News

1 March 2017

Forces in Mind Trust

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

New Forces in Mind Trust Funded Report: Changing ex-Officer community faces new challenges

Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT), together with the Officers’ Association has today (1 March) released a new report, which provides a definitive demographic profile of the serving and ex-officer community.

The Report 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.

The Report projects that the number of veteran officers will fall by 55% in the next 20 years, because of the decreasing number of World War Two veterans.

1 March 2017

Heropreneurs

Army, Courses, Employment, Families, mentoring, Navy, RAF, Resettlement, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Transition

8th March – Heropreneurs goes to the Movies

Heropreneurs is a charity that inspires, networks and mentors aspiring entrepreneurs from the armed forces community. Tony served in the army for over 14 years and since leaving has been involved in the physical nitty gritty of films; currently working as a supervising location manager.

28 February 2017

BLESMA

Children, Disability Support, Events, Families, fundraising, Health, Support

Blesma monthly highlights

Follow this link for all the latest news from Blesma.

28 February 2017

Forces in Mind Trust

Addiction, Families, Health, Research, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

New Forces in Mind Trust Grant: ‘healthcare navigator’ for need of Birmingham Armed Forces community

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has teamed up with the Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) and the Tavistock Institute to pilot a new model of care to support our local armed forces community with a £97,507 grant from the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT).

A newly-appointed ‘healthcare navigator’ will lead an initiative to raise awareness of the needs of the armed forces community among NHS primary care staff and develop a dedicated service to help serving personnel, veterans, reservists and their families access a range of health, social and third sector support.

28 February 2017

Gurkha Welfare Trust

Children, Families, Gurkha, Health, Nepal, Remembrance, Veterans, Welfare

Our team in Nepal: a day in the life

Dambar Thapa is currently working on one of our major school projects in a remote part of western Nepal.

Siddartha Lower Secondary School was destroyed by the earthquakes in 2015. By November 2016, we’d begun work on new, quake-resistant buildings for its 140 pupils.

27 February 2017

NHS England

Children, Families, Health, Mental Health, Veterans, Welfare

Healthwatch Norfolk Veterans Project

This animation describes a Healthwatch Norfolk project (April 2015-16) to find ways of improving health and care services for military veterans with mental health conditions in Norfolk and Suffolk. The animation was produced by Creative Connection and the recipient of an NHS England’s ‘Celebrating Participation in Healthcare’ grant 2016.

24 February 2017

Royal Air Force Families Federation

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

RAF Families Federation Newsletter

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

23 February 2017

Forward Assist

Families, Newsletters, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Forward Assist Weekly Newsletter

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

23 February 2017

Army Benevolent Fund

Army, Families, Funding, Grants, Remembrance, Veterans, Welfare

Army veteran aims to raise £100,000 for The Soldiers’ Charity in Atlantic Row Challenge

Alan Bustin-Mulkern, who served in the Royal Artillery and is member of the Honourable Artillery Company, is taking on the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge to raise money for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity.

23 February 2017

Forces Welfare Media Team

Charities, Families, Media, Serving, Transition, Welfare

Forces Welfare Media Team – update

The SSVC Forces Welfare Media Team has been busier than ever in recent weeks.

Reporter Victoria Smith recently filmed with Rick McGillivray, a veteran helped out of homelessness by E-FAN, a Covenant-funded project run by the Defence Medical Welfare Service and the Cheshire & Greater Manchester Rehabilitation Company. Rick fondly remembers his Army career but no longer has any photos from the time. The Welfare Team helped him to appeal on social media which led to numerous messages of support by friends he made in the Army and at school, as well as a number of photos.

Items 1181 to 1190 of 1272

« 1 … 117 118 119 120 121 … 128 »