News

April 26, 2023

Supporting Armed Forces in Acute Hospital Settings – Chester Roadshow

The Trust recently invited Armed Forces Advocates along with NHS representatives, organisations and charities working within the Armed Forces network and stakeholders to our first ‘Supporting Armed Forces in Acute hospital Settings’ roadshow event in the beautiful City of Chester.

March 20, 2023

Targeted support from 38 new awards under the Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities programme

The Trust is delighted to announce that we have awarded a further £3.4 million to targeted projects to deliver real change within Armed Forces communities.

March 8, 2023

One Is Too Many Webinar: Support, Inform, Reach Out

Our latest webinar – Veteran Suicide: One Is Too Many – provided a valuable opportunity to showcase the key learning and progress made in our One is Too Many programme.

March 6, 2023

Trust to host Acute Hospitals programme roadshow

We are excited to announce that we are hosting our first Roadshow for the Supporting Armed Forces in Acute Hospital Settings programme held at the University of Chester on Tuesday 4th April 2023.

February 21, 2023

Veteran Suicide: One Is Too Many

Following high interest in our previous webinar events, we are happy to announce our next FREE webinar – Veteran Suicide: One Is Too Many, taking place Wednesday 1 March at 11am.

October 18, 2022

Supporting veterans in acute hospital settings

The Trust awarded almost £2 million in 2021 to help support our most vulnerable veterans in acute hospital settings throughout the UK.

Jointly funded through the Covenant Fund and NHS England, this much-needed funding was available to hospitals to pilot better ways of supporting these veterans and their families when they are most in need.

October 10, 2022

Skiing for wellbeing: Positive Pathways helps blind veterans

Blind Veterans UK received £70,000 in November 2019 to host a ski trip for their members, including Anne who is diagnosed with macular degeneration and other conditions that affect her mobility, confidence and ability to get out and about.

October 5, 2022

Evaluation report launched exploring Armed Forces loneliness

Evaluation report for Tackling Loneliness launched exploring Armed Forces loneliness

September 27, 2022

Force for Change programme awards over £250,000 to focused Forces projects

We’re thrilled to have awarded more than a quarter of a million pounds to 28 fantastic projects in the latest round of our popular Force for Change programme.

September 20, 2022

VPPP Engagement Event

The Trust hosted a VPPP event to bring together some ten portfolio partners. The VPPP is already making headway into a complicated support system for veterans.