Staff from veterans’ charity Launchpad went back to school this week to teach Year 6 pupils the importance of Remembrance Day and why we should remember those who served and honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty.
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Staff from veterans’ charity Launchpad went back to school this week to teach Year 6 pupils the importance of Remembrance Day and why we should remember those who served and honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty.
Read moreCommunities across Scotland fell silent at 11am on Friday 11 November to mark Armistice Day and remember those who laid down their lives in defence of our nation.
Read moreA new research project from King’s College London will explore whether the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), one of the world largest electronic databases including over 60 million anonymised records from primary care, can be used to improve understanding of the health needs of veterans who access their GP.
Read moreThis Armistice Combat Stress is launching Life as We Know It: Living with PTSD. The photo-led campaign, documents men and women, aged from 33 – 63, who served in conflicts including the Falklands, Bosnia, Northern Ireland and Afghanistan.
Read moreAlmost 1 in 25 adults in England and Wales was a veteran of the UK armed forces at the time of Census 2021, new data show.
Read moreResearch is being conducted by the Institute of Health & Social Care at London South Bank University into the physical activity, health and wellbeing of medically discharged UK WIS veterans.
Read moreBilly Grew, a nineteen-year-old engineering apprentice at Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) raised more than £2,100 for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity in the recent Phil Price Memorial Woodpecker Rally near Ludlow.
Read moreA firm favourite on the calendar of the Sport of Kings is the Chepstow Raceday, which since 2014 has raised more than £190,000 for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity with £20,000 raised last year alone.
Read moreBlind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women, has welcomed veterans from across the United Kingdom to its Centre of Wellbeing in Llandudno for a week packed with military themed activities culminating on Sunday with the town’s Remembrance commemorations.
Read moreCelebrated artist Lucy Freud led painting classes for residents living at Royal Star & Garter in Surbiton.
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