The Sandbag Times - Issue No: 55
The Veterans Magazine. Airshow special with News, reviews, articles, stories, information and fun.
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Largs AFVBC<br />
Members are excited about the<br />
future of their new club in Largs!<br />
East Lothian Veterans Breakfast Club<br />
East Lothian Veterans Breakfast Club, where presented with<br />
the flag of East Lothian from the East Lothian Provost John<br />
McMillan recently.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y would like to extend their<br />
deep appreciation to the Green<br />
Shutters Café owner Jim Walker,<br />
who kindly offered his premises<br />
for the weekly social gatherings.<br />
Lymington AFVBC<br />
Veteran Peter Stevenson sent us news of his local Lymington AFVBC who are an<br />
active group and keen to raise the profile of the breakfast club by sharing news<br />
with the local media and Lymington Radio Station. Forming in August 2018,<br />
they now have over 160 members with an impressive high participation of some<br />
50 plus. By inviting the cadet units to the breakfast club, it has encouraged closer<br />
ties with their regular Army parent units and proving a great success. Peter said:<br />
“We’ve enjoyed trips to the ranges, a Christmas Dinner and we’re now looking at<br />
organising a summer ball.”<br />
Wolverhampton AFVBC<br />
A new breakfast club was launched recently by a former<br />
commando Mr Paul Lewis in Wolverhampton.<br />
Paul said: “<strong>The</strong> whole idea of the breakfast clubs is having veterans<br />
who are 60, 70 or 80 -year-old to the newest veterans of mid-20s,<br />
to get together and have a banter to speak about past stories. If<br />
they are struggling, getting advice, it is veterans trust veterans, it is<br />
the whole family feel.”<br />
SBT wish them well for the future.<br />
DMWS share a fantastic initiative with our Breakfasteers in Ayrshire.<br />
Ayreshire AFVBC<br />
DMWS is a charity that has been supporting our Armed Forces Community<br />
since 1943 and is a fantastic example of how agencies are linking together with<br />
Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Clubs at the centre. Our own Ayrshire lass<br />
Emma from DMWS and David from BFBS visited Saltcoats Veteran Breakfast<br />
club recently to discuss how she can help our veterans. It is very exciting to see<br />
such great steps forward in the care and welfare for veterans, if you would like<br />
more information or would like to speak to a welfare officer at DMWS please<br />
follow the link attached. https://www.dmws.org.uk/<br />
You can view the recent video from the Ayrshire visit here: www.youtube.com/<br />
watch?v=s35aNBDbmac&feature=share<br />
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