Veterans Aid http://www.veterans-aid.net Caring For Veterans In Crisis ... Now! Tue, 14 May 2013 19:05:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 RAG mag showcases work of Veterans Aid http://www.veterans-aid.net/rag-mag-showcases-work-of-veterans-aid/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/rag-mag-showcases-work-of-veterans-aid/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 13:50:05 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=3171 ‘RAG’ readers and club members are introduced to the work of Veterans Aid. The Army & Navy Club, also known as The Rag is a Members Club originally founded for former and serving officers of the British and Commonwealth Armed … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/rag-mag-showcases-work-of-veterans-aid/feed/ 0 “Who are veterans in the 21st century and what are their rights?” – Defence Report http://www.veterans-aid.net/who-are-veterans-in-the-21st-century-and-what-are-their-rights-defence-report/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/who-are-veterans-in-the-21st-century-and-what-are-their-rights-defence-report/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 10:48:53 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=3166 London, UK – 10 May 2013 Mark Collinson writing in Defence Review quotes VA CEO Dr Hugh Milroy as one of the experts asking exactly what  veterans are entitled to in Britain today.   “Since the announcement of UK defence … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/who-are-veterans-in-the-21st-century-and-what-are-their-rights-defence-report/feed/ 0 Veterans Aid welcomes Lady Rothermere as Patron http://www.veterans-aid.net/veterans-aid-welcomes-lady-rothermere-as-patron/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/veterans-aid-welcomes-lady-rothermere-as-patron/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:13:48 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=3147 The Dowager Viscountess Rothermere has become the first patron of  Veterans Aid. An established supporter of the 80-year-old charity for some time Lady Rothermere’s appointment was announced at the charity’s AGM. In January, through her own Lady R Foundation, she … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/veterans-aid-welcomes-lady-rothermere-as-patron/feed/ 0 VA contributes to MSc course http://www.veterans-aid.net/va-contributes-to-msc-course/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/va-contributes-to-msc-course/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:54:39 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=3141 Students at King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry learn about the work of Veterans Aid from  CEO Dr Hugh Milroy. At the invitation of programme leader Professor Edgar Jones VA has been contributing to the course, in the Department of … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/va-contributes-to-msc-course/feed/ 0 Towergate co-founder joins VA as Trustee http://www.veterans-aid.net/towergate-co-founder-joins-va-as-trustee/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/towergate-co-founder-joins-va-as-trustee/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:00:33 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=3097 Paul Dyer, co-founder of Europe’s largest privately owned insurance entity the Towergate Partnership, has become a Trustee of  Veterans Aid. He said “I have seen first hand the work that Veterans Aid carries out and can honestly say that of … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/towergate-co-founder-joins-va-as-trustee/feed/ 0 Minister ‘drops in’ to Veterans Aid http://www.veterans-aid.net/minister-drops-in-to-veterans-aid/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/minister-drops-in-to-veterans-aid/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:18:12 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=3106 Mark Francois, Minister of State for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans, has made a personal visit to Veterans Aid’s Drop-in Centre and hostel to see first hand how the charity operates. After morning discussions at VA’s Victoria HQ he accompanied … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/minister-drops-in-to-veterans-aid/feed/ 0 BFBS ‘Operation Ice Cream’ team deploys for fourth year. http://www.veterans-aid.net/bfbs-operation-ice-cream-team-deploys-for-fourth-year/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/bfbs-operation-ice-cream-team-deploys-for-fourth-year/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:48:10 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=3054 Op Ice Cream is back – for the Fourth Year of FREE Ice Cream for Forces Families. It’s hard to get enthusiastic about cold confections in the Arctic conditions we’ve been experiencing recently, but staff at New Belvedere House have … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/bfbs-operation-ice-cream-team-deploys-for-fourth-year/feed/ 0 2012 Reviewed http://www.veterans-aid.net/2012-reviewed/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/2012-reviewed/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:39:54 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=3047 It’s that time of year when life, for some of us at VA,  is taken over by preparation of the Annual Review. It’s hard work because there is no ‘set aside’ time in which to do it – but every … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/2012-reviewed/feed/ 0 Veterans ‘not helped’ by Military Covenant http://www.veterans-aid.net/veterans-not-helped-by-military-covenant/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/veterans-not-helped-by-military-covenant/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:23:42 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=3003 CEO of Veterans Aid Dr Hugh Milroy told The Sunday people that although the Military Covenant was supposed to protect veterans, the charity had clients across the UK who had been let down by it. He told reporter Josh Layton … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/veterans-not-helped-by-military-covenant/feed/ 0 Carlton Club fundraising dinner for Veterans Aid http://www.veterans-aid.net/carlton-club-fundraising-dinner-for-aid/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/carlton-club-fundraising-dinner-for-aid/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:16:45 