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Read moreThe Ministry of Defence has announced that The Aged Veterans Fund has awarded £22.7 million of LIBOR funding to ten charities to improve support and introduce new services to help older veterans.
Read moreThe leading maritime charity, Seafarers UK, is holding its Centenary Dinner at Guildhall this evening, exactly 100 years to the day since the first meeting was held in 1917 in the City of London to discuss the formation of the charity (previously known as King George’s Fund for Sailors).
Almost 300 guests will attend a formal Reception and Dinner in Guildhall to mark the occasion. Celebrated guests will include HRH The Earl of Wessex (President of the charity since 2012, when he succeeded The Duke of Edinburgh), Admiral of The Fleet The Lord Boyce, Admiral The Lord West of Spithead and the First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Philip Jones.
Read moreA successful businessman from Beaconsfield has set up a charity to help entrepreneurial members of the Armed Forces pursue their dreams. Peter Mountford is the chair of ‘Heropreneurs’, a charity that helps current and former service personnel start their own businesses.
Read moreCESSAC is celebrating after receiving a £2,500 gift from The Patron’s Fund, the charitable fund set up to acknowledge the work of the charitable organisations for which Her Majesty, The Queen acts as a Patron, on the occasion of her 90th birthday.
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Read moreOn 31 October 2016, the CESSAC Community Cafe was formally opened in the Community Centre in Fallowfield Road, Colchester by Brigadier Colin Weir, Commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade. The building is the Community Centre for over 850 Service families, largely from his Brigade, the main units of which are: 7th Para RHA, 2 & 3 PARA, 13 Air Assault Support Regt RLC & 16 Close Support Medical Regt.
Read moreOfcom has licenced a small number of trial stations for Small Scale Digital Audio Broadcasting (SSDAB) across the UK, and the Forces Station BFBS was one of those awarded a trial licence.
Part of the trial involves offering a number of services to listeners via the same DAB transmitter, so you can now tune in via DAB in the Aldershot area to BFBS Aldershot, BFBS Gurkha Radio (our Nepali language service), BFBS Beats, Radio Caroline, Angel Radio, the breeze, This Is Electric and Radio Woking.
Read moreFirstLight Trust, a charity helping former Veterans of the Armed Forces and Emergency Services to get back on their feet has elected a new Chairman and Vice Chair to its Trustee Board.
Lady Jane Grosvenor has been appointed as the new Chairman. She has been involved with charities for more than 30 years.
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