ABF The Soldiers’ Charity is pleased to award a £30,000 grant to Step Together Volunteering to fund the costs of its ‘Rehabilitation Through Volunteering’ programme, which helps Wounded, Injured and Sick (WIS) soldiers and other veterans with complex needs to use volunteering as a means to transition from the military to civilian life.
Read moreSSAFA’s Gwent branch has had Four of its members honoured by being awarded the Sir James Gildea award.
Read moreVolunteers for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity in Lincolnshire, up and down the country, and even overseas have had their contributions recognised with the Sir James Gildea Local Award.
Read moreThe RAF Benevolent Fund has announced the shortlist of nominees for its annual awards, which will take place in June. Members of the public were invited to make their nominations earlier this year via the Fund’s website and the shortlist was deliberated by a panel of judges.
Read moreRNRMC (Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity) has awarded SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity with a grant of £25,875 to support its Mentoring service.
Read moreTina Graham – SSAFA’s Overseas Regional Chair based in Cyprus – was presented with her British Empire Medal (BEM) on March 16 by HE Stephen Lillie, British High Commissioner Cyprus. This followed the award last year in Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Honours for Tina’s decades of service to SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity as well as the wider British expat community on Cyprus.
Read moreSSAFA’s Sir James Gildea Awards – named after the founder of SSAFA – were created to recognise volunteers and employees for their exceptional contribution and commitment to SSAFA’s activities and values. One such man to receive the coveted honour is Andy McIntosh, Chairman of SSAFA Lanarkshire and late of the Cheshire Regiment.
Read moreSSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is seeking dynamic and enthusiastic individuals to join their team and help support the local Armed Forces community.
Read moreThe Malaysian Government has presented a local SSAFA volunteer with the Pingat Jasa Medal for his military services during the Malaysian conflict of the 1960s.
Read moreMary Kenyon, Branch Chairman of SSAFA Forth Valley, has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2022 New Year Honours List in recognition of nearly three decades’ voluntary work with military families, veterans, and serving personnel for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
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