News

9 February 2017

The Royal British Legion

Families, Health, Nepal, Remembrance, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Legion funds project to tackle loneliness in Nepalese veteran community

Isolation and loneliness issues amongst London’s Nepalese veteran community are to be targeted thanks to a grant from The Royal British Legion.

The £43,000 grant to the Community Empowerment and Support Initiatives (CESI)-UK project will benefit approximately 200 ex-British Gurkhas over the age of 60.

This year-long community support project aims to provide a customised support programme to address isolation and loneliness issues as well as the health and wellbeing needs of Nepalese people in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

9 February 2017

Royal British Legion Industries

Army, Charities, Employment, Events, Remembrance, Sport, Transition

GB Olympic gold medallist tours RBLI

Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Major Heather Stanning MBE this week toured Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI), the charity she will run in aid of at this year’s Virgin Money London Marathon.

Heather, who won gold for Great Britain in the rowing at London 2012 and Rio 2016, visited RBLI and its Aylesford village to witness first-hand the range of services the charity offers to support the ex-military and disabled community into employment.

2 February 2017

Forces Welfare Media Team

Covenant, Employment, Housing, Remembrance, Scotland, Veterans, Welfare

Forces Welfare Media Team – all the latest news

The Forces Welfare Media Team has been working with a number of Cobseo and Veterans Scotland members in the past couple of weeks.

2 February 2017

The Not Forgotten

Army, Events, Navy, RAF, Remembrance, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Sport, Veterans, WW2

Skiing Week Brings Injured Veterans Together

This week The Not Forgotten Association is hosting a skiing holiday in La Plagne, France for 14 injured veterans drawn from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The group includes four amputees and represents a wide range of Army Regiments and the RAF. Help for Heroes, Stoll and Blesma have all nominated guests, most of whom have not taken part in an NFA activity or event previously.

2 February 2017

Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

RAF, Remembrance, Royal Air Force, Transition, Veterans

“An honour to work alongside the RAF Regiment”

As the RAF Benevolent Fund commemorates the 75th anniversary of the RAF Regiment, RAFBF Controller Air Vice-Marshal David Murray pays tribute to those who have served, and still serve.

I served in the Royal Air Force for some 34 years and during that time I had the honour of working alongside the RAF Regiment at home and abroad, both in a training role and on operations.

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.

1 February 2017

Royal Naval Association

Navy, Remembrance, Royal Navy, Serving, Support, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Royal Naval Association – Semaphore Circular

Follow this link for all the latest news from the Royal Naval Association.

31 January 2017

Soldiering On Awards

Army, Events, Media, Navy, RAF, Remembrance, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Serving, Transition, Veterans

Soldiering On Awards announces House of Lords event for 2017 finalists

The Soldiering On Awards will honour the 2017 finalists at the House of Lords on Thursday 9th February. Hosted by General the Lord Dannatt GCB CBE MC DL with the charity’s patron, the Rt Hon Earl Howe PC, in attendance, the evening celebrates the achievements of all of those who have been chosen as finalists by the Award’s Independent Judges Panel. It is with delight the charity welcomes new Cobseo Chairman, General Sir John McColl KCB CBE DSO, to his first Soldiering On Awards event.

27 January 2017

Army Benevolent Fund

Army, Children, Education, Events, Navy, RAF, Remembrance, Royal Air Forces, Royal Navy

Coombeshead Academy pupil wins national competition for Red, White & Blue Day

Evie Manning’s WW1 inspired postcard takes top prize for Charity competition

A pupil from Coombeshead Academy in Newton Abbot, Evie Manning aged 12, has won a national competition to design World War One inspired conscription postcards imaging what life would be like for soldiers in the war.

27 January 2017

The Not Forgotten

Army, Events, Navy, RAF, Remembrance, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Veterans, WW2

Celebrities ‘Root For Rosie’

The Not Forgotten Association’s Head of Events Rosie Thompson is running in the Marathon des Sables in April this year to raise funds for injured service men and women. After completing many fundraising half and full marathons in the past, raising over £170,000 for the charity, Rosie wanted to set herself a tougher challenge.

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