from three different perspectives: the individual experiencing the change; the network of family and friends around the individual; and wider societal stakeholders.

7 February 2017

Forward Assist

Families, Newsletters, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Forward Assist Newsletter

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

7 February 2017

Children, Families, Newsletter, RAF, Royal Air Force, Serving, Training, Transition

RAF Families Federation – Weekly Newsletter

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

3 February 2017

Forces in Mind Trust

Education, Events, Families, Health, Mental Health, Research, Training, Veterans, Welfare

Save the Date – 16th May – Demobbed: the Reality of Veteran Mental Health in the UK

***SAVE THE DATE*** Tuesday 16th May 2017 – 13.30 to 17.45

Psychological wellbeing of UK veterans after wars

***Professor Edgar Jones shares new research findings***

2 February 2017

Ministry of Defence

Children, Families, Health, Remembrance, Serving, Transition, Veterans

Iraq Afghanistan Memorial to be unveiled in London

Her Majesty The Queen will unveil a new memorial in Victoria Embankment Gardens, Westminster, at a service on Thursday 9 March

The memorial honours both the UK Armed Forces and civilians who served their country in the Gulf region, Iraq and Afghanistan, and who supported them back home, from 1990-2015.

2 February 2017

The Royal British Legion

Awards, Families, Health, Support, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Legion Pop In centre wins award

The Royal British Legion’s Pop In centre in Lowestoft, Suffolk, were crowned winners of the Armed services award at the annual Stars of Suffolk awards in November.

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