{"id":12,"date":"2017-11-14T09:45:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T09:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/militarylives\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2017-11-14T14:58:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T14:58:06","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/militarylives\/","title":{"rendered":"About the project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/militarylives\/files\/2017\/11\/TRBL-logo-Clr-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/militarylives\/files\/2017\/11\/TRBL-logo-Clr-251x300.jpg 251w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/militarylives\/files\/2017\/11\/TRBL-logo-Clr-768x919.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/militarylives\/files\/2017\/11\/TRBL-logo-Clr-856x1024.jpg 856w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/militarylives\/files\/2017\/11\/TRBL-logo-Clr.jpg 1241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Welcome to the <em>Military Lives and Transformative Experiences<\/em>\u00a0project site.\u00a0You will find information here concerning a research project taking place between September 2017 to October 2019 at <span style=\"color: #004800\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/\">Lancaster University<\/a><\/span>, UK.\u00a0The study is funded by the <span style=\"color: #004800\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishlegion.org.uk\/\">Royal British Legion<\/a><\/span>&#8216;s\u00a0<span style=\"color: #004800\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/227-million-awarded-to-support-older-veterans\">Aged Veterans Fund<\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(funded by HM Treasury). You can meet the research team<span style=\"color: #004800\"><span style=\"color: #004892\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/militarylives\/meet-the-team\/\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #d71900\">Invitation to Participate<\/span><\/h1>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/militarylives\/files\/2017\/11\/MLTE-poster-v2-241017-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/militarylives\/files\/2017\/11\/MLTE-poster-v2-241017-208x300.jpg 208w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/militarylives\/files\/2017\/11\/MLTE-poster-v2-241017-709x1024.jpg 709w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/militarylives\/files\/2017\/11\/MLTE-poster-v2-241017.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/>We are looking for armed forces veterans who were born before 01 January 1950 and who are resident in the UK to take part in the research project. You are welcome to take part if you have undertaken National Service or voluntary enlisted service.<\/p>\n<p>We are interested in the way that veterans tell stories about their military experiences and how it may contribute to well-being to share these narratives. The project is looking at whether narrating experience and reading military autobiographies are useful for veterans\u2019 lives. We know that many veterans have low levels of well-being, and this is of serious concern to individuals and service providers.\u00a0 We want to understand how helping veterans to engage with autobiographical stories might be beneficial to individual well-being, with a view to designing future interventions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The study involves interviews and workshops, and you can participate in an interview, attend a workshop, or both. To find out more about the project, please contact:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.research.lancs.ac.uk\/portal\/en\/people\/brigit-mcwade(6b5e47f7-76ab-4672-8a12-b19c7f245411).html\">Dr. Brigit McWade<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lancaster Medical School, Faculty of Health &amp; Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YG.<\/p>\n<p>Telephone: (01524) 592908<\/p>\n<p>Email: <span style=\"color: #004800\"><a href=\"mailto:b.mcwade@lancaster.ac.uk\">b.mcwade@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can also follow our Facebook page:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #004800\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MilitaryLivesResearch\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MilitaryLivesResearch\/\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=MilitaryLives\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-size=\"large\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Military Lives and Transformative Experiences\u00a0project site.\u00a0You will find information here concerning a research project taking place between September 2017 to October 2019 at Lancaster University, UK.\u00a0The study is funded by the Royal British Legion&#8216;s\u00a0Aged Veterans Fund\u00a0(funded by HM Treasury). You can meet the research team here. 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