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New welfare centre will provide help for Armed Forces personnel to adjust to life on Civvy Street

DURING service, there is no shame in calling for back up for members of the Armed Forces, who proudly support their comrades.

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Veterans can access a wide range of services from Poppyscotland. The Kilmarnock centre officially opened this week but it first opened its doors to veterans six months ago and since then more than 550 people have sought help. Beyond Ayrshire Poppyscotla But veterans can find it difficult to adjust outside of the rank and file Ronnie Martin in his Royal as he is today Engineers uniform and, left,

Air Marshal Stuart Atha (centre) with John Strickland, The MacRobert Trust (left) and Poppyscotland’s Mark Bibbey at the Kilmarnock centre