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A new £2.52 million Veterans’ Mobility Fund (VMF) is set to provide veterans across the UK with mobility equipment to improve their quality of life.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Thousands more veterans will receive HM Armed Forces Veteran Cards by the end of the year thanks to a £3 million injection to expand the roll-out to veterans who left service before 2018.
Veterans’ Minister Johnny Mercer and Health Secretary Steve Barclay are urging veterans and service leavers to access specialist healthcare pathways run by NHS England and service charities.
The Government has worked with NHS England, housing providers and charities to provide record levels of dedicated support for veterans, as outlined in the latest six monthly report published by the Office for Veterans’ Affai…
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Johnny Mercer visited Worcestershire Medal Services in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter this morning to see the first Nuclear Test Medals in production.
Detail of the 'Great Place to Work for Veterans' initiative.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The design of the Nuclear Test Medal has been unveiled. The medal recognises military, civilian, and overseas staff and personnel who participated in Britain’s nuclear testing programme in the 1950s and 1960s.
The Ministry of Defence and the Office for Veterans’ Affairs are jointly delivering this service as part of ongoing improvements in veterans support.
The PM and Defence Secretary apologise to LGBT personnel and veterans impacted by the historic ban.
The reviews have offered recommendations to improve the experience of those requiring veterans’ welfare or compensation services.
The Government has launched a refresh of the Veterans’ Gateway, which will improve access to welfare services for ex-forces personnel.
From today, vulnerable veterans across the country will have access to Op FORTITUDE, a new dedicated referral pathway for homeless veterans, including those sleeping on the streets.
Thousands of schoolchildren will learn more about the British nuclear testing programme thanks to a £70,000 grant from the Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA). Another £34,000 grant will bring hundreds of veterans together at…
Three members of the veterans community have received Points of Light awards as part of events to mark Armed Forces Week.
An op-ed from Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer, originally published in the Times Red Box.
£250,000 in government funding has been awarded to Universities and National Life Stories, the UK’s leading oral history fieldwork charity from the British Library, to chronicle and study the experiences of British nuclear t…
Up to £8m of funding from the Office for Veterans’ Affairs is now available to tackle veterans’ homelessness head on.
A major review into the veteran welfare services for veterans has been announced today by the Office for Veterans’ Affairs and the Ministry of Defence.
In recognition of their significant contribution to the UK’s nuclear deterrent testing programme, potentially thousands of veterans and civilian staff, and next of kin, across the UK and Commonwealth can now apply for a comm…
The Office for Veterans Affair has announced its intention to publish a Women Veterans' Strategy.
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