A scoot around Britain for Help for Heroes

FORMER soldier Mark Newton visited Help for Heroes Recovery Centre Tedworth House recently during his 11,000 mile journey around Britain… on his mobility scooter! Mark, 48, previously served with the 1st The...

Sterling support for Service leavers

IF your soldier is leaving the Army, then Hire a Hero is here to help them make the transition from Service to civilian life. The charity's new career coaching service, along with changes to its ongoing ment...

Army chefs serve up support for homeless

TWO chefs from 16 Air Assault Brigade have been doing their bit for those less well-off by cooking a weekly dinner for 20 residents of a local shelter. The voluntary project, which has been running for a yea...

Spice up your life

THE hotly-anticipated Lord Mayor’s Big Curry Lunch is back for the eighth year running to raise money for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity. Held in the Guildhall on Thursday April 16, the charity lunch has raised m...

Officer’s sketches support military charities

CAPTAIN Alex Biddulph of 26th Regiment, Royal Artillery has published a book of sketches he drew while on an operational tour in Afghanistan earlier this year. Drawing the Front Line is a collection of sight...

Support AFF this Christmas

POST-modern folk group three and me are releasing charity single Lost and found with all download proceedings going to the Army Families Federation (AFF). Inspired by Vera Brittain’s renowned autobiography T...

Serving soldier’s charity chart assault

GARY Chilton, who shot to fame with the group The Soldiers, has released new single I Wonder Where He is Now in support of Help for Heroes. The single tells a poignant, uplifting story of our time that will ...

Super service for homeless vets opens its doors

A CENTRE aimed at stopping Armed Forces veterans from becoming homeless has been officially opened in Wolverhampton. Home Group has unveiled a £1.26m development of 14 self-contained flats named in honour of...

Arboretum has special place in nation’s hearts

THE National Memorial Arboretum has topped a public vote of the favourite places funded by the National Lottery in England over the last 20 years. The UK’s centre of remembrance, part of The Royal British Le...

Veteran completes scooter challenge

ANDY McIntosh, a retired Army corporal from Strathaven near Glasgow, drove a TGA Breeze mobility scooter 100 miles to raise money for military charities on the 100th World War One anniversary. The ex-Service...