ABF The Soldiers’ Charity has awarded Combat Stress a grant of £250,000 to help provide occupational therapy within their treatment centres.
Combat Stress offers occupational therapy to all veterans undertaking a residential programme at one of their three treatment centres and over the past year have introduced occupational therapists to their community teams.
Read moreVeteran Les Binns, who served for 13 years with the Light Dragoons and lost his sight in one eye after an IED explosion in 2009, will be returning to Everest later this year for a second attempt to conquer the legendary summit.
Read moreIn 2017, Captain John Ford, Scots Guards, will be taking on one of the world’s toughest physical challenges to raise money for The Soldiers’ Charity.
Captain Ford, will be competing in the Marathon des Sables, a 156-mile race held in the deserts of North Africa.
Read moreAlan Bustin-Mulkern, who served in the Royal Artillery and is member of the Honourable Artillery Company, is taking on the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge to raise money for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity.
Read moreThe Falklands Veterans Foundation, the first UK based charity for Falklands Veterans and their immediate families, have been given a grant from ABF The Soldiers’ Charity to help with the annual running and maintenance costs of Liberty Lodge.
Read moreAt the British Grenadier, Military Road, Colchester on Saturday 4 March 2017 12:00 – 21:00. There are prizes for the top 5 scorers include meals for 2 at various eateries in and around the town.
Read moreCharity thoughts from Robin Bacon, Chief of Staff, ABF The Soldiers’ Charity
Back in 1946, when Field Marshal Montgomery launched the Charity’s first ever public appeal, all he asked was for everyone to give one Shilling – around £3.50 in today’s money. This fundraising ask was quite simple; donate some money and help the Charity.
Read moreFormer Infantryman, Stewart Harris, was injured in Afghanistan in 2012 when a roadside bomb threw his vehicle into a ditch, leaving him partially sighted and partially deaf.
Read moreA grant from The Soldiers’ Charity to the NGVFA, whose offices are based in Hull, will help veterans of recent desert conflicts, their families, partners and carers to improve their day-to-day lives by providing the services and support networks they so desperately need.
Read moreA team of five Army Reservists have reached the end of their 1,100-mile crossing of Antarctica, after 67 days on ice, making them the first British Army team in history to do so.
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