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Anthony is a former Royal Navy Warfare Officer with 28 years service. His military career includes nine ships and time with the Royal Canadian Navy and NATO’s Southern Region Command. He holds five campaign medals and was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s 2003 New Year’s Honours list.
Anthony identifies with the LGBT+ community as a parent of a gay child. Military retirement in 2008 provided him with an opportunity to retrain as a Psychotherapist and he has a number of mental health qualifications as both an Advanced and Senior Practitioner. He brings in-depth knowledge of Health and Social Care matters to FWP and looks to help veterans seeking support through the NHS OP Courage programme. Anthony is a student of Positive Psychology and an advocate of positivity, creativity and the development of character strengths.
He is Vice-Chairperson of Healthwatch Portsmouth and is an Ambassador for the City of Portsmouth. He was awarded an Order of Merit by the International Society for Peace Work (GFVT) for mental health support to veterans during the Covid-19 pandemic and was made a Knight of the Order of St. Joachim for his charity work that stretches back over 45 years.
Anthony is married and lives in Portsmouth. He is an avid rugby union fan and is currently learning to play the harmonica: Part of his own positivity and creativity programme!
Monthly Veterans Outreach Support Drop-In, Portsmouth
Come and see me at our stall at the VOS monthly drop-in afternoon. FWP is a service delivery partner and the VOS Drop-In takes place on the first Wednesday of every month from 13:30 to 16:30 in the Royal Maritime Club, Queen Street, Portsmouth
Pride events for the region have finished for this year. We will try and get involved in as many local 2024 prides as we possibly can and it would be great if you could come along and support us. We will let you know the details as we get information and post them here and in our Newsletter.
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