A snippet of little superstars who brought the evaluation and the voice of a participant to life. Funded by Fuse and produced by CARRO Studio pleased to be part of the evaluation team alongside Dr Lynette (Harland) SHOTTON Dr Amy Johnson Matt Breckons - link to the full film below

Evaluation of the Little Orange Book - The evaluation team included myself, Dr Lynette (Harland) SHOTTON, Dr Amy Johnson and Matt Breckons. The film was funded by Fuse and the evaluation was funded by NENC Child Health & Wellbeing Network and commissioned by North East and North Cumbria NHS #research #NHS
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With this important first step of a public apology, comes the publication of the LGBT Veterans Independent Review.

We once again give our thanks to those Veterans who bravely shared their stories in order to see a brighter future for all LGBT+ Veterans. Thank you. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧
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‘A day we’d hoped for but sometimes wondered if it would happen. More importantly, this is the day thousands of Veterans who’s lives have been blighted by the cruel ban have been waiting for. It’s a true watershed moment for LGBT+ Veterans.’ - Craig Jones MBE

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📢🚨 The Review reports are now LIVE!! 🚨📢

Access them on our website, lgbtveterans.independent-review.uk

A HUGE thank you to all of you who supported the Review and submitted your story.

A historic day. An apology was made today by Rishi Sunak 23 years since the ban was lifted. You can read more about the experiences of LGBT+ veterans and the impact of the ban in our final report.

Read the report here👉researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk/en/publication…

Members of the hub presented the initial findings on our Food Insecurity project to the funders SSAFA and Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust today in London. We're working on the final report and hope to share this soon!

Happy Armed Forces Day!

A huge thank you to everyone in the #armedforces community!

#SaluteOurForces #ArmedForcesDay

It is Dr Alison Osborne's last week in the Northern Hub! We wish her every success and a huge thank you from all of us for all of her hard work and dedication over the last 8 years as a Senior Research Assistant in the Hub.

Happy #ReservesDay ! Thank you to Reservists for your dedication and contribution to your work in both the #ArmedForces and #CivvyStreet !

#ArmedForces Day #SaluteOurForces #ArmedForces Week #ArmedForces

Brilliant to present and showcase our film focusing on our evaluation of the Little Orange Book today with Dr Lynette (Harland) SHOTTON, OT Child (Kat Carruthers), Matt Breckons and Alice! Really interesting event on creative engagement and dissemination in research.

#FuseRE

Wonderful to present our Little Orange Book film at the Fuse event alongside Alice Gair and the research team Dr Lynette (Harland) SHOTTON Dr Amy Johnson Matt Breckons and hearing about other fantastic creative projects in the North East #FuseRE

Privileged to attend this roundtable discussion on #veterans experience of #loneliness and #socialisolation last week. Such an important topic.

.Dr Amy Johnson Dr Gill McGill and Dr Gemma Wilson-Menzfeld's blog post focusing on Military Widows' Experiences of #socialisolation and #loneliness is now available at
Campaign to End Loneliness!

Check it out below! 👇

#LonelinessAwarenessWeek

Our latest blog is live! Check out 'Military Widows’ Experiences of Social Isolation and Loneliness: research from Northumbria University' by Dr Amy Johnson Dr Gill McGill and Dr Gemma Wilson-Menzfeld

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#LonelinessAwarenessWeek

Printed copies of our report have arrived!

Thank you to everyone who took part in this research!

Lost and Found: The LGBT+ Veteran Community and the Impacts of the Gay Ban. Read it online here 👉 researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk/en/publication…

Fighting With Pride Northumbria Uni

“It took away my career, it took away my pension, it took away my future.”

Today, Northumbria Uni has published it’s findings on the shocking toll of ‘The Ban’ on LGBT+ Veterans’ lives & wellbeing.

Rt Hon Johnny Mercer Dan Carden MP Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust

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Pride in Armed Forces Day at Durham Pride UK 🌈

Dr Gill McGill Dr Alison Osborne Caroline Paige Fighting With Pride

Our paper on the perceived facilitators and barriers of a remote, online digital skills programme for War Widows is now available in Frontiers in Psychology!

You can read it here: doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.…

Dr Gemma Wilson-Menzfeld Jessica Gates Mary War Widows InTouch Project Dr Amy Johnson

Delighted to announce the publication of the first paper from our most recent project 🥳👏

'Learning digital skills online: empowering older adults through one-to-one, online digital training provision'

➡️ bit.ly/42Hxreq

War Widows Assoc Northern Hub for Military Research Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust