It estimated that in Orkney there are over 1,000 military veterans and in Scotland as a whole, 220,000.
Improving the Support for Military Veterans in Scotland
Military Veterans Breakfast December 2019
There were 9 of us to the last Military Veterans Breakfast of 2019.
November’s Military Veterans Breakfast
This months Veterans Breakfast was held in Stromness RBL for a change.
Stromness for November’s Military Veterans Breakfast Club
Saturday 30th of November is the monthly meet up of the Military Veterans Breakfast Club of Orkney.
Maree Todd: “this election is Scotland’s chance to escape the Brexit chaos”
“The Tories want to impose Brexit on Scotland against our will, which will hit jobs and living standards”
Scottish Veterans Fund Open
“It is our aim to make Scotland the destination of choice for those who have previously served in the Armed Forces”
Join the Search: Change a Life – RAF Veterans
” The least we can do is be there for them when they themselves need our help.”
Armed Forces Charity Walker Reaches Orkney
Christian and Jet have arrived in Orkney and will be walking the whole coastline.
Support for Orkney’s Military Veterans
It is thought that there are at least 1000 military veterans in Orkney and with 2 of the Orkney News’ Directors also being veterans we thought it was time to share again links to social groups, information and support that might be of interest to Orkney’s veterans.
“No Keeping Well Back” : Eric Milroy
“It is said that we compress time when it falls within our own lifetimes, and expand it when we think of times past. But having the privilege of being here reverses the process. Today, the life of Eric Milroy isn’t our past but our present.”
