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...
Celebrating our Army heroines
DO you know an Army mum who has done some incredible charity work? Are you an Army wife who is caring for an injured soldier? Perhaps you know an Army girlfriend who has shown true bravery in the face of distre...
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...
Getting your child to Cyprus
UNTIL last month, if your child was at boarding school in the UK and wanted to travel to Cyprus to visit their family, they had to use the trooper from Brize Norton unless civilian flights had been authorised.
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Army family attends Downing Street reception
AN Army family from Wiltshire who lost their son to Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) have attended a reception at 10 Downing Street hosted by Samantha Cameron for the charity SUDEP Action.
The eve...
Duke of Cambridge kicks off WW1 centenary football project
THE world of football has joined forces with the British Council to create Football Remembers, a huge national commemoration supported by The Duke of Cambridge marking the centenary of the Christmas Truce – an ...
A t-shirt fit for heroes
THE winning design for a t-shirt worn by injured soldiers and veterans at a Help for Heroes Recovery Centre has been revealed as that of Yorkshire school pupil Lily Nicholson-Hume.
Chosen from more than 50 e...
Designer launches competition in support of heroes’ garden
DESIGNER Alice Naomi Somauroo has launched an exciting competition to win a unique dress inspired by the award winning Hope on the Horizon garden, which won a Silver Gilt medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show an...
Joe Roots for our heroes
SPORTS retailer Mr Cricket has teamed up with English manufacturer Gunn & Moore to launch a new GM "Hero" cricket bat to support Help for Heroes (H4H).
Paul Redfarn, Managing Director of Mr Cricket, expl...
Be part of a new kind of war memorial
14-18 NOW is an independent programme, hosted within Imperial War Museums, funded by the National Lottery, through the Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England.
Their latest project, Letter To An Unkno...