In the Media - September
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Kitty Dimbleby, Mail on Sunday "Fittingly, a five million pound appeal is being launched tomorrow, backed by the General, to give the public this chance: 'Help For Heroes' is a new initiative hoping to raise funds to build a new gym and swimming pool complex at Headley Court." |
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A land fit for heroes "Help for Heroes, a charity, will be launched tomorrow with Jeremy Clarkson, the Sunday Times columnist, and his wife Francie as its patrons. They were horrified by the conditions that exist for injured service personnel and were inspired to act. The charity, aimed at servicemen and women injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, is intended to provide better facilities, particularly at Headley Court, the military hospital in Surrey. A charity cannot fill all the gaps in what should be publicly funded care for the casualties of war. But it is a way of demonstrating that our military heroes are not forgotten. This newspaper is supporting it. We urge you to do so, too. It may even shame the government into fulfilling its duty." Link: www.timesonline.co.uk |
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Saving the soldiers we neglect "Help for Heroes’ first goal is to raise between £5m and £8m for a new gym and swimming pool at Headley Court. Its patrons will be Jeremy Clarkson, the Sunday Times columnist, and his wife Francie. “I was pretty weak after I came out of Selly Oak,” said Woollard last week after a weights session in the existing gym at Headley Court. “I’d dropped to 8½ stone. Now I’m feeling much better. I work out maybe three or four hours a day." Link: www.timesonline.co.uk |
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Army chief launches £5m appeal to fund vital therapy centre for injured troops "The Help for Heroes appeal is to build a full-size rehabilitation pool and re-equip the antiquated gym at the centre, where currently 180 servicemen and women are being treated as in-patients." "Help for Heroes appeal chairman Bryn Parry said: "We need to raise enough to give our wounded servicemen and women the best facilities that money can buy, as quickly as they deserve." Link: www.thisislondon.co.uk |
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This silence on the Army speaks volumes "Boris Johnson urged the nation in these pages yesterday to dig into its pockets for Service charities such as Help for Heroes. Let him also urge his party to commit itself unequivocally at Blackpool to dig deep into a Conservative government's budget to rescue the Armed Forces from, in Churchill's words, "this last, serious condition" Link: www.telegraph.co.uk |
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Supporting troops needn't mean backing war "They are owed the thanks of all of us, and I am sure the public is more than willing to give it. For all those who would like to show their appreciation, a new appeal is being launched on Monday, called Help for Heroes. Among other things, the objective is to help raise funds for the rehabilitation centre at Headley Court, near Leatherhead, Surrey." Link: www.telegraph.co.uk |
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Labour loves a man in uniform as long as it's blue, not khaki "What is astounding in a rich society like ours is the failure to look after the young men coming home with brain injuries and terrible mutilations. As Bishop says, soldiers are regarded as civilians in hospital and put up with normal NHS practices, but when it comes to compensation, they must expect to be treated as servicemen who knew the risk they were taking. Regiments are being forced to look after their casualties by raising funds and a new organisation - Help for Heroes - is holding several events to raise £1m for a swimming pool at Headley Court, the Defence Services Medical Rehabilitation Centre (a worthwhile cause for any private equity baron looking for one). The government should be looking after these young men with much more money and not relying on the charitable efforts of officers's wives." Link: www.guardian.co.uk |
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