Author: Saskia Egeland-Jensen

VOS Receives Grant from Greenwich Hospital

A white background with coloured wavy lines and thick blocks of colour in dark blue, red and light blue, the colours of the VOS logo. In the middle are the words "Thank you" in large dark blue text, the Greenwich Hospital charity logo which features a coat of arms, the words "from all of us at VOS" and the Veterans Outreach Support (VOS) charity logo at the bottom, which is three hands connected in a triangle shape, one in dark blue, one in red and one in light blue. | VOS

Veterans Outreach Support is hugely grateful to the RNRMC and Greenwich Hospital for their recent grant of £150,000 Greenwich Hospital has awarded Veterans Outreach Support with a grant of £150,000, comprising £50,000 a year for three years, towards the cost of providing clinical services. With this grant, VOS will be able to continue providing clinical […]

VOS Receives Grant From HIWCF

A white background with various wavy shapes in all four corners in red, dark blue and light blue. In the middle are the words "Thank You" in light blue with "From Everyone In The VOS Community" underneath. Below that is the HiWCF logo, which has all the letters in dark blue apart from the lowercase i which is in bright light blue, and the words "Local Giving For Local Needs" in bright light blue. At the bottom is the Veterans Outreach Support charity logo, featuring three hands in a triangle in dark blue, red and light blue. | VOS

Veterans Outreach Support (VOS) is hugely grateful to The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community Foundation (HIWCF) for the £5,000 grant that they recently awarded to us. This grant will go towards the provision of our wellbeing activities throughout Portsmouth, some of which we put on ourselves and some of which are organised in partner with other organisations. […]

VOS Receives Grant From Veterans’ Foundation

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Veterans Outreach Support (VOS) is hugely grateful to the Veterans’ Foundation for the grant of £30,000 that they recently awarded to us.   This grant will part-fund our clinical provision for one year, which will enable VOS to continue providing clinical support to improve the mental health, wellbeing and resilience of veterans, serving personnel and their […]

VOS Trip on Seaplane Tender 1502

A photo of Seaplane Tender 1502 in the dark, taken from the pontoon at Boathouse 4 in Portsmouth Harbour. | VOS

Towards the end of November, a group of VOS veterans had a trip on Seaplane Tender (ST) 1502 in Portsmouth Harbour. Read on to find out more about the vessel and see some photos from our time on the water! In the Dark (An Hour on the Water in a RAF Boat) What must it have […]

VOS Trip on Motor Gun Boat 81

A photo of Motor Gun Boat 81, which is a small Royal Navy vessel from World War II. She is moored outside Boathouse 4 in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. There's a group of people aboard her holding up a white banner with the Veterans Outreach Support charity logo on it. | VOS

Near the start of November, a group of our veterans had a trip out on MGB81 in Portsmouth Harbour. Read on to find out more about this vessel and our time on the water! The only fully restored and operational example of a Royal Navy Coastal Forces MGB which saw active service in World War II […]

Christmas Lino Printing with SouthSeaEyes

A photo of nine people standing in a semi-circle, each holding up a piece of lino printing artwork that they have made. In front of them, draped over two chairs is a white banner with the Veterans Outreach Support charity logo on it. | VOS

On 9th November, we had a brilliant time creating Christmas cards in a lino printing workshop with SouthSeaEyes. Here we share an insight into the session and plenty of photos! Nusye from SouthSeaEyes always brings all the equipment required to make some beautiful prints, and gives a clear demonstration. She provides a selection of SouthSeaEyes’ […]

‘The Impact of PTSD on Veterans’ – Podcast Episodes by Sophie Personne

An image with a dark grey/blue background. From the bottom left to top right corner there is a white banner with black borders. The banner reads: " 'The Impact of PTSD on Veterans' Veterans in conversation with podcaster Sophie Personne". In the top left corner is an image with a navy blue background and the words "Real Relationships Podcast", with a pale blue graphic image of a human head with a rain cloud and lightning above it. There is also the Veterans Outreach Support logo, which is three hands: one in navy blue, one in red and one in light blue. In the bottom right corner is a red box with the YouTube logo and the words "Listen here", with a white graphic of a cursor clicking on it. | VOS

Relationship expert, international speaker and best-selling author Sophie Personne has released two podcast episodes featuring true stories of people impacted by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), aiming to highlight the help that is available to anyone suffering from PTSD and show how that help and support can turn lives around. The first episode featured VOS’ own Nigel, and […]

Armed Forces Covenant Update – What Veterans Should Know

A pale blue background with a white rectangle at the top. On the white rectangle are the words "The New Armed Forces Covenant Duty" in navy blue and "What you need to know" in red. In the bottom left corner is the Armed Forces Covenant logo in grey, which features a lion holding a United Kingdom flag. In the bottom right corner is the Veterans Outreach Support charity logo, which features three hands in a triangle in navy, red and light blue. Above the VOS logo there are four lines: a thick navy blue one, a thin light blue one and a thin red one. | VOS

From the end of November, a new updated Covenant has been issued by the Government which further enshrines the legal duty on organisations to support the Armed Forces community in the healthcare, housing and education. What does this mean locally for Veterans Outreach Support? Staff have been attending a Portsmouth City Council review since 2021 […]

VOS London Adventure 2022

A collage of photos of a group of people from VOS travelling around London. Four of the photos feature the group standing holding up a white banner with the Veterans Outreach Support charity logo on it. | VOS

On a typical October Pompey morning, Wendy (who took the picture) bid us all a fond bon voyage as we set off on the VOS trip to the capital city. The nightstop in London was organised by Peter Vallender and Pips and we, the happy band of travellers, were soon on our way. The weather […]