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As well as being active on social media, we blog regularly with interesting news and useful information for the Armed Forces Community. Why not read our first post which really summarises what BFRS does.

We Celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III

4 May 2023

BFRS celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, with a look back over his Military Career. King Charles III is the military's Commander-in-Chief. He has always maintained a close relationship with the Armed Forces and served in both the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. On 8 March 19...

Preparing for a Successful Transition

4 May 2023

Preparing for a Successful Transition: Tips for Leaving the British Forces As someone who has spent a significant portion of their life serving in the British Forces, transitioning to civilian life can be a daunting prospect. The transition is not just a change in job; it's a change in lifestyle,...

Veteran Support from Sunderland Uni

28 March 2023

Veterans Shaping a Healthier Future Through Art BFRS partner Sunderland University created a programme to help military veterans have a healthier and happier lifestyle by implementing a variety of services to engage them and keep them active. Below we have a few words from the university and the ...

Successful Military Transition With Kuehne+Nagel

15 March 2023

Kuehne+Nagel Success Story Who are Kuehne+Nagel? With over 80,000 employees at almost 1,300 locations in over 100 countries, the Kuehne+Nagel Group is one of the world's leading logistics companies. Its strong market position lies in sea logistics, air logistics, road logistics and contract logis...

Military Relief in Turkey

14 March 2023

Humanitarian Aid For Turkey We are sending our best wishes to all of those affected by the earthquake in Turkey!On February 6th 2023 a magnitude 7.8 quake struck southern Turkey and the whole world took to action. This tragic event sadly took the lives of over 46,000 people including football...

Aldershot 2023 Review

28 February 2023

Achievements at Aldershot 2023 That's a wrap on our first Employment Fair of 2023 which was held in the Aldershot Garrison Sports Centre on February 16th, 2023. This event hosted over 70 forces friendly organisations who were keen to dip their toe into the amazing pool of talent which is the Arme...

RAF Base St Mawgan' Green Thumb

22 February 2023

RAF Base Commended For Environmental Push A big congratulations to the RAF St Mawgan in Cornwall and BFRS member, VIVO Defence Services, for receiving a military commendation for their environmental work. Over the past year, they have worked on seed collection with the National Wildflower Centr...

Military Housing

15 February 2023

Military Housing, What Works, What Doesn't? Military housing is one of the most important and frequently overlooked aspects of military life. The living situation for those who serve, and their families is something we shouldn't take lightly, and it is important that after all they do protecting ...

Military Families With Cumbria NHS

13 February 2023

Cumbria NHS Support Military Families Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS go above and beyond for all members of the Armed Forces Community (AFC) by not only hiring and support those who have served but by ensuring their families are support as well.This can be done in a multitud...

MOD Apprenticeships

10 February 2023

Apprentice Opportunities with The MOD The Ministry Of Defence (MOD) is one of the biggest providers of apprenticeships across the UK. No matter what branch of the military you want to learn from they offer apprenticeships to new recruits and to existing staff so there is always an opportunity for...

Navy Veteran Testimony

30 January 2023

Navy Veteran Resettlement TestimonyJonathan Pearce-Bould served in the Royal Navy for over 30 years performing a variety of engineering roles. Then in July of 2022 he decided to complete his resettlement journey and officially leave the Armed Forces, which isn't an easy task for anyone.&ldq...

CNet Celebrates New Instructors

25 January 2023

CNet's Growing Their Team With Forces MembersCNet Training, who are BFRS members, aren't only helping service leavers by providing them with excellent courses but are hiring them to teach as well, with Dale Thompson CNCI having joined their Instructor team.Successfully delivering quality tr...

Military Success Story With Wincanton

12 January 2023

A Successful Military Transition From WincantonHere we have Rob Wagstaff. After serving in the military for over 30 years he decided to hang up his uniform so he could settle down into civillian life, and thanks to Wincanton his journey to doing that was made simpler. Below we have a short int...

Monumental Milestone For West Midlands RFCA

10 January 2023

Monumental Milestone For West Midlands RFCACongratulations from all of us at BFRS to West Midland Reserve Forces & Cadets Association (RFCA) who have welcomed 1000th Armed Forces Covenant signee. What an achievement!West Midland RFCA are pleased to welcome City of Birmingham Rockets as the ...

Military Transition With Anglian Water

10 January 2023

Military Transition With Anglian WaterHere we have an interview with Army veteran Rab who left the Royal Tank Regiment to become a Logistic Programme Manager with BFRS member, Anglian Water. Rab delves into the reasons why he left the military and what about Anglian Water appealed to him to wo...

VIVO Defence Sponsor Army Hockey Team

13 December 2022

VIVO Defence Proudly Sponsor Army Hockey TeamWhen it comes to supporting the Armed Forces Community (AFC) there is so much more you can do other than just offer a job. There are many other ways in which charities and companies alike support serving members besides helping with their transitio...

BFRS Members Team Up

6 December 2022

BFRS Members Team UpAnglian Water and The Environmental Agency, two BFRS members, have partnered with the Essex Council to find ways of improving the wildlife quality in their surrounding water sources.This unique project forms part of their ‘Get River Positive' initiative, where they...

