A new play by Corrie actor Christine Mackie, which stars her daughter Lois Mackie and deals with PTSD and veyeran suicide, is set to benefit the charity FirstLight Trust… Actor Christine Mackie is used to walking the cobbles of Coronation Street or wearing period...
Veterans’ mental health charity Combat Stress has launched a £10 million appeal to meet the increasing demand from younger veterans for its specialist services… His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Patron of Combat Stress, launched the Appeal at a reception at St...
Corrie star Antony Cotton has teamed up with Armed Forces charity SSAFA, to launch its annual fundraising campaign, The Big Brew Up, as he opens up in three poignant short films… Antony, who has personal experience of the challenges faced by those in the Armed Forces,...
Poppyscotland will next week host an open day at its Ayrshire Welfare Centre, with the aim of reducing the stigma surrounding mental health, and to promote the mental health support services which are available to the Armed Forces Community in the area… The event,...
Forces in Mind Trust has awarded funds of £83,162 to King’s College London to investigate the increase in PTSD among ex-Service personnel who deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq… An ongoing MOD funded study by King’s indicates that, of those deployed, the lowest...