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Service personnel often live and work all over the UK, moving regularly from posting to posting, so when they leave the armed forces, they may well find themselves hundreds of miles from family and friends.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
As the UK marks World Mental Health Day, Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer is urging ex-service personnel to access the wide range of mental health support now on offer.
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Armed Forces Week continues with the UK Government stepping up support for service charities across the UK.
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The way many of Veterans UK services are delivered is to be digitised as part of a new contract worth £300-million that successfully commenced on 1 June 2020.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), who arrange our medical examinations are to cancel all examinations for a period of up to 3 months from 17 March 2020.
The Yorkshire and Humber VAPC are holding a ‘Beer Call’ at the Harrogate Town AFC versus Torquay United on the 7 December.
As a result of a power outage at Veterans UK’s offices, the Veterans UK helpline is currently offering a limited service.
Artefacts led to a fitting burial service for Lance Corporal (LCpl) Frederick Thomas Perkins, of the 11th Battalion The Essex Regiment, who was killed during World War 1.
Soldier of The Essex Regiment and an unknown soldier of an unknown regiment, who were killed during the Great War, were finally laid to rest with full military honours.
The launch of a new service from Veterans UK targets Service Leavers and their families that may need extra help and guidance transitioning from Service life.
DASA funds armed forces trial of cutting-edge artificial intelligence, psychological, and neuroscience tools and technology.
The new office sits within the Cabinet Office and will pull together all functions of government, and better co-ordinate charity sector provision.
The annual Remembrance Day Service organised by the British Embassy will be held in its new venue at The British Club Bangkok at 10.50 hrs on Sunday 10 November
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