Military Man Lands New Job Thanks to AIS Survivex

15 November 2022

Military man lands new wind job thanks to AIS Survivex programme A training programme to reskill former military personnel for the wind industry has helped army mechanic, Jack Taylor scoops a full-time renewables job with Correll Group. Just four weeks after completing the AIS Survivex ‘Mi...

AIS Survivex – Military Transition

14 November 2022

From Rifles to Rigs with Painter Blaster Training. 30-year-old Jamie Gray from Glasgow has swapped army life for an offshore career maintaining oil rigs thanks to AIS Survivex. Following school, Jamie started a career as an electrician but quickly decided it wasn't for him. Instead, he joined the...

Remembrance from Samworth Brothers

9 November 2022

Remembrance from Samworth BrothersBFRS partners, Samworth Brothers Supply Chain, have taken a massive leap in showing their support of the Armed Forces Community (AFC) by creating a trailer specifically designed for Remembrance Day. This red and poppy full design is now travelling across the c...

Anglian Water - Success Story

4 November 2022

Anglian Water - Jodi's Transition Success From the RAF to Change Manager!An interview with Jodi who served in the RAF before finding success at Anglian Water. I joined the Royal Air Force when I was 18yrs old and served for 13yrs 6months. I was an Intelligence Analyst throughout my career but...

HighGround Rural Week - October 2022

1 November 2022

Another Successful Rural Week! HighGround has completed another one of their Rural Weeks which aim to help Forces Members, serving or not, connect back to nature and teach people key outdoor skills. Now having finished their October week, they had a few things to say about the impact it has had a...

Telent Mark Remembrance

28 October 2022

Telent Mark Remembrance In the lead up to Remembrance Sunday, BFRS members Telent are will be supporting the launch of the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal with colleagues selling poppies in their local area. With lots of their colleagues having a proud military background, Telent's workforc...

Colas Rail - Platoon Commander to Construction Manager

20 October 2022

Colas Rail - Army Platoon Commander to Construction Manager Dan serves as a Reservist in the as a Army Platoon Commander and is also a Construction Manager for BFRS members, Colas Rail. In this Q&A, Dan gives an insight in to how Colas Rail support him and his military lifestyle. What do you ...

Woodland Xperiences

18 October 2022

Woodland Xperiences Embrace your past – pursue your future – let your adventure begin. Woodland Xperiences is founded by a veteran who profoundly believes in the recuperative and therapeutic power of getting back to nature with woodland and adventurous activities on land and water. Ou...

Colas Rail Royal Navy Success Story

17 October 2022

Colas Rail Royal Navy Success Story Joel served in the Royal Navy as a Aircraft Engineering Technician for 13 years and now he works for BFRS partner Colas Rail as Head of Traction and Rolling Stock. In this Q&A Joel shares how he landed success in his resettlement.What do you think about BFRS...

VIVO Defence - Navy Transition Success Story

6 October 2022

Vivo Defence – Navy Transition Success StoryA Q&A with Mick, a veteran of the Royal Navy now working as a Relationship Manager for Vivo Defence What was your role in the Armed Forces and when did you serve from and to? I joined the Royal Navy as a Junior Assistant Caterer (2nd Class) ...

Early Years Programme Launch - Press Release

8 September 2022

Early Years programme: Grants to enhance pre-school learning for Service children Applications are now open for the Early Years programme which will fund projects that enhance learning for Service children aged 0-5 years, from serving Armed Forces families and create and enhance great places to l...

FTX Logistics - Military Case Study

5 September 2022

FTX Logistics - Military Success Story Jonathan Candler at FTX Logistics shares his experience as an FTX Sponsored Reserve.Here are some words from Jonathan about his journey: "I am employed as an FTX Maintainer, working on the impressive 8×8 700HP Oshkosh 1070F tractor and King GTS100 ...

VIVO - Military Spouse Success Story

1 September 2022

VIVO - Military Spouse Success Story This is the Case Study of Laura Butress, a Military Spouse who works as a Project Manager at Vivo.What is your spouse's role in the Armed Forces? "My husband is a Warrant Officer in the Royal Artillery and we have lived in SFA for the last 18 years in both...

Chevron Traffic Management Case Study

22 August 2022

Ian Boyd - Case Study As an Infantryman in the Army with a career spanning 27 years, life on civvy street was definitely going to be different for Ian Boyd. Ian had served in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan as well as a few United Nations tours. When he left the forces, he ...

Star Refrigeration Case Study

22 August 2022

Steven's Resettlement Story A Q&A with Star Refrigeration What is your current job title? Refrigeration Engineer.Before working with Star, you served in the Armed Forces. Can you tell us a bit about your role in the army? I served over 22 years in the Royal Artillery, mainly in the G4 ch...

Case Study Richard Parsons

31 May 2022

TIB Services - Resettlement SuccessFormer Royal Logistics Corps, 23 years Richard's advice to service leavers: get lots of courses under your belt, particularly covering IT, Health & Safety and HGV. He discovered TIB Services via the BFRS website and finds BFRS provides very helpful tools and ...

Adapt and Adjust Advice For Civvy Street

27 May 2022

Civvy Street Adivce Civilian workplace culture can be quite different to how it is in the Military. To be successful in the workplace, you are going to have to adapt, communicate, and influence. The civilian workplace can be less structured than what you might have been used to in the Forces. The...