Two Women’s Royal Air Force (WRAF) veterans, who have been friends for many years through Blind Veterans UK, met for the first time thanks to the Community Engagement Team at the RAF Benevolent Fund, who set up a get-together.
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Two Women’s Royal Air Force (WRAF) veterans, who have been friends for many years through Blind Veterans UK, met for the first time thanks to the Community Engagement Team at the RAF Benevolent Fund, who set up a get-together.
Read moreAge UK has partnered with the military charity, Fighting With Pride, to deliver a new project to support older LGBT+ veterans.
Read moreAge UK runs weekly telephone friendship groups for older people with a seafaring background.
Read moreAs part of their close relationship with Erskine, ABF The Soldiers’ Charity is pleased to award a £150,000 grant towards the charity’s care for elderly Army veterans.
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A new report from Age UK Support Services Yorkshire & Humber Mission Possible project has been released.
Read moreTwo of Scotland’s leading charities, Age Scotland and Housing Options Scotland have launched a Housing for Older Veterans in Scotland advice guide
Read more3 July 2018, the Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire, Nigel Atkinson and his wife Christine Atkinson visits DMWS and continue to show a real interest in our charitable work of supporting those who serve when they suffer from ill health.
It has been a real pleasure to welcome the Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire, Mr Nigel Atkinson and his wife Christine Atkinson to meet with DMWS’s CEO Paul Gaffney at our Headquarters in Andover yesterday.
Read moreWe are pleased to share our latest DMWS Impact Report presenting our facts & figures, service overview, insights and case studies of 2017/2018. It is a year of celebrations, as 2018 marks DMWS’s 75th anniversary. Throughout our history, we’ve always responded to the challenges and opportunities faced by those we support, which has made us what we are today: a highly responsive and professional medical welfare service.
During World War 2 we were tasked to ‘provide a service aiding the sick and wounded at home and in the field’ to improve wellbeing and deliver capability. Since 1943 we have deployed to every major conflict and have received many prestigious awards for our service.
Read moreRetired Colonel Audrey Smith, now approaching 80, has always been a trailblazer, especially for women in the military. Here is her story.
Audrey always actively pursued the life she wanted, which often meant rejecting the social norms at the time. She went to Nottingham University in the 1950s, when few women went onto higher education, studying economics, a subject considered more typical for men. While at University, she joined the Officer Training Corps (OTC), which led to her joining the Regular Army in 1962.
Read moreImproving wellbeing, social engagement and employment opportunities
The Not Forgotten Association is extending its TV provision programme by offering tablets to a younger cohort of veteran beneficiary who is digitally isolated.
To qualify for a tablet, an individual must be an eligible NFA veteran beneficiary (any former serviceman or woman with a disability or illness).
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Afghanistan support
In light of recent events in Afghanistan, please find information and support resources here
