In the Media - June
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Crowds urged to roll up for a Grand Parade JOIN a crowd of 3,000 for a community party in Shaftesbury this weekend. The Rotary Club of Shaftesbury's Gold Hill Fair this year is raising money for Help For Heroes who are building a swimming pool for wounded veterans, and they are raising money to support Shaftesbury town swimming pool. Link: www.thisisdorset.net |
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Cops go Commando THE boys and girls in blue will take on a new challenge in the line of duty when going commando at the Lympstone's Royal Marine Commando Training Centre this weekend. All three teams aim to raise as much as possible for the Help for Heroes charity, in aid of servicemen and women injured in conflict. Link: www.exmouthherald.co.uk |
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Charity skydive by dad and son A FATHER and son have raised more than £15,000 for wounded soldiers following a sponsored tandem parachute jump. Retired captain Peter Dickson-Morgan, aged 71, of Newnham Bridge, Tenbury Wells, and his son Guy made the parachute jump in aid of Help for Heroes – a charity which is raising money for a rehabilitation centre at Headley Court, Surrey. Mr Dickson-Morgan junior, aged 40, and now of Burford, Shropshire, said: “We felt that our servicemen and women need all the support they can get – they do a job most of us wouldn’t want to do and put their lives in danger every day. “The least we can do is help them in some small way when they get injured and Help for Heroes seemed the best way. Link: www.worcesternews.co.uk |
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The road to Santiago - Part 4 David is walking to raise awarenes for a charity called Help for Heroes. He is not doing a sponsored walk and therefore has no idea how much his efforts have raised for this charity. Link: www.roundtownnews.co.uk |
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Soldier takes on 460-mile US trek A SOLDIER from Denby Dale is swapping a university lecture room for one of the USA’s toughest challenges to help other troops. Capt Ian “Sutty” Sutcliffe, 25, has flown out to California to take on the Pacific Crest Trail – a 460-mile trek through three states. He and a fellow officer, Lt Neil Trewin, 25, of London, are hoping to raise £3,000 for Help for Heroes, a UK-based charity which helps injured troops. Both men are currently on a three-year university course funded by the Army, but both have seen active service in Iraq and seen at first-hand some of the horrors of the conflict. Link: www.examiner.co.uk |
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Article by the Mayor on free travel to injured war veterans The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, today announced that injured war veterans in London are to receive free travel on the capital’s transport network, whether they are residents or visitors, in recognition of their service to the country. He made the announcement as he joined hundreds of British army war veterans, their families and friends, as he launched an annual Veterans Day event in Trafalgar Square to celebrate the contribution that servicemen and women make to society and to pay tribute to their outstanding courage and bravery. Link: www.london.gov.uk |
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Performance of Twelfth Night: In aid of injured servicemen and Help for Heroes Groombridge Place Gardens is hosting a performance of Twelfth Night on Saturday July 12th in aid of the injured servicemen and women’s charity Help for Heroes. The play – one of Shakespeare’s most popular – will be performed on the Draughtsman’s Lawn in the 17th century formal gardens. Film buffs will recognise the lawn from Peter Greenaway’s film The Draughtsman’s Contract. Link: www.onlykent.com |
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Bexhill help for army riders A TEAM of army motorcyclists took a pit-stop from their charity trek to visit Bexhill and call in at a local business last week. |
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DONATE PARCELS TO OUR BRAVE HEROES "LET'S show all our heroes we care." That was the rallying call from the Cleethorpes aunt of Trooper Robert Pearson. Family and friends of the soldier killed in Afghanistan have called on supporters to donate parcels for the troops. The appeal is the start of a fundraising effort in memory of the 22-year-old Queen's Royal Lancer - killed by a roadside bomb, in April. Link: www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk |
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Challenge run to aid the brave soldiers NORTH Tyneside Primary Care Trust's healthy living centre staff are preparing to take part in a two day challenge to raise money for servicemen and women who have been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. The staff from Dudley, Meadowell, Battle Hill and Moor Park healthy living centres will be completing the coast to coast run – 140 miles in total – by relay over two days starting June 21 at Workington and finishing on June 22 at Tynemouth in aid of Help for Heroes. Link: www.newsguardian.co.uk |
