News

11 September 2012

Sophie Kelk is crossing Scotland to raise funds for Veterans Aid. The 23 year old PR will be running, cycling and kayaking her way across a 106-mile route that includes Loch Ness, Great Glen, Glencoe and Ben Nevis. “I’m doing it because I’m utterly mad and I love to challenge myself – but also because […]

4 September 2012

It was medals all round at the Royal Chelsea Hospital when In-pensioners took on teams from Veterans Aid. The challenge followed a recent visit to the RCH during which the veterans were given a guided tour and hosted at the pensioners’ club.

26 July 2012

A Fijian who served in the British Army for 13 years has been told he cannot settle in the UK and must leave the country by 9 August. Lance Corporal Isimeli Baleiwai, who is married to a British woman and has two British children, applied for British citizenship in March this year as he was […]

This is the statement issued by Military Lawyer, Christopher Hill “I am pleased to confirm that today at the hearing a the Colchester Court Martial Centre, the Judge Advocate General granted Bale Baleiwai leave to appeal against his conviction out of time. It is this conviction that the UKBA are using to refuse his application […]

24 July 2012

Tuesday, 24th July. Three days after Fijian-born L/Cpl Isimeli ( ‘Bale’)  Baleawai’s story hit the streets – the letters, cheques and phone calls keep on coming. Kim, Bale and their two children are just one of the many families  being helped by Veterans Aid  because of Citizenship and Leave to Remain issues. In Bale’s case […]

22 July 2012

THIRTEEN years service, five operational tours, four medals – and a fifth offered alongside news from the Home Office that he has to leave the UK. Bale and Kim Baleiwai came to the charity Veterans Aid in despair – and help to bring their plight to public attention. The Sunday Telegraph, BBC Radio 4 and […]

13 July 2012

Director of Welfare Paul Hughesdon presents a cheque for £17,500 from the RAF Benevolent Fund to CEO of Veterans Aid Dr Hugh Milroy. The money will be used to fund the ongoing work of the 80 year old charity. Dr Milroy, a former RAF officer, said, “It means a great deal to us that single […]

10 July 2012

John Bryant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WBbSSlwc7Q John was just a young man when he joined the Army and yet he has seen service on the frontline in Afghanistan and been under fire. Veterans Aid is helping him adjust to civilian life. Stan Constable Stan Constable was one of the few who stayed behind to allow the many to […]

9 July 2012

We have a page on this website called Voices – but they aren’t ‘management’ voices! They are the words of individuals who speak for themselves. Our latest film features three of them and is called The Journey; you can find it on our official You Tube Channel  or on our video page. Please let us […]

5 July 2012

  Some interesting research published this month in “The  Street to Home Report” and Professor Ian Palmer’s paper profiling “The First 150 Ex-Service Personnel Seen By MAP” (Published in The Psychiatrist – TBC). Ian, in addition to being Head of the Medical Assessment Programme for UK Veterans, is VA’s honorary Psychiatric Advisor. The reports’ respective findings […]