Forces in Mind Trust has awarded £30,000 to the Armed Forces Outreach Service (AFOS) – a specialist Armed Forces support organisation lead by Gateshead Council, in partnership with Durham County Council, Believe Housing, and Newcastle City Council.
Read moreFormer Irish Guardsman and Platoon Sergeant Graham Fergus has completed a 10-day solo trek through the Mourne Mountains for Operation HOME – all to raise awareness of homelessness and support Blesma, The Limbless Veterans.
Read moreHomeless veterans’ charity Launchpad has received a grant worth £38,000 from the Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund to part-fund a Specialist Case Worker post at Avondale House in Newcastle.
Read moreAlabaré is calling on supporters to take part in a once-in-a-lifetime experience this November – The BIG SLEEP Stonehenge.
Read moreAfter months of intense training, a Northumberland veteran is all set and ready to embark on a gruelling 500km solo paddle along the Hess River in the Northern Yukon, Canada.
Read moreThe Minister for Veterans and People Al Carns DSO OBE MC MP visited homeless veteran’s charity Launchpad in Liverpool to announce £295,324 allocation of government funding to deliver the Reducing Veteran Homelessness Programme.
Read moreAlabaré is delighted to announce that an additional £300,000 has been awarded to enable them to continue work to support veterans with housing and ongoing support in Wales – as part of the Reducing Veteran Homelessness (RVH) programme, also known as Op FORTITUDE.
Read moreHomeless veterans’ charity Launchpad is one of twelve projects that has secured a share of almost £4.5 million thanks to funding from the Office for Veterans’ Affairs’ Major Capital Grants programme.
Read moreAn independent report[1] illustrating the social and economic value of the work of an ex-service charity has confirmed that Veterans Aid’s interventions over the course of a year achieved net benefits (i.e. savings to society) of up to £2.6m.
Read moreHomeless veteran’s charity Launchpad has appointed Chris Longstaff as its new Deputy Manager at Avondale House in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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