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Ex-soldier’s family raise costume cash THE family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan have raised thousands of pounds for wounded servicemen. Keith and Lesley Alderton, parents of Lance Corporal Jake Alderton, 22, of Ladysmith Road, Eltham, raised £6,100 in Eltham High Street on Saturday, June 14. A stall was set up in Passey Place during the day, before a 1940s themed fundraising night was held at the Royal Engineer's favourite pub, The Rising Sun. The music-loving "100 miles-an-hour" soldier was killed last November when his vehicle rolled off a road near Sanguin, a city in Afghanistan's dangerous Helmand Province. Link: www.bexleytimes.co.uk |
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Highland charities under the spotlight The full-sized swimming pool at Headley Court is needed to enable the wounded to benefit from swimming as part of their rehabilitation (rather than using the local leisure centre pool). The money raised by H4H will benefit injured members of the Army, Navy, Royal Marines and the Royal Air Force. The colours of the wrist band represent the three services. Help for Heroes is a registered charity, independent of the services. It prides itself on low administration overheads which are subsidised by donors and suppliers. |
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Army chief looking forward to the show A particular part of the show Sir Richard is looking forward to is presenting a set of long service awards to a range of individuals who have worked on the land, on farms, estates and other related businesses for lengthy periods. “It is very important to mark the faithful service, the loyalty of these people.” And as far as enjoying himself while working, he added: “My day is quite structured, but on the other hand that allows me to get round large parts of the show quickly. “When you are busy you can still enjoy yourself at the same time. There will be several social events at which I can relax with a number of people who have put a lot of energy into the show. “I am greatly looking forward to the two days.” Among Sir Richard's itinerary will be visits to the two charities he is supporting, Hope and Homes for Children and Help for Heroes. Link: new.edp24.co.uk |
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James Murdoch calls daily/Sunday integrations 'cost-cutting exercises' "In contrast, today our market-leading, challenging and innovative titles are publishing outstanding journalism written by great journalists every day of the week." Murdoch singled out the Sun's "Help for Heroes" campaign to support armed services personnel injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, the "thundering leaders" on page two of the new-look Times, the Max Mosley exposé in the News of the World, and the "unrivalled breadth and depth" of the Sunday Times. Link: www.guardian.co.uk |
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BOTHAM AWARDED HONORARY DEGREE He also backs the brain tumour charity Andrea's Gift and Help for Heroes, which supports those wounded in war. Link: uk.eurosport.yahoo.com |
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Paul climbs high for charity A CARING former coastguard is scaling up his fundraising efforts by climbing Yorkshire’s three highest peaks. Link: www.gazettelive.co.uk |
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City-based ex-servicemen raise £2000 in aid of Help for Heroes City-based ex-servicemen raise £2000 in aid of Help for Heroes Major Simon Butt MERCIAN gave a presentation on the challenges of commanding and leading troops on Operations in Helmand Province whilst fighting the Taliban. Held at the centuries-old City University Club on the Cornhill, the reception was intended to raise money and awareness for wounded service men and women who have served in Afghanistan or Iraq. |
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Cash for soldiers MANSFIELD folk have helped raise more than £3,400 to help soldiers injured fighting in wars. And one generous veteran donated a medal he won fighting in Kosovo, which was auctioned at Forest Town's Prince Charles pub –– because of his concerns about the welfare of troops coming home. Link: www.chad.co.uk |
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Neighbours raise cash in memory of hero soldier Neighbours of an Uckield soldier killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan have raised hundreds of pounds in his memory. The money will be given to a number of military charities, including an appeal to set up a new wing at a military hospital in Afghanistan. |
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AFGHAN VETERAN: MORE TROOPS NEEDED TO STOP THE BLOODSHED Following emergency surgery, Nick was airlifted back to England for treatment at the British forces centre, in Birmingham. He recovered and was back on duty after just 20 days of sick leave. He said: "I've had friends who have died and it is hard, when you visit their graves." Corporal Townsend's mum, Dee, aged 62, of Endon, said: "My son was lucky. "He had a hole in his groin and one of his lads had to put his elbow in it to plug the wound while they treated him. Corporal Townsend returned home to attend a garden party at Pickwood Hall, in Leek, yesterday to raise money for the Help For Heroes campaign. Link: www.thisissentinel.co.uk |
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Colchester: Carley's call to rally round and support troops Colchester, your soldiers need you! A soldier's girlfriend has called for the town to rally round to support its troops in Afghanistan. Carley Jee is looking to recruit a squad of people to sweep through the town centre dressed as soldiers, collecting donations of money and goods to send out to 16 Air Assault Brigade. Link: www.gazette-news.co.uk |
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Former Soldiers Face Cycling Challenge Cycling from Lands End to John o'Groats is a challenge for anyone but two South West men are hoping to do it in 10 days or less to raise money for a soldier's charity. Link: www.thisisexeter.co.uk |
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Heroes say thanks AN ARMY physiotherapist treating soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan has paid tribute to young air cadets who raised more than £800 for Help for Heroes. The teenagers from Malmesbury sponsored a team of patients and staff from the military's Headley Court rehabilitation centre in the recent Big Battlefield Bike Ride, which raised more than £1 million. Capt Tim Clarke, who lives near Lechlade, said they had actually handed over more than one of the team's main corporate sponsors. |
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Charity bikers back on road A squad of soldiers thundered out of RAF Marham on army-issue Harley-Davidson motorbikes to complete the final leg of a gruelling fundraising journey. Eleven members of the Royal Logistics Corps made a pit stop at the base as part of 4,200-mile ride around the country to raise money for the Help for Heroes campaign. The team has already passed its £10,000 target and hopes to eventually double the amount to provide better facilities for wounded servicemen and women returning from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Link: www.eveningnews24.co.uk |
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How low can thieves go? SEPARATE, despicable thefts have caused heartbreak and sorrow this week. The first theft involves taxi driver Bill MacLeod. As former soldiers prepare for Veterans Day on Sunday a burglar has stolen cash partly raised by him to help war heroes. |
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Phil’s long trek home to honour dad IT'S a long way from Afghanistan to Bournemouth. Just ask Phil Druce, who along with nine other British military personnel stationed in Kabul, has pledged to cover the equivalent of the trip home - 5,029 miles or 8,094km - in a bid to raise £10,000 for charity. Link: www.thisisdorset.net |
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Army bikers to call at RAF Marham A TEAM of Army soldiers will be making a pit stop in West Norfolk tomorrow (18) as part of their bid to travel round the country in a 4,200-mile charity motorbike ride. Link: www.lynnnews.co.uk |
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Prince Harry in message to charity Prince Harry has sent good luck wishes to organisers of a Shropshire event which will, it is hoped, raise £50,000 for wounded servicemen. Link: www.shropshirestar.com |
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Nick lets his boxing skills shine through Freelance journalist Nick Booth came away with a shiner for his efforts in the ring when he was roped into a charity boxing match. Booth set up a donations site a week before the fight, and was able to raise £1,200 for his chosen charity, Help for Heroes. Incisive estimate the final figure raised at £20,000, which will split between all the charities nominated by the boxers. Link: www.pressgazette.co.uk |
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Children to raise money for Help for Heroes CHILDREN at Zouch Primary School in Tidworth will be getting fit while raising money for the Help for Heroes appeal. On June 25 pupils, who are taking part in the Get Fit Kids programme, will be treated to a display by a professional gymnast and will then learn a routine for which they are being sponsored - with half the money raised going to Help for Heroes and the rest to Save the Children. |
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Artists support Help for Heroes AMESBURY artist, D-J Gent, and Enford photographer Emi Thornburn, are presenting the "Home and Away" exhibition to raise funds for Help for Heroes. The exhibition, to be held at Manningford Village Hall, near Pewsey is open from 10am to 4pm on June 28. |
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Iconic aircraft say happy birthday to the Queen Packed away on board the Lancaster will be a special cargo - two replica models of the Hurricane JX-E Night Reaper taking part in the fly past. Link: www.horncastlenews.co.uk |
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It's number 10: eyes down, waiting on Gordon Brown Caught up yesterday with Ted Tuppen, the Enterprise Inns boss, who recently took part in a 350-mile cycle ride from the battlefields of France to the Cenotaph to raise money for Help for Heroes. |
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Army bikers’ round-Britain ride SOLDIERS on a marathon charity motorbike ride for wounded troopers called at Anglesey this week. Link: www.dailypost.co.uk |
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Sheps staff help raise money for charity Brewery employees do their bit for Help for Heroes Shepherd Neame staff have taken part in a sponsored bike ride - doing their bit to help raise £1m for military charity, Help for Heroes. The staff were among 2,000 riders to ride from HMS Victory in Portsmouth across to Normandy and the battlefields of Northern France, before heading to London. They completed the ride at the Cenotaph and Horse Guards Parade. Link: www.thepublican.co.uk |
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Soldiers march for their wounded comrades TROOPS from North Yorkshire put their best foot forward and walked the entire length of Hadrian's Wall, raising funds for the Help for Heroes charity. Soldiers from the Infantry Training Centre, at Catterick Garrison, completed the 84-mile trek over a four-day period earlier this month. Organisers are still counting up donations, but are hopeful that the final figure raised will run into the thousands. |
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Soldiers’ raffle THE father of a British soldier killed in Afghanistan said he still backs his son's mission after the death count reached 100. Royal Engineer Jake Alderton, 22, of Lady Smith Road, Eltham, died in a car accident in Afghanistan last November, becoming the 83rd British soldier to be killed there. Link: www.bexleytimes.co.uk |
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Soldier's bid to win iron man challenge A SOLDIER at Wattisham Airfield is hoping to become a UK iron man this weekend. Staff Sergeant Glyn Painter is taking part in the UK 70 mile Iron Man competition on Sunday at Wimbleball in Somerset, the UK qualifying event for the 2009 world championships in Florida. SSgt Painter is an aircraft engineer with 7 Air Assault Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and has been training for about 20 hours a week since he returned from a tour of Iraq seven months ago. Link: www.eadt.co.uk |
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High speed polo action on beach POLO ponies thundered along Sandbanks beach, sand flying from their hooves, riders jostling for position to whack a bright orange ball. This is beach polo and an exciting taste of the high-speed action to come when Poole hosts the British Beach Polo Championships in July. The Daily Echo and Dorset Society Magazine are media sponsors for the first event of its kind in Europe. It will involve international players showing off their skills in an arena 100m by 50m on the award-winning beach on July 11/12. |
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Jake's tragedy can help other heroes The parents of a soldier killed in Afghanistan have organised an event to raise money for troops injured in war zones. Lance Corporal Jake Alderton, a soldier with Maidstone-based 36 Engineer Regiment, was the last British soldier to die before Remembrance Sunday last year. The Sidcup-born 22-year-old was killed when the vehicle he was in rolled off a bridge on its way back from a mission helping the Afghan National Army in the dangerous Helmand Province. Now, his parents Keith, 52, and Lesley, 51, have put aside their heartache to organise a free event to benefit the Help for Heroes charity, also known as H4H. Link: www.kentnews.co.uk |
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Help for Heroes - how you can help AS the local representative for Help for Heroes I am writing to ask for your support of this fine charity. Link: www.birminghammail.net |
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Concert raises money for charity ST JOHN the Baptist Church, Fladbury, hosted a Spring Concert and over £600 was raised for Help For Heroes and church maintenance. The concert featured a wide range of music from Renaissance to modern, performed by Sutton Brass Ensemble and, the Sutton Trombone Choir and the Move on up Pershore Community Choir. Link: www.eveshamjournal.co.uk |
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GOLD STAR WINNER RUNS FOR BRISTOL HERO JAMIE One Evening Post Gold Star winner has helped another - and raised funds for a charity that supports wounded troops. Brian Cracknell, who works for transport group First, wanted to give his backing to seriously injured serviceman Jamie Cooper after meeting the teenager at the Gold Star awards ceremony. Brian, 39, a quality service officer, was moved to tears by Jamie's story and decided to run in the Bath Half Marathon in aid of the Help for Heroes fund. Jamie, 19, of Kingswood, is believed to be the youngest serviceman to have been severely injured in Iraq and to have survived. He and his family are strong supporters of Help for Heroes, which aims to raise up to £10 million to support servicemen and women wounded in the line of duty in the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Link: www.thisisbristol.co.uk |
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As Afghan toll reaches 100, MATTHEW HICKLEY asks: What went wrong? Campaign groups and charity efforts have sprung up, including the UK National Defence Association with a range of former defence chiefs and politicians calling for higher defence spending, and the Help For Heroes charity pushing for better welfare support. Link: www.dailymail.co.uk |
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Injured airman completes challenge Senior Aircraftman Jon Butterworth, pictured, who lost part of his left arm in an attack at Basra Airfield in Iraq last year, took part in the Big Battlefield Bike Ride, going from Caen in France to the Cenotaph in London. |
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Archbishop takes a leap of faith WHEN the time comes for action, he has never been afraid to jump in with both feet. Just four days before his 59th birthday, the daredevil clergyman took the plunge from 13,000ft to raise funds for the Afghanistan Trust. Link: www.thesun.co.uk |
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Army ski team bid in midnight sun A team of regular and territorial Army soldiers is to ski across Greenland's ice cap at night in the midnight sun to make the most of freezing conditions. Link: news.bbc.co.uk |
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Frankie Dettori loses his man for all seasons Epsom's pet charity for this year's Derby is Help For Heroes, the fund set up by artist Bryn Parry to look after the nation's war wounded. One of the long line of open-top buses lining the home straight will be full of soldiers recuperating from battle. Link: www.telegraph.co.uk |
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Sky's the limit for Emirates The team doubled up with Iguazu Falls (13-8 favourite) in the Listed Help For Heroes Surrey Stakes. Dettori was always in the box position on the three-year-old and scooted clear to beat Fathsta by four lengths. Link: ukpress.google.com |
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USA to bring NFL skills against England Saxons And finally, England and London Wasps legend Lawrence Dallaglio gives us his reasons for backing the September 20, 2008 Help for Heroes Challenge and why it might bring him back onto the Twickenham turf. “I’m proud of what our service men and woman achieve all over the world and this is a chance for rugby to give something back.” Said Dallaglio. “This is an opportunity to raise money and help people get their lives back on track. Link: www.rugbyweek.com |
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From Here To Santiago Travelling light is a must and David is especially pleased with multi-useful articles such as his bed-roll which doubles up during the day as a cold store, protecting a few cans of beer from the heat of the sun which is beginning to show itself at last. As I spoke to David this morning, he was just setting off with a group of Canadians he has befriended, having stashed away his books (thanks to Ken Scott and Libros International Publishers), and unfurled his English Flag, (courtesy of the Premier Bar, Altea), on which he has painted, ‘Help for Heroes,’ the charity he is raising funds for. Details for donations and information can be found at www.justgiving.com/davidmills1 or Link: www.roundtownnews.co.uk |
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Lord Ashcroft backs rugby match The organisers of the Help for Heroes Challenge match at Twickenham on September 20th can today announce that Lord Ashcroft, KCMG, the international businessman and philanthropist has agreed to become one of the eight headline sponsors of the charity game which intends to raise £1 million towards a new swimming pool and gym complex at the tri-services rehabilitation centre at Headley Court, Surrey. |
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Leading article: Needed: more help for heroes Four years ago, the then Chancellor, Gordon Brown, found the funds to pay for hundreds of veterans of the D-Day landings in Normandy to attend the 60th anniversary of that extraordinary feat of Allied arms. This year their numbers are down to barely 150, their ranks reduced not just by sickness and death but by penury. The £330 "heroes' return" grant paid out in 2004 has been stopped, so the Government says, because that was a "final commemoration". Link: www.independent.co.uk |
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Often imitated, never beaten - the Derby There may be more acceptance this year because the official charity is Help for Heroes, a campaign to improve treatment facilities for soldiers wounded in Afghanistan or Iraq. Funds will go towards building a swimming pool complex and gym at the nearby Headley Court armed forces rehabilitation centre. Nick Blofeld, managing director of Epsom Downs Racecourse, said: "We are thrilled to be able to assist Help for Heroes. "With the spire of Headley Court visible from the Grandstand at Epsom racecourse and therefore constantly in our minds, we cannot not think of a better way to support our local community. "We are hoping that the Derby crowds will dig deep and give generously to the bucket collectors and therefore raise plenty of funds to help these incredibly brave patients." |
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Medics on Bikes for Wounded Soldiers TWO Midland medics have completed a gruelling tandem cycling challenge across France to support soldiers they treat, injured in war zones from Iraq to Afghanistan. Colonels Jonathan Leach and Robin Simpson, who are both army doctors working in defence medicine at Birmingham University campus, got on their bikes when they heard the 300 mile journey was to enhance the welfare of injured servicemen and women. Money raised by the 48-year-old doctors, who frequently work with medics at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, based at Selly Oak Hospital, treating injured soldiers, will go to the Help For Heroes charity. Link: www.redorbit.com |
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Why the FA board rebels didn't go for Burton centre Such is the pull of the Help for Heroes charity match at Twickenham on September 20 in aid of those wounded in action that England's fabled World Cup-winning back row trio of Richard Hill, Lawrence Dallaglio and Neil Back are expected to be tempted out of retirement. Link: www.dailymail.co.uk |
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Charity reaches target thanks to bike ride PEOPLE from all walks of life are returning to their Salisbury homes after helping to raise £1.2m for the hugely-successful Help for Heroes charity. More than 30 people from in and around the city gave their support to the charity, started by Downton couple, Bryn and Emma Parry, by cycling 350 miles across northern France, visiting significant sites from the first and second world wars. The Halfords Help for Heroes Bike Ride finished in central London on Sunday with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph in Whitehall and the Horse Guards parade. Mr Parry said: "We had a group of wounded soldiers with us who have been absolutely inspirational. "It has been a privilege and an honour to have been on the same ride with such wonderful people." |
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Cyclist completes 240-mile charity ride SIMON Nicholl, from Carr Drive, Wesham, has recently completed a 48-hour, 240-mile, cycle ride in aid of the charity 'Help for Heroes'. |
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Gibbs backs Dragons to make history "Rest assured, I don't think any Gatland-Edwards-Howley team will be ill-prepared," said Gibbs, at Twickenham for the launch of the Help for Heroes match there on September 20, which aims to raise more than £1million for the Joint Services Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court, Leatherhead, where troops injured in Iraq and Afghanistan are treated. Link: ukpress.google.com |
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Lawrence Dallaglio volunteers for duty at Twickenham again to aid Help for Heroes Dallaglio, less than 72 hours retired, was back at Twickenham yesterday lending his support for a special charity game at HQ on Sept 20 in aid of the injured and maimed British Servicemen who are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan in disturbing numbers. Link: www.telegraph.co.uk |
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Lawrence Dallaglio returns to help heroes Lawrence Dallaglio, who last Saturday led London Wasps to the Guinness Premiership title at Twickenham, will return to the stadium in September as the best-known face in rugby's support for servicemen wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq. Link: www.timesonline.co.uk |
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MP joins charity cycle ride North Oxfordshire MP Tony Baldry took on one of his biggest challenges yet - to cycle 350 miles in just five days. The member for Banbury, and his wife Pippa, joined hundreds of cyclists last month to raise £1.5 million for the Help for Heroes campaign. The fund is raising money for the Defence Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court, which helps wounded servicemen. The pair had been training since Christmas - cycling from their Banbury home to Stratford-upon-Avon and even London, to build up stamina for the gruelling event. Link: www.oxfordmail.net |
