The Prime Minister will meet veterans and businesses today [Friday] at a Veterans Connect event at a military museum, where he will launch OP PROSPER- a wraparound employment service to support veterans into work after they leave the Armed Forces.
Read moreInformation from the ONS: Suicide rates among UK armed forces veterans, based on death registration records linked to Census 2021 and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Service Leavers Database (SLD). These are official statistics in development.
Read moreOn 19 July 2023 the LGBT Veterans’ Independent Review was published, making a number of recommendations. Via this grant scheme the OVA aims to deliver recommendations 17-19, which focuses on establishing a memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum.
Read moreToday we have published the first results from the Veterans’ Survey 2022, the first survey of its kind and a collaboration between the ONS, The Office for Veterans’ Affairs and the Devolved Administrations.
Read morePlease find links to additional support and information following the publication of the Government’s response to the LGBT Veterans Independent Review…
Read moreThe government response to the LGBT Veterans Independent Review.
Read moreIn recognition of the enormous contribution that our LGBT personnel and veterans make to this country, a review into their treatment between 1967 and 2000 was commissioned by the Ministry of Defence and the Office for Veterans Affairs.
Read moreThe £25.5m VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme is now open to help voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in England improve their energy efficiency.
Read more‘A Celebration of Duty’ campaign commends Royal Navy personnel and veterans who are going above and beyond their daily jobs to make a real difference in their local community.
Read moreHis Majesty The King will lead the nation, alongside the Prime Minister and defence chiefs, in a two-minute silence to remember those who died in conflict.
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