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Watch Gabby and Tyler's story and help @SSAFA support more military families like them. Please donate today and show your support for the incredible people in our #ArmedForces community. ssaf.as/autumnappeal2027
📰 Featuring a foreword by @SSAFA's Honorary Ambassador and Gurkha campaigner, Dame Joanna Lumley, a new cookbook celebrates a remarkable community initiative in Reading that has helped Gurkha wives settle into life in the UK ▸ ssaf.as/1Ke
🤖 Made with AI
ALT Dame Joanna Lumley pictured with members of the Reading Gurkha Ladies Project.
ALT The Kukri Kitchen Cookbook can be ordered by emailing [email protected]. Total cost including postage and packaging is £20.60, with every order helping to support both the Gurkha and wider Armed Forces communities.
If you were affected by the Armed Forces LGBT Ban between 1967 and 2000, you can apply for the Government's Financial Recognition Scheme and other forms of recognition - application support is available.
Applications close on Saturday 12 December 2026. affectedbytheban.campaign.go…
📰 @SSAFA’s award-winning specialist welfare service, Glasgow's Helping Heroes (GHH), has become SSAFA Connect ▸ ssaf.as/1Kd
The #Govan-based support service - a partnership between SSAFA and @GlasgowCC - has delivered practical housing, health, and employability support to serving personnel, veterans, and their families in the Glasgow area for the past 16 years, helping 592 people in 2025 alone.
The service’s new name - informed by the needs and lived experiences of beneficiaries - is a nod to GHH's established partnership network and reflects the service's holistic, inclusive support for the whole Armed Forces family.
💷 Last week's @SSAFA lottery saw 26 winners!
👀 Check today to see if you were a lucky one!
For as little as £1 per week, you can enter the SSAFA Lottery, with a chance of winning £10,000, and help us support the UK's Armed Forces community ▸ ssaf.as/playthelottery
ALT SSAFA Lottery winning numbers for Friday 23 October 2026 - 8 2 4 9 0 3
As @SSAFA was founded in 1885, it's not often that we feel like the new kid on the block! So we'd especially like to take the opportunity to wish the @RoyalMarines a very happy 362nd birthday 🎂 today! Per Mare Per Terram. #HappyBirthdayRoyalMarines
October is #MenopauseAwarenessMonth, and @SSAFA is very proud of the work one of our RAF Welfare Officers has done to create a "Menopause Café" - a place for staff to come together and discuss the impact of menopause on their lives. ssaf.as/1Kc
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Supporting @SSAFA 💙
£5 from each shirt sold from our 2026/27 third kit will be donated to SSAFA.
'Anne-Marie Ballantyne, a community volunteer from #Elgin has been recognised for her efforts in Kinloss and Lossiemouth with a Regional Recognition Award from @SSAFA' via @NScot northern-scot.co.uk/news/ann…
'@BritishArmy veteran, Maurillia Simpson, is celebrating a new-found sense of freedom and independence after receiving a specially adapted handcycle with funding secured by @SSAFA, with some extra support from Haig Housing' via @InYourArea_UK inyourarea.co.uk/news/ssafa-…
'@landmarcNEWS's charity golf day raises £34,311 for @SSAFA' via @journalupdate
Special guests included @jason_carl_fox, a former Royal Marine Commando and best known for appearing on SAS: Who Dares Wins, and professional golfer Jordan Brooks. salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/…
Help @SSAFA support more military families like Gabby, Tyler and Bertie. Please donate today and show your support for the incredible people in our #ArmedForces community. ssaf.as/autumnappeal2027
'A new history of the Great Highland Bagpipes in battle is raising money for @SSAFA - When the Pipers Play: A History of the Great Highland Warpipes is written by author and filmmaker Patrick King' via @BagpipeNews bagpipe.news/2026/10/23/when…
Members of our #ArmedForces are always there when we need them. Leaving a gift in your Will can help @SSAFA stand by their side when life becomes difficult. Because those who have always stood for us should never battle alone. Find out more at ssaf.as/legacy_giving
🚴♀️Eighteen determined cyclists have completed an unforgettable 195-mile ride through #Italy, raising £37k for @SSAFA, whilst conquering 3,079 metres of elevation and creating memories that will last long after the final turn of their pedals ▸ ssaf.as/1Kb
ALT Cycling through the town of Cassino.
ALT Paying respects at the Cassino War Cemetary.
⛳️ SAS: Who Dares Wins star @jason_carl_fox helps @landmarcNEWS golf day raise £34,311 for @SSAFA ▸ ssaf.as/1K9
Our thanks to the whole Landmarc team, sponsors and everyone who helped make the day such a success.
ALT Jason “Foxy” Fox and Landmarc's Senior Commercial Manager Mark Harris present SSAFA's Jonathan Sandall and Naomi Kerrison with a cheque for the day's fundraising.
ALT The Landmarc team with supporting partners and SSAFA attendees.
"For the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in anyone tarnish it; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet."
- Admiral Lord Nelson's prayer before the Battle of Trafalgar
#TrafalgarDay
ALT Map of the Battle of Trafalgar published by William Blackwood and Sons, 1 January 1848.
ALT J.M.W. Turner: The Battle of Trafalgar, painted between 1822 and 1824.
Thanks to everyone who took part in the Great Trafalgar Run last weekend for #SSAFAGibraltar! #TrafalgarDay
🏃♂️ The Great Trafalgar Run is underway!
Runners are making their way from Jews’ Gate to O’Hara’s Battery throughout the day, raising funds for armed forces charity SSAFA.
The challenge began at 6am and continues until 6pm. GBC’s Stefan Borge is taking part - photographed here with organiser Ben Mead 📸
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🏃♂️ The Great Trafalgar Run is underway!
Runners are making their way from Jews’ Gate to O’Hara’s Battery throughout the day, raising funds for armed forces charity SSAFA.
The challenge began at 6am and continues until 6pm. GBC’s Stefan Borge is taking part - photographed here with organiser Ben Mead 📸
'21 runners tackled the #GreatTrafalgarRun last weekend to raise money for @SSAFA - in just 12 hours the runners completed 306.6 kilometres, 146 individual legs up and down the Rock' via @GBCNewsroom gbc.gi/news/21-runners-tackl…
Looking for that unique #ChristmasShopping gift for a loved one who has served in the @RoyalNavy, @RoyalMarines, @BritishArmy, @RoyalAirForce?
Explore our military shop at shop.ssafa.org.uk/collection… and choose your service for gifts, clothing and accessories for many regiments, corps, units and services, including officially MOD-licensed products.
@Official_REME products are featured here. Arte et Marte.
ALT Featured products: RAF (Queen's Crown) Insignia Unisex T-Shirt RAF (Queen's Crown) Mug Army (Queen's Crown) Insignia Unisex T-Shirt
ALT REME (Queen's Crown) Mug.
ALT REME Insignia (Queen's Crown) Unisex T-Shirt.
ALT REME (Queen's Crown) Coaster.