The Forward Assist Veterans Debate Training Project is Back!

Delighted to report that Forward Assist has commissioned Parallel Historieshttps://parallelhistories.org.uk/ to once again, deliver a series of Debate Training sessions for women veterans accessing support from Salute Her UK. The aim of the Veterans Debate Training Project is to introduce and teach military veterans the art of British Parliamentary Debate. The project is run in partnership with students from a variety of University Debating Societies and in the past this has included students from The Cambridge Union, Newcastle and Northumbria University and staff from the House of Commons Parliamentary Outreach Team. Over a period of eight weeks Veterans are trained in debate techniques and the project culminates in a final debate attended by MP’s, supporters, friends and family members. In recent years, veterans and students have been invited to the Houses of Parliament to watch and perform debates in the both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.