Charity to provide more homes for heroes

SERVICE veterans struggling with the transition to civvy street will be able to access even more specialised support thanks to a charity’s growing housing programme. A grant of £108,000 from ABF The Soldiers...

Express yourself to help tame transition

IF you’re a veteran or family member of a veteran and living in South Wales, then professional arts organisation Re-Live might be for you. The group has recently been awarded a grant for £51,000 from the Arm...

Canadian adventure for cadet Josh

CDT/SGT Josh Stork has been selected by the Army to attend a training programme in Canada. Josh, who is currently studying A-levels at Adams’ Grammar School, has been an active member of the school’s CCF Arm...

Art from the heart

CALLING Army families! There’s a new art project from Yorkshire based artist Michelle Clarke-Stables about women’s experience of war through their messages of love and she would love you to be involved. Mich...

Families on the move

REBASING is now firmly underway, with the Army Basing Programme busy bringing Army families back from Germany and around 100 units moving or restructuring. This year, 14 units are moving from Germany to the ...

Thiepval Memorial ballot open

THE Thiepval Memorial to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme takes place in France on 1 July 2016 – and you are invited. 8,000 free tickets are available for the joint Anglo-French commemoration of...

Victoria Cross hero opens therapy garden

A REFURBISHED horticultural-therapy garden for Armed Forces veterans in Ayrshire, run by charity Gardening Leave, has been officially opened by Victoria Cross recipient Sgt Johnson Beharry. The project at Au...

Little troopers’ fun weekend

MORE than 150 children who have a parent serving in the British Army came together for a special adventure weekend in Pirbright. The weekend in June was the fourth summer camp organised by the charity My Dad...

Fire up your BBQ and help our heroes

WITH the sun now shining, why not turn your BBQ into an opportunity to fundraise in aid of Help for Heroes (H4H), and help our wounded, injured and sick Service personnel, veterans and their families. Althou...

Design is key in supersonic competition

A COMPETITION has been launched inviting children to design the keys for Bloodhound Supersonic Car – the 1,000mph car. Get your children fired up about careers in Science Technology Engineering and Maths (ST...