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=2973 Eighty guests, mainly members, enjoyed a fundraising dinner at London’s Carlton Club on 20th February  to support Veterans Aid . Club Deputy Chairman Mr George Kynoch introduced VA’s CEO Dr Hugh Milroy who showed a short film about the charity’s … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/bfbs-spotlight-on-military-covenant/feed/ 0 Military Covenant Under Fire http://www.veterans-aid.net/military-covenant-under-fire/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/military-covenant-under-fire/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:00:50 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=2951 Veterans Aid CEO Dr Hugh Milroy has described the Military Covenant as ‘empty rhetoric’ in a newspaper report about former soldier John Bryant. John, once the youngest British soldier serving in Helmand, came to VA when he was homeless and … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/military-covenant-under-fire/feed/ 0 Soul Sister’s New Song Is Sweet Music To Veterans Aid http://www.veterans-aid.net/soul-sisters-new-song-is-sweet-music-to-va/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/soul-sisters-new-song-is-sweet-music-to-va/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:36:49 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=2933 “My new single Serve Below Zero is 100% in aid of charity Veterans Aid. Download now and help me support this wonderful charity. Tracks are available from iTunes.”  - Angela Lewis Brown A NEW single by soul-singer Angel Lewis Brown … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/soul-sisters-new-song-is-sweet-music-to-va/feed/ 0 PTSD – Distressing, But Not Just For Soldiers! http://www.veterans-aid.net/ptsd-distressing-but-not-just-for-soldiers/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/ptsd-distressing-but-not-just-for-soldiers/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:18:35 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=2930 PTSD is not a ‘military’ illness. Nor is it something automatically, or routinely, suffered by those who serve in HM Armed Forces. It’s a modern truism that ‘most people get most of their information’ through the news media. Today the BBC broadcast … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/ptsd-distressing-but-not-just-for-soldiers/feed/ 0 Does UKBA not know its own rules? http://www.veterans-aid.net/does-ukba-not-know-its-own-rules/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/does-ukba-not-know-its-own-rules/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:52:12 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=2914 Further to yesterday’s post, VA staff have now been made aware of an instruction to UKBA staff advising them that F&C military personnel are NOT to be disadvantaged by service overseas. It’s dated 13 October 2010 and was published more … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/does-ukba-not-know-its-own-rules/feed/ 0 F&C soldiers face overseas postings dilemma http://www.veterans-aid.net/specialist-sourced-to-deal-with-fc-legal-maze/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/specialist-sourced-to-deal-with-fc-legal-maze/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:18:58 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=2899 Foreign and Commonwealth soldiers are facing a unique overseas postings dilemma. Last year VA fought a long, hard, public battle to change the rules regarding leave to remain. Despite good words, and indeed some positive actions, we see the situation … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/specialist-sourced-to-deal-with-fc-legal-maze/feed/ 0 Veterans fast tracked . . . to a seven-year wait! http://www.veterans-aid.net/veterans-fast-tracked-to-a-seven-year-wait/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/veterans-fast-tracked-to-a-seven-year-wait/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:02:46 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=2901 Accommodation remains a perennial problem. We have had many cases where those leaving the service are taking the Covenant to local authorities only to find it being completely ignored. Even more depressing is the case of the ­­­family given ‘gold … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/veterans-fast-tracked-to-a-seven-year-wait/feed/ 0 F&C veterans – job done? http://www.veterans-aid.net/fc-veterans-job-done/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/fc-veterans-job-done/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:39:29 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=2883 ‘There’s a view ‘out there’ that because Fijian veteran Isimeli ‘Bale’ Baleiwai has  been given permission to stay in the UK, all is well for Foreign and Commonwealth veterans. Notwithstanding ‘Bale’s decision to send back his medals in disgust – which … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/fc-veterans-job-done/feed/ 0 ‘Absolutely Fulham’ features Veterans Aid http://www.veterans-aid.net/absolutely-fulham-features-veterans-aid/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/absolutely-fulham-features-veterans-aid/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:33:36 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=2865 AB FAB EVENING FOR VETERANS AID Frontline charities like Veterans Aid aren’t often seen in the society pages of glossy magazines, but when they have fairy godmother’s like Lady Rothermere, anything  is possible! Three hundred invited guests sat down to … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.veterans-aid.net/absolutely-fulham-features-veterans-aid/feed/ 0 MOD fast streamers extend hand of friendship to Veterans. http://www.veterans-aid.net/mod-fast-streamers-lend-helping-hand/ http://www.veterans-aid.net/mod-fast-streamers-lend-helping-hand/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:10:04 +0000 Glyn Strong http://www.veterans-aid.net/?p=2858 When fast-stream civil servants from MOD decided to do something for Veterans Aid they lived up to their name – the ‘stream’ was in the Lee Valley and the ‘fast’ activity was white water rafting. Subsequent activities included a catering … Continue reading →

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