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The national celebration of Battle of Britain Day on 15 September is a major event, but how can you explain its significance to your children? Former primary school teacher Laura Steele of leading education resource creators PlanBee has all the answers …
In the midst of challenging times for the whole world, SSAFA is delighted to be celebrating the positive news of its 30 years supporting the RAF community on base …
The former head of the Army, General Sir Mike Jackson, has voiced renewed concerns about cuts to the size of the Army in a new podcast for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, for which he served as President from 2014 until April this year.
Family war stories inspired Alexandra Hall (pictured) to join the Army Reserve
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of VJ Day, Armed Forces’ charity PTSD Resolution has launched an online memorial wall for relatives to remember veterans of the UK Services in all wars who died without a known grave.
As Victory in Japan Day is commemorated 75 years on, SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is calling on the public to learn about the true end to the Second World War …
Jordan Deacon (pictured above in the centre of the top row) came to Stoll in February 2019 after a decade in the Armed Forces. Despite the COVID-19 outbreak, he was able to sit down for Stoll’s first case study interview done over Zoom, to tell his story of his time in the Forces, how he came to join Stoll, and his work with the Chelsea FC Foundation …
York St John has been awarded Gold status from the MoD Employer Recognition Scheme …
Soft services provider Churchill Group is delighted to announce that it has received the Employer Recognition Scheme Silver Award from the Armed Forces Covenant. Churchill signed the Covenant in August 2019 and was awarded Bronze status last year.
A total of 36 organisations from across the north-west of England have been awarded Silver under the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme for their support to defence and the wider Armed Forces community.
The most supportive organisations for Britain’s Armed Forces from both the private and public sectors were recently announced …
CNet Training, the global leader in technical education for the digital infrastructure industry, has been awarded Silver in this year’s Defence Employer Recognition Awards, which recognise organisations’ ongoing commitment to the Armed Forces Community across the UK …
… can mean dealing with an entirely new set of challenges, says Vicky Blodwell, associate at Lime Solicitors
Lt Colonel Ren Kapur MBE (pictured) is CEO and founder of X-Forces Enterprise (XFE) and Chair of the Soldiering On Awards. In this first part of our new series, she explains why enterprise skills are at the centre of everything she does – and, while we are experiencing the fallout from COVID-19, what exactly Enterprise Learning is and why it remains as important as ever …
This new series takes a look at what it’s really like to work in some popular fields …
‘Mental health is just as important as physical health’ is the view of fitness education provider Study Active’s managing director James Luscombe. With this philosophy in mind, Study Active, an established provider of ELCAS-funded health and fitness qualifications, is now proactively encouraging MoD personnel to study for its level 2 Mental Health Awareness qualification. Better still, the course can be funded using Standard Learning Credits (SLC), to which all MoD personnel are entitled …
So says Neil Marshall, Chief Executive of the Forces Pension Society, who offers some personal reflections on his own journey through the resettlement financial planning process
Ex-Servicemen Jamie Keen and James Rose-Shaw have recruited their first truck, a striking Mercedes-Benz tractor unit, and are looking forward to putting nine more into action.
A donation from the sale of each bear will go to the charity …
For the first time in the history of the census, there will be a question on service in the Armed Forces, following a campaign led by The Royal British Legion and Poppyscotland …
