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...

Super service for homeless vets opens its doors

A CENTRE aimed at stopping Armed Forces veterans from becoming homeless has been officially opened in Wolverhampton. Home Group has unveiled a £1.26m development of 14 self-contained flats named in honour of...

Bonfire warning for Service veterans

Leading Veterans’ mental health charity Combat Stress says November can be a difficult month for ex-Service personnel, with fireworks and Remembrance Sunday potentially triggering flashbacks COMBAT Str...

Walk home for our heroes this December

WALKING With The Wounded (WWTW), a charity which supports wounded veterans into work, has announced its new campaign Walking Home For Christmas. By ditching the bus, car or tube and walking home between 15 a...