Over the last two years Forward Assist has actively campaigned for ‘gender specific’ mental health interventions for women veterans. Forward Assist’s Founder & CEO Tony Wright is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), chaired by Kelly Tolhurst MP.
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Kielder Quest 2018 - Team Spirit Award→
/2018 started with 'Salute Her' ,Women Veterans Project, taking on the Kielder Quest Challenge. It involved mentally and physically challenging activities, both indoor and outdoor.
Read MoreLaunch of the Veterans British Parliamentary Debate Training Project
/Team Forward Assist, Veteran Debaters and Students from Northumbria University were delighted to be invited to Speakers House on 19th December 2017 by the Rt Hon John Bercow MP, to launch the Forward Assist Veterans Debate Training Project.
Read MoreCEO Tony Wright Wins BSI Resettlement Award 2017
/Our CEO Tony Wright was delighted to receive the BSI Resettlement Award for Excellence in support of service leavers on the evening of October 31st 2017 at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester. "Its a great honour to receive this award on behalf of Team Forward Assist our volunteers and supporters".
Read MoreVeterans’ Reminiscence with Forward Assist
/We would like to say a huge thank you to Forward Assist and Tees Valley Arts who gave veterans from Roseberry Court in Redcar the opportunity to take part in a Reminiscence Photo and Writing Project…
Read MoreFemale Veterans Declare War On 'Sexism'
/Female veterans have declared war on the way women are portrayed in children's books about the military…
Read More“They Have Served Their Country …….Now Let Them Serve The Community”
/April began with the introduction of our minibus ‘Tommy’, to Forward Assist patron, Dave Anderson MP (Blaydon constituency).
“They Have Served Their Country …….Now Let Them Serve The Community”
About Turn On The Road To Reoffending
/In 2015 we started to capture the lived experience of those accessing our services. If you want to know how to design services talk to those that use them. https://youtu.be/nNEwoM4nRGw
North East veterans' project to teach ex-soldiers new skills
/Charity Forward Assist teamed up with Northumbria University Debating Society…
Read MoreMission Accomplished
/Ex-forces personnel and members of Northumbria University's debating society take up cause of veterans struggling to get back into civilian life. It was a case of ‘mission accomplished’ for a group of North East military veterans who went to Westminster to win backing for measures to reintegrate former armed forces members into civilian life…
Read More'Field of Dreams' Starbucks Project
/Forward Assist and Starbucks have teamed up…
Read MoreVeterans & Mental Health Documentary
/Colin and Simon from Forward Assist discuss Veterans and Mental Health
Read MoreOn Rocks in France
/Precious diamonds lay scattered over the stony ground. To the untrained eye they looked like pebbles. They were so common in a place called Marange, in the bush of Zimbabwe in 2005, that local children were…
Read MoreEquipped Magazine Article
/A recent article published in 'Equipped' Magazine.
Read MoreTony Wright's interview - why I set up Armed Forces Charity Forward Assist
/During this interview Tony Wright CEO explains to features Editor Mike Kelly (of The Newcastle Journal) why we need…
Read MoreArmed Forces Day Veterans Football Tournament
/On a hot summers day in June 2013 sixteen football teams made up of serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans and teams from the business community took
Read MoreJohn Hall DFC Forward Assist Mentor makes The Sunday Post and Documentary
/Sunday Post. John aged 93 years, regularly gives his time and shares his wisdom with younger veterans accessing the support of Forward Assist…
Read MoreEx-service personnel harvest new start
/For a group of ex-servicemen and women struggling to adapt to life on Civvy Street, their community allotment at Seaton Delaval Hall is
Read MoreA Veteran Performance
/In 2011 I was lucky enough to be the recipient of a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust travelling fellowship, which enabled me
Read MoreBritish Soldiers Dumped On Scrapheap
/'I went from dancing with the Queen to sleeping rough': The heroes dumped on the scrapheap after leaving army.' The Falklands conflict claimed…
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