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Building platforms that help veterans, service personnel and their families lead meaningful lives in and after service. Home of Beacon Alert.

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Rob Jones@your_call_sign
Hi, Rob Jones here, I set up Veterans Breakfast Crewe.
We work with various groups like SSAFA and the Veterans community within Cheshire,Lancashire. We work with Veterans who's needs are complex from all ages and their families we run a safe area allotment with no rules just chill,relax,chat shit,work on things we like to grow, we change lives from existing to living, we get very little support from charities as there's too many hurdles, we work in the community to raise funds and sell prduce.
Beacon@beacon· 30 Aug
Welcome Rob! Glad to have you here.
Beacon@beacon· 29 Aug
New Feature: Scopes are 15s videos, images or text-based circles for sharing important updates or drawing attention to a link or hashtag or other Shortcuts . Try it yourself
Beacon@beacon· 29 Aug
THANK YOU. We recently posted a concern for welfare for a veteran in Sutton, Ashfield. We're pleased to say his friends have been in contact and confirmed he is safe. Thank you to everyone for getting the message out quickly. @everyone

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Virgil@adamv2211
Hi I am Adam ex Royal Signals living in Pembrokeshire , always got the kettle on and a seat spare
Beacon@beacon· 29 Aug
Welcome to Beacon, thank you for being here

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Beacon@beacon
BEACON UPDATE: FOUND PASSEDThis Beacon Alert has been marked found passed. Our thoughts are with everyone affected.
Beacon@beacon· 29 Aug
It's with incredible sadness that we update you, Alex "JJ", from Cannock has been found passed. Alex was reported missing on 22 August, sparking a massive response, with police, search and rescue teams, and volunteers carrying out multiple specialist ground searches. Cannock Police have confirmed that 33-year-old Alex was found yesterday (Friday 28 August) on Cannock Chase. His death is not being treated as suspicious. Our thoughts are with Alex's family and friends at this difficult time.
Beacon@beacon· 29 Aug
Beacon AlertFound passed

BEACON UPDATE: FOUND PASSED

This alert has been resolved following sad news. Please respect the family's privacy and remove any saved copies of the earlier alert.

Identifying details and the image have been removed from this live alert.
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Bryan@learjet
Hi. 72 year old RAF vet. Joining to help spread the searches for the temporarily missing vets a little further.
Beacon@beacon· 28 Aug
Great to have you here. Thanks for helping ❤️
Beacon@beacon· 26 Aug
Help us grow the community by sharing your "I'm on Beacon" QR code to other platforms 🎉. Anyone who uses your unique QR code will be invited to follow you when they register.
#beaconlaunch

You can find yours on your profile page:
Beacon@beacon· 25 Aug
Did you know you can send direct messages, tag other members, link to topics and share pages, by using the following shortcuts:

An "@" at the beginning of a message will send a direct message.

An "@" anywhere else in the message will tag a user.

A "#" will link your post to a topic in the sidebar, and a "*" will let you share a page!

You can be reminded of these shortcuts at any time on the Shortcuts page :)

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GIJoe679@gijoe679
Bit of a pain to get this set up however managed it😀
Beacon@beacon· 25 Aug
Thanks for keeping at it :) If you can let us know what was difficult at Bugs hopefully we can improve the flow.
Beacon@beacon· 25 Aug
A sad update from UK Ambulance Humour:

"Today, our thoughts are firmly with Jess’s family, her friends and all of her colleagues across the East of England Ambulance Service."

https://www.facebook.com/100053248772957/posts/1599814055136872/?mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=dmf6WJM2x4DpsjC8#
UK Ambulance HumourFacebookUK Ambulance HumourFollowing the heartbreaking news of the passing of Jess McKee, an Emergency Medical Technician with the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, on Saturday, we will be pausing our usual humour...facebook.com
Beacon@beacon· 25 Aug
Big welcome to @paulw2515 who is our 100th new app user since officially launching yesterday! 🎉🎉Thanks to everyone for spreading the word.

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JP@jp13
Hi all, JP signing in. Based in Australia, but from the UK. I run www.dvfrp.com.au in Oz, but have a lot of contacts back home still. Hoping I can help.
Beacon@beacon· 25 Aug
You're our first police veteran :) Thank you for being here, and well done on dvfrp, looks really worthwhile ❤️

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Paul@paulw2515
Hi all.
I’m Hampshire-based and have been sharing Beacons for a long time. The system has also helped me be found before the worst happened. It's an amazing service.
Beacon@beacon· 25 Aug
Welcome Paul, thanks for joining 🙂 Good to have you here

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Andy S@rocket
Great to see the app up and running! I hope that it can help more people with quicker alerts and responses.
Beacon@beacon· 25 Aug
Thank you :) Great to have you here 🎉

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Beacon@beacon
BEACON ALERT: MISSING SERVICE PERSONRyan Rudd, 28, from Selby, is missing with serious concerns for his welfare. He was last seen the early hours of Sunday 15 February. North Yorkshire Police have issued an appeal and are actively searching for Ryan, after he failed to return home or to his barracks in Catterick Garrison when expected. Ryan was last seen at the New Inn in Selby in the early hours of Sunday 15 February after going on a night out with two friends on Valentine’s night. Since then he has been out of contact with family, friends and colleagues we are very concerned for his safety. Ryan is described as white, around 5ft 8in tall, of slim build with dark brown hair. When he was last seen he was wearing a black t-shirt, blue hooded top and black trousers. CCTV images in this post show Ryan on the night he was last seen. Anyone who may have seen him in Selby on 14/15 February or has seen him since then, or has any information that might help locate him, should contact North Yorkshire Police as a matter of urgency.
Public appeal photograph of Ryan Rudd
Beacon@beacon· 24 Aug
Ryan has been missing for 175 days. His family are desperate for some news. If anyone sees him, please contact North Yorkshire Police.