News

May 17, 2023

Mental Health Awareness Week – tackling veteran suicide

In March this year, we held a webinar to discuss the progress and impact of our One Is Too Many programme. We heard from four funded organisations, who each shared updates on the work they are doing to tackle the challenging issue of veteran suicide.

May 11, 2023

Trust funded project meets US First Lady

We were delighted to learn The Fighting Chance had recently welcomed US First Lady Jill Biden and Akshata Murty (wife of the Prime Minister) along to a boxing session earlier this month.

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.

April 19, 2023

A programme to create better, sustainable support for veterans in the communities where they live

The Veterans’ Places, Pathways and People (VPPP) programme aims to deliver significant improvements to how veterans with mental health and wellbeing needs can be supported in a joined-up way.

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.

February 6, 2023

Armed Forces Advocates are making a difference in acute hospital settings

Passion, adaptability and sheer determination shone through from our project representatives during our latest webinar: ‘The positive impact of Armed Forces advocates on veterans in acute hospital settings’.

October 27, 2022

Applications open for the Supporting Partners – Innovation Grants programme

Applications are now open for the Supporting Partners- Innovation Grants programme.

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.