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...

Avenue to employment

ACCORDING TO Jobcentre Plus, using the services of a recruitment agency is the best and quickest way to find a job. However, you need to ensure that the agency is reputable as you will be disclosing personal...

Getting the balance right

FOR several weeks, as my husband had been walking through the front door returning from work, he would have to leap aside to make way for me sprinting out to my freedom, using a dog walk as my excuse to escape,...

Supporting the unsung hero

The Armed Forces Dependants’ Business Start-Up Programme is a unique free course designed specifically for military families. Army&You finds out how it equips Service families with the professional know how...

Job portal launches for Reserves and veterans

IS your soldier part of the Reserve Forces? Are they a military veteran? South East Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association (SERFCA) based in Hampshire, offers support to veterans and current members of the Res...

From battlefield to business

HAS your soldier recently left the Army, or are they due to leave? From March 2014 The Enterprise Forces Bootcamp, launched by Manchester Metropolitan University Centre for Enterprise, will put Service leave...

Armed Forces Minister visits the Poppy Factory

MARK Francois, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, visited the Poppy Factory’s Richmond headquarters recently to experience first-hand the work undertaken by the charity on behalf of disabled veterans. T...

Service charities unite to launch SORTED!

MEMBERS of the Armed Forces Community seeking a pathway to employment will benefit from the launch of “SORTED!”. SORTED! is a consortium of seven well-established Service charities supported by a new website...

Help for homebuyers

THE final details of the New Employment Model (NEM), a study looking into how the Armed Forces will be shaped in the future, are a fair way off yet. One thing we do know, however, is that one of its aims is ...