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...

Get together and support our soldiers this summer

DIG out the barbeque and dust off those garden chairs, Dig In North West is declaring July the month of the garden party! The organisation operates a walled garden in Preston for soldiers and veterans to gro...

Meet Moira: the first female Yeoman Warder

1000 Londoners is an in-depth and expansive documentary series, focusing on the people of London, produced by social enterprise Chocolate films. Their latest film features Moira Cameron who, after 22 years i...

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...

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...