The rally of their lives
OVER 100 participants set off from Dunsfold Park, home of BBC’s Top Gear, on 27 June for a 3,000 mile Rally for Heroes, which aims to raise £100,000 for the UK’s longest-serving military charity, SSAFA; the ral...
Your chance to be a movie star!
MILITARY charity BLESMA, which supports limbless veterans, is joining forces with a casting agency to offer injured soldiers the opportunity to be a TV or movie star.
Mad Dog Casting will offer paid-for role...
Veterans’ charity to benefit from cycle challenge
THREE colleagues are cycling 880miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats in the name of charity.
Veterans' charity Stoll, which provides housing, health and well-being activities, outreach and a monthly drop-i...
Grant boost for Scottish veterans
VETERANS suffering from mental health issues in Scotland are set to benefit from a unique charity partnership.
The Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) has awarded a grant of more than £100,000 to Shoulder to Shoulde...
Service families’ funding boost for veterans’ charity
FOR the past twelve months, the UK community of NATO Joint Force Command Brunssum International Club have been raising funds for their chosen charity Once, We Were Soldiers (OWWS), which provides much-needed su...
Course to boost veterans’ employment prospects
WOUNDED, injured or sick veterans are encouraged to sign up to a new course in Catterick to boost their employment prospects.
The Pathfinder Experience will take place at the Help for Heroes-run Phoenix Hous...
Go Camo!
BLESMA – The Limbless Veterans is calling on supporters to "Go Camo!" by innovatively incorporating camouflage into their fundraising events in some way, shape or form.
It could be clothing, it could be deco...
Gardening therapy charity launches mental health campaign
A CHARITY that helps heal the invisible wounds of conflict with gardening therapy has launched a new campaign to tackle stigma around Armed Forces veterans with mental health issues.
Gardening Leave launched...
Job boost for injured ex-Serviceman
A FORMER Household Cavalryman left permanently disabled by a freak accident that happened when he was returning from ceremonial duties has a new job helping to transform the lives of other disabled people.
T...
Top designers bring touch of luxury to veterans’ hostel
THE East London hostel of charity Veterans Aid has had a makeover by award-winning interior designers Oliver Burns.
New Belvedere House, which is home to 55 homeless ex-Servicemen, now boasts a recreation lo...