Help for Heroes
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Help for Heroes is a charity launched in September 2007 to provide better facilities for wounded British servicemen. It was founded by Bryn Parry, a cartoonist and former member of The Royal Green Jackets.[1] It has attracted a number of high profile trustees and patrons (see below) and has the support of the Army Benevolent Fund and the Ministry of Defence.[2] It has also attracted support from major British national newspapers, such as The Sun[3] and The Sunday Times who made it a beneficiary of their Christmas 2007 appeal.[4] So far it has raised over £4.5million through contributions and fundraising events such as sponsored bike rides.[5] Most recently the charity has been a joint beneficiary of the "City Salute"[6] held on 8th May 2008 in London, hosted by patron of the charity Jeremy Clarkson and attended by Princes William and Harry who are both members of the armed services.[7]
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[edit] Objectives
A main priority of Help for Heroes is to raise £5 million for a new gym and swimming pool for the rehabilitation centre for wounded soldiers at RAF Headley Court.[8] The need for this was highlighted by an incident in November 2007 when wounded service personnel, some amputees, were made very unwelcome at the public swimming pool they are forced to use because they lack facilities of their own.[9]
[edit] Trustees
Richard Benyon MP[10]
General Sir Richard Dannatt KCB CBE MC ADC[10]
Air Vice-Marshal John Ponsonby OBE FRAeS[10]
Richard Constant MBE[10]
Surgeon Rear Admiral Mike Farquharson-Roberts CBE MA MB FRCS[10]
Hadyn Parry[10]
Alex Scott-Barret[10]
Sarah-Jane Shirreff[10]
[edit] Patrons
[edit] Hero Patrons
[edit] Patrons
James Blunt[11]
Viscount Brookeborough[11]
Jeremy Clarkson[11]
Andy McNab[11]
Anneka Rice[11]
Monty Halls[11]
Chris Holmes MBE MA[11]
David McDonough OBE[11]
WO2 Andy Newell PARA[11]
Andy Stockton[11]
Corporal Mark Sutcliffe[11]
[edit] References
- ^ Help for Heroes
- ^ Ministry of Defence | Defence News | Defence Policy and Business | MOD welcomes Help for Heroes charity
- ^ | The Sun |HomePage
- ^ Christmas appeal raises £1.2m -Times Online
- ^ Help for Heroes
- ^ City Salute
- ^ BBC NEWS | UK | Princes attend forces spectacle
- ^ Help for Heroes
- ^ Disabled veterans jeered at swimming pool - Telegraph
- ^ a b c d e f g h Help for Heroes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Help for Heroes
