Armed Forces

Katie Banks, Operations Manager, KTGCS, Barbara Inglis, Community Champion, Asda Dunfermline, Gary Stevenson, Chairman, KTGCS

Rooting for the community - Asda Foundation plants £3k in local orchard

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Jaime Garner of Kincardine-based Hero Paws which won the Animal Partnership Award at the Soldiering On Awards. (Pic: submitted)

Soldiering On Award for charity supporting ex service dogs to enjoy retirement

Stuart Padley, from Glenrothes, aims to compete for Great Britain in archery in future worldwide events.

Charity supporting Glenrothes veteran in his sporting ambitions

King Charles

King Charles pays tribute to troops to mark Armed Forces Day 2023

Cllr Kathleen Leslie has tabled the motion at this week's full council meeting.

Councillors back call for more support for children of armed forces personnel

Iain Leggat is preparing to run his first ultramarathon for SSAFA having never run a marathon.

Cyclist prepares to run first ultramarathon for Armed Forces charity

A person holds a poppy as they look at a wall made of 10,000 remembrance poppies following the RBL's Poppy Appeal 2022 (photo: Getty Images)

Cenotaph Remembrance Sunday parade and ceremony order of service

Buster Moyes

Edinburgh Tattoo talk for Fife Chamber guests

Fife veterans urged to help break mental health stigma

Rear Admiral Mark Beverstock, 58, joined the Royal Navy as a school leaver as it was a chance to get paid to go to university and study engineering

Falklands veterans in new photo exhibition 40 years after conflict ended

Were you in the armed forces and are over 60? Find out about a range of help, advice and services all free, and all designed to support you.

Ad Feature Scottish charity here to help veterans

The £30,000 award will help Fife Employment Access Trust (FEAT) deliver the ‘Grow Your Mind’ programme, an outdoor-based self-management, personal development and employability course for Armed Forces personnel in the local area.

Funding for Fife veterans with mental health issues to get back into work

Mick Cairns and Mandy Henderson at the unveiling this morning.

Kirkcaldy community centre honours fallen soldiers with memorial bench

R&A in St Andrews lit red for a previous Poppyscotland campaign

Poppy Day: Fife buildings light up red to mark 100 years of remembrance symbol
Buildings in Fife are to light up red to mark 100 years of the poppy as the national symbol of Remembrance.
Allan Crow

More than two thirds of adults regret not talking to their grandparents about th...

Robert Burns.

Poppy Scotland to hold 21st Century Burns Night

Fife College is offering fully-funded training in Data Science as part of a drive to help those Fifers who are unemployed but are interested in developing their digital skills.

Free data science courses launched to help get unemployed Fifers back into work

Poppy merchandise bought on Amazon or eBay may not be helping charity - how to c...

Halfords offers free car check and discounts for teachers, emergency workers and...

How to join in on a doorstep two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday - and othe...

Original launch...Age Scotland first published the guide in 2018 with support from its Unforgotten Heroes partners.

Free veterans’ guide to later life in Scotland

Richard has been working on a table.

Fife veteran creates poppy-themed table to raise funds for Armed Forces charity

Jenkins will sing a selection of wartime favourites by Dame Vera Lynn (Photo: Getty Images)

How to watch the live Katherine Jenkins concert at Royal Albert Hall on VE Day

SSAFA Fife offices in Hunter Street, Kirkcaldy

Charity continuing to offer support to Armed Forces community in Fife

Kirkcaldy’s Jimmy Sinclair, who is Britain’s oldest surviving Desert Rat at the age of 107 (Pic: Wattie Cheung/PoppyScotland)

Fife legend Jimmy Sinclair's portrait in new exhibition to mark VE Day 75 years ...
Oldest surviving Desert Rat part of online tribute
Allan Crow

Time to honour Yorkshire’s role in World War Two at this time

Song sheet for popular wartime numbers - including We'll Meet Again so you can j...

A place to call home...after falling on hard times in 2016, Alex Watson was given a hand to get back on his feet by Poppyscotland, almost 50 years after his service.

One Fife veteran recounts how the annual poppy appeal helped him

Fife veteran Ken de Soyza is at the forefront of a charity campaign to support a campaign for improvements in the way armed forces veterans are medically discharged into civilian life.

Fife veteran backs charity’s call to support ex-servicemen

Stagecoach has applied poppy artwork - the symbol of remembrance and hope - to 29 buses throughout the East of Scotland.

Free bus travel for forces personnel on Remembrance Sunday

The promotion is available between 14 and 21 October 2019 (Photo: Shutterstock)

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Kingdom Ceilidh Band

Fundraising ceildih for Poppyscotland in Fife

Hearing the voices of the D-Day veterans

Some of the winners.

Veterans get in the swing at St Andrews golf tournament

Team GB's Ian Bishop.

Armed Forces heroes ready for battle at the Home of Golf

Owners have a duty of care to ensure that their dog is kept under control (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is what you can be prosecuted for if your dog attacks someone

The SSAFA Fife branch is looking to recruit new case workers to help continue its vital work supporting veterans and their families in the area.

Fife volunteers wanted to support local veterans

The trip will take place on the Boudicca.

Free trip for Fife D-Day veterans

Poppy Scotland stall in the Mercat Shopping Centre, Kirkcaldy, helped the town to smash its fundraising target - raising it from Â£14,000 in 2017 to Â£25,000

Armistice 100: Kirkcaldy smashes Poppy Appeal total

Remembrance Sunday at Kirkcaldy War Memorial (Pic: Steve Gunn)

Free bus travel for Fife veterans on Remembrance Sunday

Photo Caption:- The Band of The Royal Regiment of Scotland lanch the tour in Edinburgh. Pic: David Finlay/PoppyScotland

Much-loved military band coming to Fife on nationwide tour

Kind-hearted Elie residents raise cash for SSAFA

Stagecoach supports Armed Forces Day 2017

Michael Mellon from Cardenden with Prince Harry.

Cardenden veteran picked for Invictus Games

Social care for veterans

Just some of the volunteers who turned out for Poppy Saturday.

Volunteers turn out for Poppy Saturday

Heroic effort...by World War Two veteran Ian Forsyth MBE in raising funds but you can also go the #extramile this year.

Go the #Extramile for Scottish Poppy Appeal

Callum Skinner at Edinburgh Waverley Station.

Olympic star joins veterans to launch poppy appeal

Researchers are reminding people that it's never too late to quit smoking

Veterans' cancer risk increasing

The Royal Caledonian Education Trust (RCET).
Early Years Resources Project at Leuchars Community Centre.
L to R, Ian Folks (71 Engineer Regiment), Isabella McGregor (3yrs old), Moira Leslie (RCET) and Eswen Smith (3 yrs old).

Leuchars Station hosts launch of Armed Forces kids project

US Marines walk pass a dismounted statue of Saddam Hussein on Baghdad's al-Fardous square 10 April 2003. As the regime of Saddam Hussein collapsed, questions marks hung 10 April, 2003 over the fate of Saddam Hussein and the task of rebuilding Iraq. Despite almost universal euphoria at the downfall of Saddam, symbolised by the toppling 09 April of a huge statue of the Iraqi leader, the United States and its key ally Britain warned the 22-day war was not at an end. So far, US forces suffered at least 101 dead, their British allies about 30. Thousands of Iraqis are believed to have been killed. AFP PHOTO PATRICK BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Could you rise to the challenge and befriend an ex-services veteran

Madras are on route to a competitive return.

Madras take first steps towards return

Madras are aiming to return to league action next season.

Work starts now to get Madras back on their field