It is hard to believe that 2023 is already upon us, with the days getting ever so slightly longer, personal resolutions having been made, and decorations starting to disappear until next Christmas. However, with ‘New Year’s’, come new opportunities and challenges to which we are ready to embrace. Getting information out there I am aware […]
Read More… Wishing all our Veterans and families a Happy New Year
This year has been an extremely busy period for the NI Veterans Commissioner’s Office. Throughout the course of the year, the office has attended some 330 engagements and events across Northern Ireland as well as the other regions of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Commissioner, has been keen to develop and build upon the […]
Images – Justin Kernoghan This week has celebrated the opening of Northern Irelands first Veterans Centre, Harbour House in Portavogie. The shining beacon of light for veterans all over Northe rn Ireland and wider afield, Harbour House has been developed, project managed and run by Beyond the Battlefield, one of Northern Irelands home grown service […]
Read More… Northern Ireland’s first veteran centre ‘Harbour House’ opens in Portavogie
I note the judgement on Friday past from Mr Justice O’Hara, regarding veteran David Holden, and acknowledge that this has been a long and difficult process for everyone involved. As the Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner it is my responsibility to speak on behalf of the veterans who served during Operation Banner. In doing so, it […]
Read More… A letter from Danny Kinahan, the Veterans Commissioner
Last week the Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner spoke to Rachel Cochrane of BFBS radio as to the reasoning and need for the NI Veterans Health Questionnaire. The Veterans Commissioner, who has been in post for two years recognises the need to help support veteran healthcare in Northern Ireland, and understands the complexity around the issue. […]
Read More… Listen Here – BFBS help promote the NI Veterans Health Questionnaire
The Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner’s Office has facilitated a ‘We Will Remember’ Op Banner exhibition in Cullybackey in the run up to Remembrance weekend. Veterans Commissioner, Mr Danny Kinahan, stated that “as part of my office’s remit, I am keen not only to remember the great contribution, and indeed sacrifice, that many service personnel made […]
The government has launched the first ever UK-wide survey, for veterans and their families.
Over the next 12 weeks, veterans across the country are able to complete the survey to shape the future of veteran services. Funded and commissioned by the Office of Veterans’ Affairs, this is the first ever exercise to collect feedback from the entire veterans community across the UK. […]
During this Remembrance period in 2022, when for the first time in decades war battles in Europe, the Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner Danny Kinahan reflects on the significance of Remembrance and the fragility of peace. […]
In January of this year, the Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner Danny Kinahan, met with Jason Gilliard, a veteran and organiser of the first Northern Irish veterans Awards; following in the footsteps of the Scottish, English and Welsh Veteran awards that are already established annual events. Jason’s infectious enthusiasm, ‘can do’ attitude and self belief that […]
Read More… The first Veterans Awards for Northern Ireland celebrate success and progress
Our office attended the official launch of the VASP (Veterans Adviceline for Statutory Professionals) on 21 October at the Island Arts Centre in Lisburn. VASP is aimed at providing advice and guidance to people who, in the course of their professional roles, come across veterans in need and have little knowledge of supporting agencies and […]
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