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The Contact Website – Gary Driscoll – Combat Stress

Gary gives us an insight into his mental health journey. To follow the journeys of others and to find out more about getting military mental health support from our team and others. Cobseo is proud to be a partner of Contact, a group of military charities and other entities working with the NHS and the MOD to simplify the way the military community can find support with their mental health and wellbeing. Contact has recently relaunched their website www.contactarmedforces.co.uk making online help seeking easier for those in need.

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Still places available – SCiP Alliance conference on 28th June in Winchester

There are still some places available to see the excellent line-up of leading policy, research and practice contribution: Conference Keynote: Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP (MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed, Chair of the APPG for the Armed Forces Covenant) Research keynote: Nicola Fear, King’s College London. A panel discussion chaired by General Sir John McColl (Chairman, Cobseo – The Confederation of Service Charities) will be an opportunity to engage with experts to discuss what bridges will help service children make smooth and confident transitions.

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National military charity brings together Oxfordshire Bletchley Park veteran and Dorset World War II codebreaker

Mary from Witney (right) met fellow WWII veteran Lorna from Dorset (left) at Women’s Military Week

A blind veteran from Oxfordshire enjoyed a special trip to Brighton from 15 – 20 May where she met a fellow veteran who served at Bletchley Park at the same time as her.

Mary Turton, 94 and from Witney, visited Brighton for a special week-long series of events celebrating female veterans called Women’s Military Week, hosted by Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women.

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Army Reservist from Wandsworth to take on mammoth 100km challenge for military charity

An Army Reservist from Wandsworth is training to compete in a 100km walk from London to Brighton for Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women.

Major Drew Craig, Officer Commanding 579 Field Squadron Royal Engineers – part of 101 (City of London) Regiment, Royal Engineers – will be tackling the epic challenge with members of his squadron.

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Soldiering On Awards announces new President and Vice President

LONDON 31 May 2017 – The Soldiering On Awards today announced the appointment of General the Lord Dannatt GCB, CBE, MC, DL, and Debra Allcock-Tyler, CEO the Directory of Social Change, as President and Vice President respectively.

They are the charity’s first executive members outside of the Board of Trustees and staff. Their responsibilities will include advising the Board on strategic direction as the charity enters its eighth year of service.

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#VoteCricket – Inter-Services Twenty20 Cricket Tournament – 8th June at Lord’s

First held in 2005 at the Army Cricket Ground at Aldershot, this is the 8th year that the Inter Services T20 has been hosted by the MCC at Lord’s. Each of the armed forces senior XIs plays two TWENTY20 games during the single day tournament.

The Inter Services Twenty20 (IST20) Tournament is a triangular competition between the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force senior XI sides and is fiercely competed. Order your tickets today and come and join us for what promises to be an exciting day at the home of cricket supporting your colleagues, friends, family and armed forces.

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Afghanistan support

In light of recent events in Afghanistan, please find information and support resources here