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Helping improve transition for all ex-Service personnel and families in the UK

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Future scenarios for mental health support within the UK Armed Forces Community RAND Europe, in partnership with Combat Stress and funded by Forces in Mind Trust, is investigating how trends and innovations may shape mental health needs and services for UK Armed Forces personnel,...

How will mental needs for the UK Armed Forces Community evolve by 2045?

Our new project with @combatstress.bsky.social, supported by @fimt.bsky.social, explores future trends & scenarios to help charities & support services plan for the future.

More on: www.rand.org/randeurope/r...

23.07.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
New study highlights support needs of ex-Service personnel who have lost limb function - Forces in Mind Trust The study, funded by FiMT, discovered that a range of issues – from transport logistics to bowel and bladder concerns – created stress points that had a negative impact on entire family networks. In a...

A new study by Anglia Ruskin University and Blesma has highlighted the pressures and uncertainties that impact former Service families where the ex-Service person is experiencing limb function loss.

Read more about the FiMT-funded project πŸ‘‡

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23.06.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New funding awarded to support trauma-informed approaches to MOD welfare services - Forces in Mind Trust A trauma-informed approach ensures that support services are designed to recognise the needs of individuals who may have suffered trauma. Many other UK government departments and organisations – inclu...

New funding awarded to support trauma-informed approaches to MOD welfare services

With @salforduni.bsky.social

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10.06.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New research examines factors influencing offending in Service personnel - Forces in Mind Trust The new research from King’s College London, funded by Forces in Mind Trust, has also shown when in their life Service personnel offended to better understand the risk factors for offending, and suppo...

New research from King’s College London, funded by FiMT, has examined offending behaviours throughout the life of Service personnel to better understand the risk factors and to provide recommendations for support.

www.fim-trust.org/news-policy-...

05.06.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ex-Service personnel living with dementia may be slipping through the gaps in support systems.

New FiMT-funded research by the University of Manchester looks at the complex support landscape.

www.fim-trust.org/wp-content/u...

22.05.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I am looking forward to presenting at the Forces in Mind conference on the 20th May, which is hosted at Kings College London.
www.fimt-rc.org/conference

16.05.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New report explores the facilitators and barriers to servicewomen successfully transitioning out of the Armed Forces - Forces in Mind Trust A new report from the King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR) commissioned by Forces in Mind Trust has explored the experiences of servicewomen of the UK Armed Forces during and post their ...

New research by KCMHR @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social funded by Forces in Mind Trust explores the experiences of ex-Servicewomen transitioning out of the UK Armed Forces into civilian life.

www.fim-trust.org/news-policy-...

26.03.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Securing and maintaining longer-term employment: UK military service leavers’ experiences in the civilian labour market Transitioning from the military to civilian employment is defined as a successful transition. Whilst recent data highlights a growing number of UK military service leavers securing employment, less...

New article from our funded research on UK military service leavers experiences in the civilian labour market

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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

04.03.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Forces in Mind Trust awards new funding to improve engagement with transition to civilian life within the Armed Forces community. - Forces in Mind Trust Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) has awarded Β£62,752 to Thinks Insight & Strategy for a project aimed at identifying the root causes of the challenge of engagement with support services to prepare for tran...

New funding awarded to @thinksinsight.bsky.social to support improved engagement with support services for the Armed Forces community

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27.02.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ministry of Defence utilises FiMT-funded research in further development of HeadFIT - Forces in Mind Trust The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has launched a new version of their HeadFIT initiative which is available to all Defence personnel, including those in the Civil Service, incorporating research from King...

FiMT-funded research by King’s College London helps inform Ministry of Defence mental fitness initiative HeadFIT

www.fim-trust.org/news-policy-...

25.02.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Living in Our Shoes Revisited - Forces in Mind Trust About the β€˜Living in Our Shoes’ Review In 2020 β€˜Living in Our Shoes’ highlighted the additional challenges faced by military families which can be seriously detrimental to modern family life and relat...

Service families are an integral part of the Armed Forces community.

The Living in Our Shoes Revisited project is evaluating what progress is being made to in support for Service families and what more needs to be done

Regular updates from the team on LIOS πŸ‘‡

www.fim-trust.org/about/lios/

20.02.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New research hears the voices of the UK’s ethnic minority Armed Forces community - Forces in Mind Trust The University of Chester report, funded by Forces in Mind Trust, found that those former members of the Armed Forces who participated in the project reported mostly positive experiences of their time...

Our new research out today with University of Chester hears the voices of ethnic minority Service personnel in the UK

Read it here -> www.fim-trust.org/news-policy-...

18.02.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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