Mourners shared both laughter and tears at the funeral of Royal Irish veteran Brett Savage in Newtownards today. By Philip Bradfield, Friday, 4th September 2020, 4:18 pm View Full Newsletter Article here Mr Savage, 32, had joined the Royal Irish Regiment at 16. He went on to survive the notorious Siege of Musa Qala in…
Beyond the Battlefield received funding from The armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust who where the Administrators for the Covid-19 Impact Programme on behalf of the Ministry Of Defence and the Cabinet Office following their allocation of Emergency Funding from DCMS and Her Majesty’s Treasury in response to the Covid Pandemic. Beyond the Battlefield in Newtownards…
Great news and recognition for our deserving Veterans….thanks to each and every one of you for your Service to our Country. Today the Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA) and the MOD have announced that 100 Armed Forces charities will benefit from nearly £6million of extra funding to support serving personnel, veterans and their families during…
For over 36 years I have been suffering from what I now know to be PTSD. Whilst serving in Kenya in 1984 I was involved in a serious Road Traffic Collision which as a young 19 year old soldier I found myself injured lying in a ditch on the road side giving first aid to…
“I had hit rock bottom and Beyond the Battlefield were a light in the storm. Just the simple fact of speaking to professionals who have and continue to deal with hundreds of similar cases as mine, knowing that there is help out there and that they genuinely care about their jobs. The work that this…
Thanks to all National Lottery players for making our project possible. We’re making a huge difference to the lives of up to 600 Veterans per year & thanks to Awards For All National Lottery funding for supporting our project by funding of £10,000. The project funded is for Addressing PTSD during Covid-19. This is a…
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Eric Larkin and his team are walking 130 miles from Edinburgh Castle to Stormont Buildings Belfast to help fund Beyond the Battlefield to offer counselling of PTSD for NI Veterans. Click here to view the Just Giving page
This article was published in the Newsletter on Tuesday 2nd July 2019: https://www.newsletter.co.uk/health/mod-unveils-action-plan-for-appalling-veteran-suicide-rate-1-8982729 The MoD has unveiled new plans to get an accurate handle on the level of veteran suicide Published: 07:00Tuesday 02 July 2019 Charities have credited a JPIMedia campaign for prompting Government action on the number of military veterans taking their own lives. The…
