This programme is looking to fund a small number of projects that will enable charities and health professionals to work together to develop and try new ideas that they have developed with veterans and their carers and families.
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This programme is looking to fund a small number of projects that will enable charities and health professionals to work together to develop and try new ideas that they have developed with veterans and their carers and families.
Read moreKing’s Lynn based charity, Scotty’s Little Soldiers, has organised its very first memorial walk, taking place Sunday September 30th at Sandringham Country Park to remember our heroes and to raise funds for children who have lost a parent in the British Armed Forces.
Read moreOn Saturday 29 September, Blind Veterans UK will be hosting the Neon Walk in which participants are being encouraged to don their most luminous outfits in order to raise funds for Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women.
Read moreRegistration is now open for the 2018 Poppyscotland Sportive. The event will take place on Sunday 30th September, taking riders through the stunning countryside of East Lothian and the Borders.
Read moreThis morning, Rally for Heroes roared away from the starting block of the Horse Guards Parade and down The Mall in London to raise money for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
Read moreOn July 19th, Shorncliffe Garrison in Folkstone played host to a Gurkha Culture Day, designed to break down misconceptions and create a friendly environment to learn about this vital part of our Armed Forces. The day included a myth-busting session, insight into the process of becoming a Gurkha, what it’s like to be a Gurkha wife, how a Gurkha veteran finds life in the UK and what’s going on in the Gurkha community locally.
Read moreA staggering £25,303 was raised at Royal Ascot’s Armed Forces Day for the three leading Armed Forces charities, the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity, ABF The Soldiers’ Charity and the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund.
Read moreYou can find more information about the conference at https://www.vfrhub.com/event/forces-mind-trust-research-conference/.
Tickets cost £50 per delegate and as of today there are only 26 tickets remaining.
To book, please go to https://store.anglia.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/conferences-events/conference-events/fimt-research-centre-conference.
Read moreThe Royal Air Forces Association wants to keep everyone near RAF Cosford and RAF Wittering in the pink at RAFA Colour Chaos on 26 August and 9 September respectively.
These fun family events, open to the general public, are being held within the grounds of RAF Cosford and RAF Wittering and will entail approximately 5km of colourful fun. You can run, jog, dance, walk, whatever you feel like; the one certain thing is that you will get plastered in powder paint!
Read moreJust about everyone in the country by now should be aware the RAF is 100 years old this year. A relative youngest compared to the Royal Navy and the Army but nonetheless a vital component in Britain’s modern armed services. Whilst the sleek fighter aircraft get the admiring looks for the public and media photographers, we should not forget the essential and frequently unsung work undertaken by the RAF’s helicopters and transport squadrons, as well as the large cast of supporting specialists on the ground preparing people and planes for duty.
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Afghanistan support
In light of recent events in Afghanistan, please find information and support resources here
