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Blind Veterans UK urgently needs your help.
The charity’s Brighton centre is in urgent need of face masks to ensure appropriate PPE for our staff caring for […]
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Get creative while at home: enter SSAFA’s VE Day75 Art Competition
SSAFA HOLDS ART COMPETITON ENCOURAGING PUBLIC TO CELEBRATE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF VE DAY IN THEIR OWN STYLE National VE Day […]
Business as usual for SSAFA, the Armed Forces Charity
News from SSAFA as at 7th April 2020 Military charity proud to be supporting the Forces family now, and always […]
Blind Veterans UK and Corona Virus
Blind Veterans UK launches new National Support Service to reach and support blind veterans during Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak Sight loss […]
Former MOD gliders to be used by charity to change lives
Motor gliders used to train thousands of Air Cadets will get a new lease of life and bring joy to […]
Charity seeks wounded Veterans for Long Way Up sailing adventure
News from Turn to Starboard, the Forces sailing charity. A Cornish charity has launched a campaign to find a team […]
SSAFA’S ‘Together Project’ launches
SSAFA’s “Together Project” has been launched thanks to the National Lottery Community Project Fund. SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity has […]
Applications invited for career boosting Trinity House/RYA scholarship grant
RYA/Trinity House news Could you be eligible for a share of the £30,000 fund? The RYA is once again welcoming […]
Little Troopers’ (& you) Snowdon-climb in May
Little Troopers charity wants YOU to climb Snowdon in May 2020 Calling all serving personnel, veterans and military families. Little […]
VE Day live SSAFA concert broadcast to UK cinemas, 8th May
WITH LESS THAN 100 DAYS UNTIL VE DAY 75 BEGINS, SSAFA ANNOUNCES ROYAL ALBERT HALL CONCERT BROADCAST LIVE TO HUNDREDS […]
HAC joins forces with SSAFA
The Honourable Artillery Company has chosen SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity as its new charity partner. The HAC and SSAFA […]
Pensioners for carols
Army News 11 December 2019 HRH The Countess of Wessex was guest of honour at a special carol concert at […]
British public largely unaware of Armed Forces feelings of loneliness at Christmas
Report issued by SSAFA, 3rd Dec 2019 A poll out today, by SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity has revealed that […]
Veterans To Walk Distance Of 5 Marathons In 4 Days For Charity
Walking With The Wounded (‘WWTW’) CEO, Edward Parker and a team of veterans are getting ready to set off on […]
SSAFA announces garden at Chelsea Flower show 2020
SSAFA news SSAFA has announced that it will have a garden, designed by Amanda Waring and supported by CCLA Investment […]
A Para in Palestine: Part 2. Daily life.
By Vince Leonard We were up at 0600 hrs. every morning and allotted jobs to do in the Barracks but […]
Lest we forget.What a great photo
This was posted on the HMS Queen Elizabeth twitter-site - and what a great shot it is. Well done them; […]
Silent Service in London for Submariner Remembrance
Hundreds of serving Royal Navy Submariners and veterans of the Silent Service gathered in London for Submariner Remembrance events. The […]
Military life captured though the eye of Forces children
Little Troopers press release about their 2020 calendar Military children’s charity, Little Troopers, has released a collection of real-life photos […]
Mental health misconceptions prevent service-leavers from getting jobs
SSAFA-initiated research shows that many misconceptions about Service Personnel exist in the workplace today. Some of these are linked to […]