Rutland AFVBC

The support also that has been given from us and other members beyond the club that has sometimes been helping those in crisis has been invaluable and I know personally through my husbands own struggles just how it has been needed. Thankyou to everyone

The Armed Forces community in Rutland is significant and we wanted to bring that community together which we achieved but we are forever blown away by how big that community has become. From small seeds grow mighty oaks and the support we have received has been immense

Our monthly breakfast club takes place on Saturday @thegrainy and it’s going to be emotional. Me and Mark hand the baton over in the capable hands of Ian and Tony. From the monthly breakfast club the AFVBC in Rutland now oversees two coffee mornings and a walking club.

TOMORROW! @RutStamSound @RafaRutland @RBLOakham @UppinghamTC @UppinghamDoctor @ageukleics

This beautiful Lady has manned stalls, prepared & delivered poppy boxes, knitted poppies and performed many other tasks over the years, and currently supports the appeal by coordinating Remembrance tributes in the district.

There is a NEW veterans' coffee morning in UPPINGHAM at the church parish hall from 10am-12pm. We welcome anyone from the Armed Forces community to join us. The first one will be on the 30th October and then every 4th Thursday of the month thereafter. @RutStamSound @UppinghamTC

Well done young Taylor

Did you know that Rutland AFVBC, as well as the breakfast club and with support now oversees coffee mornings in Oakham on the 2nd Wednesday and Uppingham on the 4th Thursday and also a Veterans walking club the last Saturday of the month. @RutStamSound @RafaRutland @RBLOakham

Rutland AFVBC are pleased to announce that another Veteran’s coffee morning will be starting up in Uppingham at the parish church hall on the fourth Thursday of every month, the first being 30 th October. If you belong to the Armed Forces community then please join us.

On Wednesday October 15th, The Rutland Veterans Wellbeing Hub will take place, as it usually does, in the Oakham Baptist Church. During this session, we will be joined by the RAFA ‘Casework & Connections for Life’ team. connectionsforlife.rafa.org.uk/about-us/

@RutStamSound @ageukleics @RafaRutland @Uppingham @UppinghamTC @UppinghamDoctor @RutlandLL @RutlandHS

This Wednesday 8th October at The Buttercross from 10am-12 The Veterans coffee morning invites those that are part of the Armed Forces community to come and join us in a relaxed, social environment for a cuppa and a chat. A very warm welcome is guaranteed ☕️ ☕️

It’s that time of the month again. If you are part of the Armed Forces community then join us @thegrainy on Saturday 4th October for the Armed Forces Veteran’s breakfast club, breakfast served from 9am-11am. A warm welcome and a cracking breakfast is guaranteed.

This year, marks 30 years since the end of the Bosnian War. So we're looking for personnel (and their families) who served with the British Armed Forces in Bosnia since 1992 to join us for a Ceremony of Remembrance at the @Nat_Mem_Arb. Learn more: spklr.io/6018BJ9To

So there seems to have been a discovery of an island at Rutland water on the Veterans walk today. What do you reckon 🤣🤣🤣 @AnglianWater @robpersani

📰 SSAFA secures SWAP funding to support families of veterans in Cheshire prisons ▸ ssaf.as/1GD @SSAFA has been awarded a £5,000 grant from @CheshirePCC Dan Price’s "SWAP Fund" to launch its new initiative Beyond the Walls.

The first Saturday morning of every month is Armed Forces #Veterans Breakfast Club day ⁦@thegrainy⁩ in #Oakham. As usual the place was a buzz with happy chatter and good ( inexpensive) cooked #breakfasts ⁦@oafvbc⁩ All who have served are welcome.

We had some very distinguished visitors at the Rutland Veterans Hub this morning, to celebrate the birthday 🎂 of a very special gentleman. Thank you to all who made this event so memorable!

My great grandads body has never been identified and he therefore has no known grave. His fall is commemorated in the Tyne Cot memorial near Ypres I will be remembering him today as well as the millions that gave their life #wewillremember 🌺🌺

Great Granddad and Great grandma had him out of wedlock but decided to get married on April 1917, 5 months before his passing. The sad thing is he probably knew he wasn’t coming back and wanted to make sure that my Great Grandma and Granddad were looked after once he had gone.

On the 16th August 1917 108 years today the 7th KOYLI was part of the 20th Light Division, 61st Brigade, which successfully retook the villages of Langemarck and Steenbeek from the enemy; lost during 1915.