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Dallaglio backs new-look England Speaking at the launch of the Help for Heroes match on 20 September, which hopes to raise more than £1m to treat troops injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, Dallaglio warned: "Make no mistake, New Zealand is a tough place to win. Link: news.bbc.co.uk |
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Dallaglio has faith in new-look England Dallaglio, back at Twickenham to help launch the September 20 Help for Heroes match, which aims to raise more than £1million to treat troops injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, strongly believes England are not embarking on another summer "tour from hell". Link: ukpress.google.com |
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Dallaglio - It's a new dawn Dallaglio may have ended his professional career but he has not hung up his boots completely, agreeing to be part of the 'Help for Heroes' match in September, which will raise money for those from the armed services injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. The 35-year-old was back at Twickenham to launch the one-off game just days after leading his club to glory, an achievement he describes as one of the biggest in Wasps' history. Link: www.skysports.com |
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Peta: I’m so tyred but glad PROUD Page 3 girl Peta was “aching but thrilled” after completing the Help For Heroes cycle yesterday. She finished the 360-mile cycle in London’s Whitehall in front of thousands of cheering well wishers. Peta said: “It was an awe-inspiring journey. Link: www.thesun.co.uk |
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£6m - you have hit the target SUN readers’ support has seen the Help For Heroes campaign reach £6million – and now it’s targeting £10million. But more cash is wanted to make life even better for our war heroes. The appeal surged past the original target after limbless veterans and other fundraisers arrived in London on Sunday night at the end of a 360-mile bike ride that raised a whopping £1.2million. The awesome total has been raised in eight months, and is a record for a start-up British charity. But the Help For Heroes is about more than cash. Last summer, troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan marched through empty streets. Now they are greeted by huge crowds, and offered gifts wherever they go in their home towns. Army chief General Sir Richard Dannatt last night saluted everyone who has backed the campaign. Link: www.thesun.co.uk |
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Cenotaph tribute as charity riders return More than 300 cyclists who took part in a gruelling bike ride to raise cash for war veterans have made a triumphant return to the UK. Link: www.portsmouth.co.uk |
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CLEETHORPES' TROOPER'S SUPER HERO WISH TO BE FULFILLED Friends of Cleethorpes trooper Robert Pearson will stage a fun event in his memory. As reported, the 22-year-old was killed driving a Viking Warrior personnel carrier, which is believed to have been struck by a landmine close to Camp Bastion, in Afghanistan's Helmand province. Hundreds of wellwishers lined the streets to pay tribute to the hero on the day of his funeral, following a Grimsby Telegraph campaign to honour him. The Queen's Royal Lancer had spoken to his friend Stephanie Smith just three days before his death on April 21 - and she is now determined to raise cash for other servicemen and women in his memory. Stephanie (22) of Westlands Avenue, Tetney, said: "When we last spoke he said he wanted to organise a Super Heroes night out and we could all dress up, so we are going to incorporate that into the memorial day." Link: www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk |
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new Twickers finale LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO will be back at Twickenham in September. The England World Cup- winner went off 13 minutes from the end to a standing ovation from 81,600 fans — a world record crowd for a club match. But Dallaglio will pull on his boots one more time when he leads a Help For Heroes XV against an International Select side led by his former Lions’ team-mate Scott Gibbs. The match is to raise money for the Help For Heroes charity and the Armed Forces’ rehabilitation centre at Headley Court near Leatherhead, Surrey. Link: www.thesun.co.uk |
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Dally plans new Twickers finale LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO will be back at Twickenham in September. The England World Cup- winner went off 13 minutes from the end to a standing ovation from 81,600 fans — a world record crowd for a club match. But Dallaglio will pull on his boots one more time when he leads a Help For Heroes XV against an International Select side led by his former Lions’ team-mate Scott Gibbs. The match is to raise money for the Help For Heroes charity and the Armed Forces’ rehabilitation centre at Headley Court near Leatherhead, Surrey. Link: www.thesun.co.uk |
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