armed forces
16 Aug 2021
An extraordinary group of veterans has become the first adaptive team to kayak from Land’s End to John O’Groats, raising more than £100,000 for charity.
The team of five, who all have life-changing injuries, took just 26 days to complete their challenge in aid of the Armed Forces Para-Snowsport Team (AFPST).
They paddled a total of 1,400km – hitting speeds of up to 24km per hour, with their...
29 Jul 2021
The great poet Rudyard Kipling would be proud of former Army Captain Nick Beighton, from Shrewsbury.
The double-amputee has certainly learned to “meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same …”
Having fought back from a life-changing injury in 2009 to appear at the Paralympics of 2012 and 2016, canoeist Beighton, 39, is phlegmatic about narrowly missing out on...
19 Jun 2019
Armed Forces Day is less than a month away and our team of volunteers will once again be hitting the streets of Shrewsbury, raising vital funds to aid the work we do at SSAFA - and we need your help!
The street collection is being organised by Sue Beighton and Brian Glendinning. It takes place on Saturday, June 29, in the town centre and we are keen to hear from anyone who would like to help us...
23 Apr 2019
A Shropshire woman who only took up running six months ago is taking on the London Marathon to raise money for the local branch of the Armed Forces charity SSAFA.
Alix Walker, 33, lives in Shawbury with husband Dave, an air traffic controller on his second posting at the local RAF base. She said it was important to her to raise money for SSAFA as she is from an RAF family.
“I have known about...
02 Dec 2016
Shrewsbury College has been recognised as a major supporter of the Armed Forces and their families, by being awarded the prestigious Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Silver Award by the General Officer Commanding Regional Command, Major General Richard Stanford and the Deputy Commander of 11 Signal and West Midlands Brigade, Colonel Richard Maybery.
The awards ceremony was held at The Library of...
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