The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (AFCFT) has awarded nearly £14,500 to SSAFA’s Glasgow’s Helping Heroes (GHH). The grant comes from AFCFT’s ‘Force for Change’ fund, and will go towards the Blue Skies project run by GHH. Supported by Glasgow City...
David Holdsworth has been appointed as the next Chief Executive of the Charity Commission for England and Wales. David, who has been CEO of the Animal and Plant Health Agency since 2022, will take up the role on 1 July 2024, replacing Helen Stephenson, whose...
‘Isolated No More’ – Art by David Tovey The RAF Benevolent Fund is launching a new Telephone Friendship Group aimed at LGBTQ+ veterans in the RAF. The initiative comes following the release of The Etherton Review in July 2023, which highlighted the deeply...
Sharing the stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things is the central ethos of the Soldiering On Awards. Each and every year, we hear of unbelievable achievements, incredible endeavour, and remarkable selflessness. Each and every year, the entire...
SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity’s flagship event, the 13 Bridges Challenge, happening on Armed Forces Day (29 June), sees participants walk past iconic London sights including Tower Bridge and London Bridge, the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Westminster...
An RAF veteran from Oxfordshire has scaled Mount Kilimanjaro and raised £4,245 for Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women. Ian Dewar, 57 and from Witney, travelled to Tanzania to take on Africa’s highest mountain....