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...

Healing hidden wounds

HELP for Heroes (H4H) Hidden Wounds is a new psychological wellbeing service helping veterans and families to understand and positively manage anxiety, depression and stress. Confidential support can be access...

Forests for the fallen

BRITAIN will be given a chance to honour its First World War heroes thanks to a major project being launched by the Woodland Trust. Under its £20 million Centenary Woods scheme, the Trust is creating four flag...

Rochdale to honour heroes of Gallipoli

A PERMANENT memorial will be unveiled in Rochdale this summer to honour the service of local men who fought in one of the bloodiest campaigns of the First World War and the sacrifices made by their relatives at...

Veterans’ furry friends

A NEW charity is giving rescue dogs a second chance in life by training them to help Service veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Service Dogs UK is following the example of organis...

£50 fun for Forces families

THE Calvert Trust’s three centres in Exmoor, on Kielder Water and in the Lake District have a fantastic offer for Armed Forces families from across the UK, thanks to support from the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant...

New skills for veterans

COMBAT Stress, the UK’s leading mental health charity for veterans, has introduced a new Green Skills Project for those receiving treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The project, aimed at improving...

Injured Servicemen receive ground-breaking treatment

HAMPSHIRE-based Pilgrim Bandits Charity is to fund the very first round of innovative Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment (HBOT) with the HBOT Trust in Edinburgh. The treatment involves breathing pure oxygen at high...

Boris backs veterans’ campaign

LONDON Mayor Boris Johnson and newspaper owner Evgeny Lebedev spent a night rough-sleeping on a London street to support of a campaign to raise awareness of the plight of homeless veterans. Armed with just a...

One-click support for the Forces community

NATIONAL charity Veterans Council is unveiling AFCOM Directory, a new website for the Armed Forces community. The AFCOM Directory provides a single point of contact for health, mental health, education, empl...