The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) has released the UK Armed Forces Veterans data for Census 2021.
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30 June 2026
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) has released the UK Armed Forces Veterans data for Census 2021.
Read moreDigital services are now central to how people access healthcare, welfare advice, government support and social connection. For many veterans, online services can make support easier to reach, especially when specialist provision is geographically dispersed.
Read moreForces in Mind Trust has awarded £357,574 to SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity to work with the University of Stirling to evaluate the impact of casework delivery in the Armed Forces community
Casework provides welfare and wellbeing support for thousands of members of the Armed Forces community each year.
Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) has awarded a grant of £71,695 to Centre for Mental Health to carry out a new research project examining how mainstream mental health services recognise and respond to the needs of former Service personnel and their families.
Read moreThis webinar helps veteran families and friends better understand the impact of trauma on veterans and how it can show up in everyday life.
Read moreOn 12 May 2026, the King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR), in collaboration with the Canadian Institute for Military and Veterans Health Research (CIMVHR), held the 11th Military Families Invitational Roundtable.
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Registration is open for partners and spouses to share their experience of the overseas assignment cycle and help improve support for families in the future.
Read moreThe Ministry of Defence is currently updating the Covenant Legal Duty Statutory Guidance, to reflect the Duty extension.
Read moreFiMT has published a new policy brief on employment support during transition.
Read moreThe new research by RAND Europe with Combat Stress and funded by FiMT explores how the future Defence landscape and wider societal changes could impact mental health support needs of the Armed Forces community over the next 20 years.
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Afghanistan support
In light of recent events in Afghanistan, please find information and support resources here
