More than £8.5 million of funding has been announced in order to ensure no veteran should sleep rough this Christmas, and veteran homelessness is ended in 2023. The funding will deliver services in more than 900 housing units in England, where specialist help for...
The Forces Help to Buy Scheme has been made permanent by the Government as of 19 December 2022, as part of the enduring committment to supporting our Armed Forces. The scheme enables Serving Personnel to borrow up to 50% of their gross annual salary (up to a maximum...
The Veterans’ Survey is being carried out by the Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It aims to learn more about the lives of the UK Armed Forces community, veterans and their families. The survey opened on 10 November...
Sounds easy doesn’t it, but sometimes it is difficult to start that conversation. The Mobile Outreach vehicle will be out and about in December and will be at the Bristol Veterans Hub, Bedminster on 29 December. Come along for a bacon butty and a coffee, you may be a...
The MOD has backed a new legal Duty that supports Armed Forces personnel, their families and Veterans. The Duty, introduced on 22 November 2022, puts legal responsibility on local services to embody the Armed Forces Covenant, a key mechanism that helps the UK Armed...
Veterans UK has launched a new online service for Armed Forces Compensation and War Pension claims. Veterans UK, part of Defence Business Services (DBS), has launched a new online claim service to help people to access injury and illness compensation more easily....