Chandra Budhathoki, a much-respected volunteer caseworker in Reading for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity has been awarded the Area Commander’s Certificate of Recognition by Thames Valley Police (TVP) for the invaluable contribution he has made in Reading within and between communities.
Read moreSSAFA supporter Katie McMorrow, 32, from Chatham, Kent, is preparing to take part in a five-day fundraising trek through Romania’s rugged Piatra Craiului mountains in the South Carpathians, in support of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
Read moreA team of six pupils from Bannockburn High School have secured a £3,000 donation for its local branch of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, after winning the school’s Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) Project final with a powerful and moving presentation on the charity’s work.
Read moreClive Ward, a Colonel of the British Army and dedicated volunteer for SSAFA, the Armed forces charity, has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025
Read moreIain, who hails from Liverpool, will be walking for 30 hours – one hour for each year of his service – through London criss-crossing the Thames via the city’s bridges to raise funds for these three great causes.
Read moreTrevor Scott, a stalwart volunteer for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity has been made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours list 2025.
Read moreAfter a mizzling start, the weather gods almost smiled on the 2025 SSAFA Wales Charity Golf Day held at Southerndown Golf Club in the Vale of Glamorgan, which was won by The Tanning Studio team beating the runners up – The Old Fogies – by a single point.
Read moreOn 27 June, Carol and Charles Diaper, aged 63 and 61, of St. George’s Cross, will climb the inside of one of the iconic Kelpies before abseiling down the 30-metre-high structures.
Read moreThe NHS team behind the Solihull Approach, a provider of online learning focused on children’s emotional health and wellbeing, has partnered with SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity to increase access to and emotional health support for the military community overseas.
Read moreThe Battle of Britain, which was waged and raged in the skies above southern England and the Channel between July and October 1940 is part of the British psyche and of the legend and lore of World War Two.
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