Charity calendar seeks soldiers’ family photos

My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures, a charity that provides support to British Army children, is launching a competition to find some images for its very special 2015 calendar. The charity is asking families t...

Veterans embark on epic motorcycle trek

TWO former soldiers made their grand departure from Buckingham Palace on Friday 1 August as they set off on a record-breaking motorcycle charity trek to 26 European Union capital cities. Travelling as far af...

Army wives to climb Kilimanjaro for Forces charity

A group of Armed Forces wives are putting in their last preparations before embarking on a trek to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness and funds for a charity which helps families of soldiers killed...

Roaring Trade

INSPIRATION for business ventures often comes from unlikely sources but with a prologue featuring Paul Newman and a parental pep talk, the story of Red Lion Foods stands out from the corporate crowd. However, ...

Combat Stress scoops charity honour

COMBAT Stress has beaten four other charities for the title of Rewards for Forces Charity of the Year 2014, earning it a £5 donation from every Rewards for Forces card sale for the next 12 months. In the first ...

Ex-Servicemen make motorcycle trek for veterans

ON 1 August, ex-Servicemen Pete Bray and Harry Glover, from 22 SAS and 4/73 Special OP Battery, will embark on a never-done-before 15,000-mile motorbike journey beginning at Buckingham Palace and taking them ac...

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...

Record-breakers make a beeline for John O’Groats

THE first ever straight-line journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats was completed this month by the Beeline Britain team. Arriving at John O’Groats, the UK mainland’s most northerly point, after an epic voyag...

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...