The Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA) now has a blog.

In it, SPVA will be sharing news about the Agency, highlighting topics that might be of interest to you and telling you more about some of the SPVA services that support the Armed Forces Community.  

The Blog is an online commentary of news or events that is written and maintained by SPVA. It will include links to their latest, press releases, podcasts and videos. 

It’s a great way to keep updated and the information could be used to inform your readers and is simple to use and available to view on your PC, laptop or smart phone .

You can follow SPVA Blog on http://servicepersonnelandveteransagency.blogspot.com/

For further information on SPVA Social Media products visit our webpage. http://www.veterans-uk.info/social_media.html 

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Notes to Editors:

1. Veterans-UK was launched by the Ministry of Defence in April 2007 to provide a focal point for veterans to access services from the many different sources of help available.  The Veterans-UK helpline, 0800 169 2277 and website www.veterans-uk.info are the main contact points. 
2. The Service Personnel and Veterans Agency is an Agency of the Ministry of Defence and provides essential support functions to the Armed Forces and veterans communities.  These include Forces pay and HR, issue of all medals, casualty repatriation and compassionate services, pensions, injury/bereavement compensation and veterans welfare support.
3. A veteran is anyone who has served in HM Armed Forces, regular or reserve including National Servicemen, former Polish forces under British command and Merchant Mariners who have seen duty in military operations (e.g. the Falklands Conflict). Veterans, who can be aged from 18 to well over 80, along with their families and dependents make up the veterans community and all are entitled to our services.
4. SPVA prides itself on its communication with the Service and Veterans community. By embracing Digital and Social Media, it will be able to reach an even wider audience.  The SPVA podcasts were launched in February 2010 followed by the first SPVA videocast launched on 18th May 2010, then followed by the launch of the SPVA blog and Twitter page. 
5. Using Digital and Social media products, SPVA aims to keep service personnel and veterans up to date with the latest happenings within the Agency and how they may impact on the wider Armed Forces community. 
6. SPVA social media products are now available via the SPVA Social Media Hub that can be accessed via the Veterans-UK website - - and are also syndicated via iTunes, the SPVA channel on YouTube and MOD Social Media Hub

  
For Further Information

Please contact Laurie Manton Service Personnel and Veterans Agency, on 07795 970407