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BFRS Employment and careers Fair – 8thJuly 2021 – https://www.bfrss.org.uk/Events/July-2021/Employment-Fair.aspx I am contacting you from British Forces Resettlement Services (BFRS) to advise you about our next Employment and careers Fair for the Armed Forces Community (AFC). The event will be a face-to-face event and will be held at Leicester Racecourse. Read more…
An online presentation about our War Widows’ Quilt and the story behind it. The event is free of charge and you can register here: Stitching Remembrance: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-british-academy-summer-showcase/stitching-remembrance-the-war-widows-quilt/
We have this week received disappointing news from the Treasury, but we will not give up this fight to correct the “Gross Injustice” (Dr.J.Lewis) leaving many of our members without the pension they deserve.
BFRS Employment and careers Fair – 8th July 2021 –https://www.bfrss.org.uk/Events/July-2021/Employment-Fair.aspx I am contacting you from British Forces Resettlement Services (BFRS) to advise you about our next Employment and careers Fair for the Armed Forces Community (AFC). The event will be a face-to-face event and will be held at Leicester Racecourse. All current government Covid guidelines and restrictions will be strictly adhered to during Read more…
These details have been added to our Useful Links Pages. The Coroners’ Court Support Service (CCSS) is an independent voluntary organisation whose experienced volunteers offer emotional support and practical help to bereaved families, witnesses and others when attending an Inquest at a Coroner’s Court. The CCSS volunteers are able to help Read more…
As Full members of the War Widows Association you are entitled to claim for a railcard. Full details are listed on the website under the CARE tab and then Travel Cards. However, the named person at the Royal British Legion has changed (details below) Armed Forces Rail Cards Rail cards Read more…
Working Together can help everyone. We are working with Northumbria University and Forces in Mind Trust to gather information. The academics from Northumbria University are looking for individuals whose partners have died in the UK Armed Forces or after their service, to take part in new research into loneliness and Read more…
Join with us in sending Her Majesty the warmest of Birthday wishes for her Birthday today. (A true lady never mentions the number involved) But we, as widows, can all empathise with her this is the first of her list of firsts after the sad loss of her beloved husband, Read more…
During the minute silence today my family and I tried to represent you all – pausing to remember HRH The Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. Remembering the family man, the Military man, the inquisitive man, the caring man, the modern man, the conservation man, the engineering man, the interesting man, Read more…
