On this page you can find our regularly published news articles, providing digestible updates and insights about current research, evidence gaps, topics of importance, and experts across the Armed Forces community sector. We publish three types of news article. News Features provide overviews and synopses of available evidence on topical areas of importance. Research Spotlights provide lay summaries of recently published research and evidence. Meet the Expert articles introduce experts working across the Armed Forces community in research, policy, or practice.
The 'Mental Readiness for Military Transition Scale (MT-Ready)' is a newly developed questionnaire that aims to capture the likelihood someone will transition well after military discharge. The scale…
Welcome to a special edition of 'Meet the Expert' featuring a member of the Centre for Evidence for the Armed Forces Community team. This series brings you informative interviews with Armed Forces res…
Today we release the first in our series of thematic research and policy summaries, with the initial theme of focus being ex-Service personnel and the Justice System.
At the Centre for Evidence for th…
In recent years, there has been an increasing focus in the UK on support provided to those who have served in the Armed Forces, with the publication of the Armed Forces Covenant (2011), the ten-year S…
‘It takes a community to understand a community.’ These are the words with which Paul Ledwell, Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada, opened the Canadian Institute for Military and Veterans H…
Welcome to 'Meet the Expert', our series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers and service providers. Read on to learn about current work, aspirations for pr…
For the first time in its history, the most recent Census asked individuals to record whether they had ever served in the UK Armed Forces. Of the 1.85 million ex-Armed Forces respondents, older Vetera…
Welcome to a special edition of 'Meet the Expert', our series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policymakers and service providers. In this edition, we will be featuri…
A new study (Examining the financial stability of UK military families) from RAND Europe, with support from the Army Families Federation, shows that military Service presents unique financial benefits…
In March 2023, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Office for Veterans' Affairs (OVA) launched an independent review of veteran welfare services overseen by the UK government. The review aimed to ev…
Welcome to 'Meet the Expert', our series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers and service providers. Read on to learn about current work, aspirations for pr…
From 1967 to 2000, a policy banned LGBT people from joining or continuing Service in the UK Armed Forces. Anyone suspected of being LGBT could be subjected to invasive investigations and discharge fro…
A new study (“Suicide after leaving the UK Armed Forces 1996–2018: a cohort study”) by the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH), based at The University…
Welcome to 'Meet the Expert', our series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers and service providers. Read on to learn about current work, aspirations for pr…
Anger is the elephant in the room when it comes to understanding the mental health of Service members and ex-Service members. Such is the premise of a new editorial published in the Journal of Anxiety…
It has been 10 months since we commenced running the Centre for Evidence for the Armed Forces Community and over that time a lot has happened! We wanted to share a brief update on what we have been …
Alcohol Awareness Week ran from July 3rd to July 7th 2023 in the UK, offering an opportunity to think and talk openly about alcohol harm across different communities. During this week, we shared key e…
Welcome to 'Meet the Expert', our series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers and service providers. Read on to learn about current work, aspirations for pr…
Until recently, only limited research, policy, and practical attention had been paid to the experiences and support needs of ex-Servicewomen. In the past six months, however, we have seen three exciti…
Welcome to 'Meet the Expert', our new series bringing you informative interviews with Armed Forces researchers, policy makers and service providers. Read on to learn about current work, aspirations fo…
Despite having long been a focus of academic and government interest, readily accessible data on how former UK Armed Forces service personnel are perceived by members of the public has remained limite…
The Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) Research Centre proudly hosted its Annual Conference on the 8th March 2023 at the Royal College of Psychiatrists in London – a day filled with topical debate and…
The Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) Research Centre is pleased to announce the results of our Conference Awards 2023. These awards are an important celebration of the exceptional quality and impact of the…
The past month of February was Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and other orientations (LGBT+) History Month and here at the Centre for Evidence for the Armed Forces Community we have been explorin…
The Office for Veterans Affairs (OVA) just launched the innovative Veterans' Data Dashboard. This centralized interactive platform consolidates the latest Government data on the veterans community and…
The Scottish Veterans Health Research Group, based at the University of Glasgow and supported by the Forces in Mind Trust, has published a new report which maps the health needs of the Scottish vetera…
We are pleased to announce that the 2023 Centre for Evidence for the Armed Forces Community Conference Awards Nominations are now open for submissions. Our annual awards proudly honour individuals …
In 2021, for the first time, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) collected information in the Census about veteran status. On the 10th November 2022, the ONS published the first release of data ab…
