Author inspires young storytellers

CHILDREN'S author Vivian French teamed up with charity Reading Force for a special launch at Colinton Primary School, Edinburgh. Vivian, who has penned 300 books including The Cherry Pie Princess and Robe of...

Expert advice at fertility roadshow

MEMBERS of the Forces community wanting to start a family are being invited to attend a free event in Aldershot this May. Experts from Thames Valley Fertility will be visiting the Hampshire town's Maurice To...

Art in the wake of war

MARKING 100 years since the end of the First World War, the Aftermath exhibition will explore the immediate impact of the conflict on British, German and French art, looking at how artists responded to the phys...

Entrepreneurial students’ four-figure fundraiser

A-LEVEL business studies students from St John's Military School in Cyprus have raised £1,000 for Fisher House.  May Schapendonk, head of business studies at the school, challenged pupils to take on their ow...

Veteran’s starring role

A TRUSTEE of the Women’s Royal Army Corps (WRAC) Association has appeared in a major new ‘immersive living history’ series on BBC. Former Brigadier Nicky Moffat was asked by the producers of Secret Agent Sel...

Backing business

A NEW awards ceremony will celebrate the achievements of ex-Forces personnel in business. The Heropreneurs Awards, organised by the Heropreneurs charity that helps ex-Armed Forces personnel and their family...

Personnel launch match ball mission

A TEAM of UK Armed Forces personnel are walking 30km as part of a commemorative tour around the battlefield sites of Gallipoli accompanied by the match ball that will be used in this year’s Army v Navy rugby ma...

Join the BeGlad Movement

AN ARMY spouse has embarked on a mission to collect 100 stories of good coming out of bad and reasons to 'BeGlad' before the end of 2018 to raise money for the Samaritans and Action for Happiness. Pollyanna ...

Help and hope in one place

THE Good Grief Trust has launched the UK’s first national umbrella bereavement website for online support. Founded in 2016, the charity is run by the bereaved for the bereaved, with 530 UK-based charities an...

Experience veterans’ stories first-hand

OVER the Easter holidays, families across the country can participate in the Imperial War Museum’s fun free activities, ranging from a virtual reality immersion into the night of the Dam Busters mission, to mee...