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King Edward VII’s Hospital Veterans’ Grant Open For Applications
Charitable hospital King Edward VII’s Military Grants Fund is open to applications, offering grants to cover up to 100% of fees for medical treatment for veterans. Grants from the Fund are means tested and dependent on charitable donations, forming part of King...
140 Companies Honoured For Outstanding Support Towards The Armed Forces
140 organisations have received the Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award for their outstanding support towards the Armed Forces community, Defence Minister Leo Docherty announced. Representing the highest badge of honour, Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Awards are...
Defence Minister Visits Military Families Benefitting From Newly Refurbished Homes At Catterick
Over 80 service family homes are being refurbished for soldiers and their families in Catterick. The new homes have been completely refurbished by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and contractors Amey, thanks to £200 million of additional funding for...
UK And US Extend Carrier Cooperation Agreement
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and his US counterpart Lloyd Austin extended an enhanced cooperation agreement on carrier operations as they met in Washington. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and his US counterpart Lloyd Austin have extended an agreement to enhance...
DSTL Is Recruiting! Be Part Of The Science Inside UK Defence And Security
Dstl is launching its biggest recruitment drive in recent years, with over 300 roles for physicists, scientists, engineers, technologists and leaders. The recruitment drive comes as the government pushes its priority on science and technology (S&T) for defence and...
£230m Boost For RAF Submarine-Hunter Fleet
A contract worth over £230 million for the RAF’s Poseidon Maritime Aircraft fleet has been signed with Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) creating more than 150 UK jobs. The majority of the 153 BDUK jobs will be based at RAF Lossiemouth – the home of the Poseidon fleet – and...
Care for Veterans’ Residents Celebrate England’s European Championship Semi Final Win Last Night
Former Royal Engineer, Steve Boylan, and Normandy Veteran, Len Gibbon, celebrate England’s win vs Denmark in the Euro semi-final with other residents and staff at Care for Veterans in Worthing last night. World War Two veteran, Len Gibbon, came to live at Care for...
London’s Only Armed Forces Day Event Raises Over £70,000
The 13 Bridges Challenge, hosted by SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, raised over £70,000 to support serving personnel, veterans and their families on Saturday 26 June. London’s only Armed Forces Day event, in partnership with Fujitsu, Corps Security and Morgan Sindall...
£500m Firepower Upgrade For Type 45 Destroyers
The Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers will receive a £500 million upgrade to enhance their firepower capability. Supporting over 100 highly-skilled jobs in Bristol, Stevenage, Gosport and Bolton, the two contracts will develop the cutting-edge air defence systems of the...
The 30th Anniversary Issue of Pathfinder International Is Out Now!
The 30th Anniversary issue of Pathfinder International magazine - the leading UK military resettlement and community publication is out now and available to read below for free. What's inside the Pearl Anniversary edition? A lookback at 30 years of serving the UK...
