News & Policy

A new report released today found that veterans who served in recent conflicts are more likely to suffer from certain mental health conditions and alcohol misuse than the general public.

New research, funded by FiMT, sheds light on the widely unknown concept of moral injury.

FiMT has awarded £1000 to The Royal British Legion to fund a virtual conference, Understanding domestic abuse within the Armed Forces Community.  

An interim report published by the University of Central Lancashire and the University of Salford examines the journey for Service leavers with a physical condition or injury as they transition out of the Armed Forces and into civilian life. 

Participation in sports recovery via the Invictus Games has been shown to have a significant short- and long-term positive impact on the recovery journey of international wounded, injured and sick Service personnel and veterans.

FiMT has awarded £45,000 to King’s College London to continue its sponsorship of the King’s Centre for Military Health Research Veterans’ Mental Health Conference (VMHC) for three years from 2021 to 2023.

FiMT has awarded £270,830 to the King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR) at King’s College London, in partnership with veterans’ mental health charity Combat Stress, to design and conduct a feasibility study of a psychological treatment for morally injured UK veterans.

FiMT has awarded a grant to Blesma, The Limbless Veterans, to conduct a two-year study on veterans with loss of functionality of limbs and their families’ everyday living experience.

The Government has released a new report, Living in our Shoes, which reviews the needs of UK Armed Forces families.