A four-year, £8.2m project to create a flagship facility for veterans in crisis was unveiled on September 7th when Mayor of London Sadiq Khan formally opened Veterans Aid’s New Belvedere House. The Mayor said, “It is completely unacceptable that anyone in London – including veterans of our armed services – should have to sleep rough. […]
Two fundraisers who pitted their strength against Scotland’s mightiest and most temperamental waterway to help Veterans Aid combat homelessness have handed over almost £44,000 to the charity after completing a 97-mile sponsored kayak trip down the River Tweed. On June 11thArmy officer Nick Woolgar and businessman Jamie MacLeod put their kayak into the water after […]
Dr Melissa Landers-Potts, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Human Development and Family Science (FACS) at the University of Georgia (UGA), was accompanied by students who are in London as part of UGA FACS London Study Abroad Program. An American academic has become the latest in a string of international experts to visit Veterans Aid. The visitors spent […]
Tramecia Garner, Associate Director for Housing & Residential Programs at US charity Swords to Plowshares, recently spent two weeks in the UK with Veterans Aid. From back home in San Francisco she reflects on her visit: “Now that my time with Veterans Aid (VA) has ended I am left thinking back on these two weeks, what […]
Veterans Aid CEO Dr Hugh Milroy was guest speaker at an event to commemorate the Centenary of the Royal Air Force on May 18th. Held at the RAF’s church, St Clement Danes, the service was attended by around 120 guests aged 65 and over, including serving personnel, veterans, the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Air Commodore Viscount […]
CEO of Veterans Aid Dr Hugh Milroy gave his annual lecture at King’s College London on 1st May and challenged some assumptions about life after military service. Programme leader Professor Edgar Jones introduced Dr Milroy to MSc War & Psychiatry students at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Denmark Hill Campus, where he spoke about the […]
A team of Slough based Equinix employees are taking part in Tough Mudder 2018 on 28th April to raise money for Veterans Aid. Amanda Lennon, Rashmi Mohindra and Michelle Rosso are among 35 Equinix employees in the UK who have decided to undertake the challenge in support of a charity. CEO of VA Dr Hugh Milroy said, […]
Kesah Trowell joined around 40,000 London Marathon runners on 22nd April to raise funds for Veterans Aid. The 42-year-old, who heads up corporate responsibility for Dixons Carphone, completed the 26.2-mile course in just 4 hours – an amazing result considering the 2018 event was officially the hottest on record. Weary but triumphant, and nursing aching limbs, Kesha […]
Veterans Aid has been nominated as its 2018 Charity of the Year by digital media agency Eyes Down. CEO Dr Hugh Milroy said, “We were delighted to learn of Eyes Down’s nomination. The company has provided outstanding support for this charity, well beyond the normal demands of a digital agency. As an organisation with a […]
In the first of what will be a series of regular monthly visits, chefs from the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) turned out to help residents at a veterans’ hostel learn culinary ‘survival skills’ with a difference. Three RLC Chefs, attached to 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards from HQ London District, travelled to the newly refurbished Veterans Aid hostel, […]
