📣Launching March 2026, The Not Forgotten is proud to unveil TNF Connect, a brand-new app to bring injured and isolated veterans together in a secure and supportive virtual community built just for them.
For more than a century, The Not Forgotten has worked to combat loneliness and isolation among those who have served and continue to serve. This March, our mission starts a new digital chapter.
TNF Connect opens the door to a safe, welcoming digital space where our community can meet, chat, attend live workshops and organise community-based activities together - no matter where they live or what challenges they face.
Developed in partnership with Military App and with generous support from The Forces Trust and The Seafarers’ Charity, TNF Connect combines The Not Forgotten’s long-standing commitment to veterans’ wellbeing with innovative digital technology designed specifically for the military community.
🌟 What TNF Connect Offers
💬 Why It Matters
Many veterans face long-term injury, illness, or isolation that can make everyday connection difficult. TNF Connect ensures no one has to face those challenges alone. It brings the spirit of The Not Forgotten directly into veterans’ homes - offering friendship, understanding, and a renewed sense of belonging.
It doesn’t replace our physical events programme but reinforces it. For those who can’t attend our physical events - whether due to personal circumstances or because we haven’t been able to reach their local area - TNF Connect provides a way to stay involved and feel part of our community. For those who do attend our events, the app creates a space to continue conversations, deepen friendships, and build long-term, meaningful connections long after the day itself has ended.
TNF Connect is more than an app. It’s a community. A conversation. A reminder that no one is forgotten - and no one is alone.
📲 Help us Design and Test
TNF Connect will be available to download from all major App Stores from mid-March – we will supply full download and registration instructions to our beneficiaries nearer the time.
>> Please do not try to download TNF Connect before March!
In the meantime, the app is undergoing rigorous road-testing - and we need your help!
We want to put together a small working group of TNF veterans and supporters to help shape the platform during its pre-launch phase. These early users will play a vital role in road-testing the app, adding and shaping content and forums, providing feedback and helping refine features to ensure the app truly meets the needs of our community.
📣 Want to get involved?
Can you commit 1-2 hours per week during February to April to be part of our TNF Connectors group? Your commitment will involve:
If you would be interested, please email louise@thenotforgotten.org by Friday 30th January with your name, contact number, and a short statement about why you feel you would be well-qualified and/or enthusiastic about being part of our testers group.
We will appoint the TNF Connectors testing panel by Friday 6th February and invite those successful to an online meeting w/c 9th February.
