New Veterans’ Sessions – Torpoint
As the year progresses, we will continue our Landrake Veterans’ sessions. However, as part of our FAMILIES FIRST project, we’re opening up new sessions, allowing even more Veterans and their families to come see us and the exciting activities we have planned. The first new session to be confirmed is at Torpoint Library Hub. These […]
Bovington Tank Museum.
The Veteran Committee recently decided to have a day out, and so it was arranged that one of the regular Thursday sessions would become a trip up to Bovington Tank Museum! The gang thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the history, the displays and, of course, the tanks. Here are some pictures to show you just how […]
New Projects Funding.
Battling On has big news: We’ve been awarded grants for three new projects that will continue into 2026! The projects work to both broaden our reach across the Armed Forces Community and strengthen the work that’s already commenced prior. This past year, we’ve been working on the FRESH START project, which aimed to support spouses […]
New Website.
We’re incredibly happy to announce that our website has gone through a major overhaul; it’s basically brand new! The design is modern, sleek and definitely suited to our needs. On there, you’ll find a vast array of photographs from previous years, details about who we are and what we do, and pages that signpost to […]
VJ Day BBQ
Please join us on Thursday 14th August at Sir Robert Geffery Hall, Landrake, 1-4pm for a VJ Day BBQ.
Armed Forces Day.
The weather was very accommodating as a team of Battling On volunteers arrived at Plymouth Hoe for the annual Armed Forces Day event. The day coincided with the launch of Battling On’s new-look website that we’re incredibly proud of. It was a great day for the people of Plymouth to come out and see all […]
Service Family Fridays.
Open to all service families, 9.30-11am, Radford Community Centre, Stockingway Close, Pl9 9JL, Family Fridays, Children welcome. £1 donation.
VE Day Festivities in Landrake
It was a great day in Landrake this past Sunday. To celebrate and commemorate the upcoming VE Day, Battling On helped the Landrake parish to set up an afternoon of fun, food and festivities in the village hall. The pictures attached show the Saltash Air Cadets marching through the village to start proceedings, joined by […]
Free Arts & Crafts Workshops this Summer
Last year, Battling On and Winning Steps South West joined up with West Devon Art Workshops to host eight Arfts & Crafts sessions at South Hill Parish Hall.We really enjoyed these sessions, and the resulting art exhibition at Callington Library was successful. Due to the feedback, we felt that we had to go again. Previously, […]
Laying Down The Line.
More work has been done on the Veterans’ Model Railway at yesterday’s session! We rummaged through all the track we had and fit them where our plan instructed, counting the pieces we were missing. There are a few bits we need to find, but the bulk of it is there! Special thanks to Ashley Lamb […]
