SendingtoSoldiers.com - Sending gifts and items to BFPO

Shop and raise money for Forces charities at the same time

A new British Forces shopping website has launched; ShopForces.com.

The site is a handy directory of UK online businesses and shops - most importantly, each time you follow a link from the ShopForces website and make a purchase, a donation is made to two charities, SSAFA Forces Help and The Royal British Legion.

So, next time you are going to make a purchase online, be it from Amazon, Boots or anyone else, go to ShopForces, click on the relevant shop link on their site and your work is done; if you proceed to make a purchase from the relevant store a commission payment is made to ShopForces and money is then donated to charity.

Full details on the ShopForces website here.

Sending letters to soldiers; get a forces penpal with Forcespenpals.co.uk

The excellent Forcespenpals.co.uk have dropped us a line and we are glad to give them a plug.

Forces Penpals is the top military dating, penpals and social networking website for the UK armed forces. Forcespenpals.co.uk is a unique social networking site for members of the UK armed forces, friends, family or just people who want to talk to, meet up with or show their support for the military.

In addition the site has now become the premier dating site for members of the armed forces and people with similar interests and outlook on life. Take a look at their website here, or simply click on the banner below.

Fathers Day gifts to send to BFPO addresses

Boxhappy have just added a new range of goody boxes that can be sent to service personnel at BFPO addresses worldwide.

You can view the range, which includes a few just for dads to celebrate Fathers Day, on the boxhappy website here.

SupportOurSoldiers (SOS) products available to order through their ebay store

Just a note that the good folk at SupportOurSoldiers now have a wide range of products available to buy via ebay.

You can view the full range of products here; it includes fridge magnets, caps, mugs, keyrings and more.

By ordering these products you are helping Support Our Soldiers raise funds which go directly towards putting together care parcels to send to British troops posted overseas in operational areas.

Ross Kemp in Afghanistan out on DVD

Not having Sky One we ended up watching most of this series on YouTube! 

Fortunately the full series of 5 episodes is soon out on DVD with Play.com and is available for just £12.99 here.

An egg cup for your little soldier

Want to buy a little treat for your soldier.  We thought that this Soldier Egg Cup was good for a laugh!

Available for £9.99 from Firebox here.  Remember; Firebox do deliver to BFPO addresses directly if required.

Power Monkey Chargers - solar and mains powered - perfect to charge mobile phones, cameras, Ipods and almost anything else

We've come across this handy little gadget, just perfect if you are (or know someone) serving overseas for extended periods.

Mobile phones, PSPs, iPods and digital cameras all require power and the PowerMonkey is a small gadget that provides hours of extra power for portable devices. Its basically a back-up battery that, once charged, holds its power without leakage for up to a year.There are two kinds of PowerMonkey, one solar-powered and one mains-powered and both models come complete with all kinds of adapters, so you can recharge virtually any device imaginable.

You can view full details on the Firebox website here (they do deliver to BFPO addresses) and they are available from £29.95.  Great for service personnel, or anyone that spends a lot of time in the great outdoors or overseas.