Seventy-five years ago, on December 24th, supporters of this charity were invited to help at its Christmas Party. We were still known as the Embankment Fellowship Centre (EFC) in those days and the invitation was a typed on a single sheet of paper – but the ethos that has underpinned everything we do is unchanged. […]
A freelance journalist working for The Polish Daily, Piotr Gulbicki, approached Veterans Aid to learn more about the charity’s work. Polish Daily is the oldest newspaper for Polish immigrants in Europe; it was established in 1940 in London and has been published ever since. In 1943 The Polish Daily merged with Soldiers Daily, the newspaper of […]
Amy Foster, Corporal Weapons Engineer in the RAF, is deploying to Bastion at the start of December for four months and decided to raise funds for Veterans Aid. She has set herself a challenge to cycle the distance home from Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, to RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire – a total of 3500 miles in […]
On 26th January 2014 competitors from around the country will push themselves to the limits to take part in the annual Tough Guy Assault which takes place in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Among them will be Veterans Aid supporter William Foulkes who decided to face mud, barbed-wire fences and obstacle running to raise money for the charity. […]
The 2013 BFBS Big Salute auction day raised £10,342 for five Forces Charities, including Veterans Aid. Ten hours of live on-air coverage of the online auction was broadcast worldwide on Friday 1st November across the BFBS radio network. Two tickets to the 2014 GQ Men of the Year Awards after party attracted the highest bids, […]
On Monday 11th November, over a 100 guests joined Veterans Aid Patron, the Dowager Viscountess Rothermere, at a dinner at The Cavalry and Guards Club to raise awareness of the Veterans Aid First World War Commemorative event to be held at The Royal Albert Hall on Remembrance Sunday 2014. The venue was generously offered to Veterans […]
Earlier this year, TVS Supply Chain Solutions exhibited at the Defence Vehicle Dynamics Exhibition at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedford. They encouraged stand visitors to enter a business card draw with the lucky winner asked to choose a military charity which could benefit from the new television. Douglas Clark, General Manager at Peleus Decisions Consultancy […]
The Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC) runs the BFBS Big Salute to raise funds for five Forces charities. One of them is Veterans Aid. Kickstarting the Breakfast Show on the last day of the Big Salute auction were former soldiers Peter Cowling and Jason Sullivan. Both men talked about the support they had received […]
Canadian Minister for Veterans Affairs, The Honorable Julian Fantino, has praised the work being done by a British charity. After requesting a meeting with its CEO he said, “I am pleased to have had the chance to meet with Dr (Hugh) Milroy and to learn about the positive results being achieved at Veterans Aid.” The […]
A TA unit’s fundraising cycle ride in memory of a fallen comrade hopes to net £4,000 for Veterans Aid. Twenty-four members of 221 Field Squadron EOD (V) 101 Engineer Regiment RE clocked up 100 miles by cycling round every racetrack and go-cart track in Kent. They did it in six and a half hours. Afterwards Corporal […]
