More than 750 Bloomberg volunteers donated over 3,800 hours to transform a facility for homeless veterans. Veterans Aid today announced the completion of its Old Rectory transformation, part of the charity’s New Belvedere House hostel refurbishment project. The renovation of the 12-bedroom facility was completed with the support of Bloomberg volunteers, whose contribution has helped to […]
9th June 2016: A host of notable East Anglia locals and UEA alumni, including international rugby union referee Wayne Barnes and Love Actually producer Debra Hayward, will be named honorary graduates at The University of East Anglia in July. Veterans Aid’s CEO Dr Hugh Milroy will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law. UEA Vice-Chancellor Prof David Richardson […]
His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh visited Veterans Aid (02.06.16) to meet staff and residents at the 84-year-old charity’s New Belvedere House hostel. During the visit he met Army Air Corps veteran Nathan Rooke who described his proudest moment in the service as performing royal duties at Buckingham Palace. CEO of Veterans Aid Dr […]
27th April 2016: There was a warm welcome from Professor Edgar Jones at King’s College London where Veterans Aid CEO Dr Hugh Milroy contributes annually to the MSc War & Psychiatry course in the Department of War Studies. The MSc War & Psychiatry course allows successful applicants to develop skills and knowledge about the way […]
Dan Clarke, who spent four years as an aircraft maintenance mechanic in the RAF, is running the London Marathon for Veterans Aid; the charity that once helped him. Dan said, “I’m doing it to raise money for a great charity that has helped me to get where I am now.” A few years ago he […]
Veterans Aid staff were delighted when members of the East Wickham and Welling War Memorial Trust dropped in to its Victoria Centre. They came bearing a cheque for £1,500, which represented proceeds of the retiring collection at the Trust’s 2015 Festival of Remembrance service. The visit, by trustees Nigel Betts, Warren Foot, Jeremy Watkins and […]
Amelia Windsor is the 20-year-old granddaughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, which makes her 36th in line to the throne. She’s currently in her first year at Edinburgh University, reading French and Italian by day and acting in student productions by night, most recently ‘The Crucible’. But what she most wants to talk […]
Veterans Aid has become a member of the Fundraising Standards Board and will be featuring its distinctive ‘tick’ on all relevant material. The FRSB is the regulator of charity fundraising in the UK and exists to provide a channel through which the public can raise concerns about financial probity. CEO of Veterans Aid Dr Hugh […]
CEO of Veterans Aid Dr. Hugh Milroy has become an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of East Anglia’s prestigious School of Social Work. Dr. Milroy, who is an alumnus of the School, has been involved with homeless Veterans since 1996. His MA looked at the effect of military service on armed forces personnel and […]
The Vintners’ Company, one of the ‘Twelve Great’ Livery Companies of the City of London, has donated £5k towards the redevelopment of Veterans Aid’s New Belvedere House hostel in East London. The Worshipful Company of Vintners, which received its first Royal Charter in 1363, has origins steeped in the history of the City of London and […]
