Veterans Update March 2025
Voluntary Action Swindon continues to provide veterans in Swindon a vital service. The drop-ins continue to grow each month with February being our busiest drop-in to date. We had a fantastic turnout from veterans accessing support, advice and friendships. Februarys drop-in also consisted of a specialist support from Justice for Heroes who joined us to […]
Veterans December 2024 Update
Veterans December Update 2024 – Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Digital Skills Sessions for Veterans – Programme Completed Veterans Christmas Meal 2024 Our Veteran’s support navigator Katie concluded the final Veterans digital skills session on Tuesday 17th December 2024. The programme consisted of 10 weekly sessions on basic courses within the ‘Learn My Way’ platform. The overall aim of […]
Veterans Update September 2024
Veterans Update September 2024 Recently our veterans enjoyed a day trip to Oxford Castle and Prison with thanks to the Zurich’s Summer challenge. The trip was a huge success, it was a fascinating day exploring the historic site, learning about its rich history and even hearing some thrilling stories from the past about some of […]
Veterans enjoyed a day trip to Oxford Castle and Prison with thanks to the Zurich
Veterans enjoyed a day trip to Oxford Castle and Prison with thanks to the Zurich Recently our veterans enjoyed a day trip to Oxford Castle and Prison with thanks to the Zurich’s Summer challenge. The trip was a huge success, it was a fascinating day exploring the historic site, learning about its rich history and […]
Volunteer Divisional Secretary – ssafa
Volunteer Divisional Secretary – ssafa Read more here Would you like to coordinate the local SSAFA service in your area? Do you enjoy working as part of a team? You don’t need a military background, just good communication and I.T. skills. If so, this could be the role for you! What is a Divisional Secretary? […]
Volunteer Caseworker – ssafa
Volunteer Caseworker – ssafa Read more here Would you like to support people who have served in the Armed Forces? You just need the ability to listen, strong IT skills and good written and spoken English. If you think this could be the role for you, we’d love to hear from you. What is a […]
Veterans Press Release April 2024
Veterans Press Release: April 2024 Celebrating Funding from Veterans’ Foundation Voluntary Action Swindon is pleased to announce that it has received a further two years of funding from the Veterans’ Foundation to continue employing our Veteran Support Navigator, Katie Linstead. Katie is a military wife living with her family at Brize Norton, so understands the […]
Veterans support drop in update: March 2024
Veterans support drop in update: March 2024 The monthly Veterans Support Drop-ins which are hosted by Voluntary action Swindon and held at Sanford House in Swindon. This is one of the few support services in Swindon for Veterans to be able to access direct support from a range of representatives from charities including, Help For […]
Mens shed update: March 2024
Mens shed update: March 2024 IMPORTANT UPDATE: Monday 29th April is our final woodwork session with Renew Swindon – until then these run weekly on Monday’s (ex. Bank holidays) Voluntary Action Swindon continue to organise the monthly woodworking sessions at Renew CIC are still being held each Monday at Renew CIC between 10:00 and 13:00. […]
Boots to Suits
Boots to Suits Where: Castledown Business Park SP11 9FTWhen: Wednesday 28th FebruaryTime: 10:00 – 14:00Cost: FREE to attend The Boots to Suits event for is for any veteran or current serving military personnel who is thinking of starting a business or maybe has just done so and is looking for some help and guidance. The […]