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 MoreWe 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 have declared war on the way women are portrayed in children's books about the military…
Read MoreApril 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”
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
Charity Forward Assist teamed up with Northumbria University Debating Society…
Read MoreEx-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 MoreForward Assist and Starbucks have teamed up…
Read MoreColin and Simon from Forward Assist discuss Veterans and Mental Health
Read MorePrecious 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 MoreA recent article published in 'Equipped' Magazine.
Read MoreDuring this interview Tony Wright CEO explains to features Editor Mike Kelly (of The Newcastle Journal) why we need…
Read MoreOn 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 MoreSunday Post. John aged 93 years, regularly gives his time and shares his wisdom with younger veterans accessing the support of Forward Assist…
Read MoreFor a group of ex-servicemen and women struggling to adapt to life on Civvy Street, their community allotment at Seaton Delaval Hall is
Read MoreIn 2011 I was lucky enough to be the recipient of a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust travelling fellowship, which enabled me
Read More'I went from dancing with the Queen to sleeping rough': The heroes dumped on the scrapheap after leaving army.' The Falklands conflict claimed…
Read MoreThey leave the Forces alone and haunted by the memories of war, but now a group of veterans are getting their lives back on track by occupying the kitchen
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