Sixteen current and former residents of VA’s New Belvedere House hostel enjoyed an open day with a military flavor thanks to the Western Heights Preservation Society. The VA veterans and members of the charity’s staff travelled to Dover for the event, which featured exciting re-enactments from WW1, WW2 and the Napoleonic Wars. The Society’s aim […]
Sunshine and smiles were the order of the day at St Peter’s 2015 May Fair – an event that raised funds for both its own Disabled Ramp Appeal and Veterans Aid. Stalls selling everything from clothing to cupcakes attracted the crowds. Visitors were tempted by fresh flowers, garden produce, Pimms and police horses as […]
Students at King’s College London were treated to an inside track view of life after the Armed Forces when CEO of Veterans Aid Dr Hugh Milroy gave his annual lecture. Programme leader Professor Edgar Jones introduced Dr Milroy to MSc War & Psychiatry students at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Denmark Hill Campus, where […]
The work of former soldier Michael Crossan, a graduate of VA’s New Belvedere House and City Lit, will be on display at two London Galleries this summer. Michael’s extraordinary story featured in The Independent and Evening Standard’s Homeless Veterans campaign (see HERE) after he donated an iconic artwork to its auction. He said, “After the success of the […]
Veterans Aid has been given 30 free tickets to a St George’s Day Concert at Cadogan Hall. They were presented to CEO Dr Hugh Milroy at The Guards Museum, by Director of Music Coldstream Guards Major Darren Wolfendale. (Pictured) Dr Milroy said, “The tickets will go to ex-servicemen and women in crisis who have been helped back […]
A Coldstream Guards musician and his new bride have donated money, given in lieu of wedding presents, to Veterans Aid. Darren Hardy and his fiancée Lorna Cheetham (pictured right) decided that rather than accept gifts when they married, they would invite friends and relatives, who wished to, to give an equivalent sum to the charity. So […]
Two doctors from very different backgrounds joined forces at PwC recently to share their expertise on creating value through diversity. CEO of Veterans Aid Dr Hugh Milroy (pictured far right) and host of TV’s Embarrassing Bodies Dr Christian Jessen were panellists in a debate organised jointly by the PwC Disability Network, PwC Military Network and GLEE@PwC Networks. […]
More than 40 years after his military career ended Veterans Aid is helping a former soldier Bob fight a very modern battle – against illness, bureaucracy and an inflexible benefits system. Bob Pittam joined the Parachute Regiment (Junior Company) in 1970 and served until a chute failure brought him down to earth with a bang […]
New Belvedere House, VA’s flagship hostel, is to get a makeover and upgrade. Long-term ambitions to future-proof and enhance the charity’s 55-room facility have been made possible by judicious planning, generous donations and significant cash injections. These latter include a LIBOR grant and a 50 per cent share of the IES Media Group’s Homeless Veterans Campaign. […]
From 25 November 2014, until the end of the campaign, The Independent newspaper titles, London Live TV and the London Evening Standard have been putting their considerable resources behind a campaign called Homeless Veterans. It features jointly the activities of Veterans Aid and ABF The Soldiers Charity. The campaign is already making a difference – […]
