Help for Heroes Trading Featured Product:
Zipped Hoody (Ocean Blue)

This week's featured product will ensure you are warm and cosy for the rest of winter. The ocean blue Zipped Hoody with Help for Heroes printed on the left sleeve and our iconic stretcher bearer logo on the chest and on the back, will have you showing your support in style. The zip features a tri-coloured toggle on the end and is also available in black.

Price = £30

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South Devon College

Music students from South Devon College worked to write, create, mix and produce their own charity songs to raise money for Help for Heroes, with the winning song chosen by a panel containing four celebrity judges: Tony Bramwell, former assistant to Beatles manager Brian Epstein and former CEO of Apple Records; prominent UK record producer Phil Harding; experienced club promoter and Mixmag journalist Kirk Field and local professional audio engineer and Education Manager at Plymouth’s Deep Blue Sound, Nick Trussler.

The winner was Christina Lloyd (20, from Torquay) with her track, titled 'Heroes' Land'. Christina really impressed the judges, including College Principal Stephen Criddle and the student's own Music lecturer and seasoned producer, Pete Day, who commented:

"The students worked really hard to produce some very professional songs that really impressed the judges," said Mr Day, "We all really hope we can raise a lot of money for charity with what is a very good song."

The track will be available to download online from Amazon the week commencing 23rd January, for just one week only. 'Heroes' Land' can be downloaded here

The music department is hoping to sell 25,000 copies that week to break into the top ten and ensure that a considerable amount of money is raised. For more information visit www.southdevon.ac.uk.

Our congratulations and thanks go to Christina for all her hard work over the last year and to all at South Devon College for their brilliant support.

Wheelz Concert Raises £2000 for Help for Heroes

A fantastic concert was given by the band Wheelz, on the 26th November 2011, and raised an amazing £2000 for H4H. Gill Newman, local County Coordinator and her son Sgt. Lee Egerton (RAF Chinooks) were there give a talk on Help for Heroes and were presented with the cheque. We would like to thank Wheelz and all their fans, and everyone who was involved in making the concert such a fabulous success.

The Big Bounce at Angley School

Students from The Angley School (Cranbrook, Kent) organised a 24hr trampolining event to raise funds for Help for Heroes. To date, the 12 Year 10 students have managed to raise £1400. The event was very enjoy able but was also very tiring. We would like to thank everyone at Angley School for their support, and the 12 students who completed such an imaginative fundraiser!

Golf Day raises a fantastic £8000!

Last week, WO2 Jamie Lucas (SPS) visited our Tin Hut in Tidworth, after fundraising at a golf day raised a fantastic £8,000 for Help for Heroes. The photo shows Jamie handing the cheques to our lovely staff in Tidworth. Our thanks go to Jamie and all those who took part in the golf day, please feel free to drop in and visit us anytime.

The Middlesex County FA Charity Cup

This year the Middlesex County FA have named their charity cup the "Help for Heroes Cup".

Petty Officer Andy 'Gibbo' Gibbs and Chief Petty Officer 'JC' Cameron Wood (NATO Northwood) have been busy during the first and second round games collecting with buckets and selling H4H wristbands. They have been at Wealdstone, Uxbridge and witnessed the biggest upset of the year when Rayners Lane beat AFC Hayes.

On Saturday Gibbo and JC visited Wealdstone FC when they entertained Barrow in the FA Trophy and collected £520 also taking the opportunity to present the Pete Worby, Vice Chairman of Wealdstone with a thank you certificate for all they have done to help Gibbo and JC and support H4H.

Gareth Coates said "The Middlesex FA Charity Cup has been operating since 1901 and has a rich history, counting Chelsea FC among its previous winners. Our clubs have really embraced the link with H4H and so far this season the collections at matches, Gibbo and JC's efforts and special fundraising events have raised over £1,300! With the Quarter Finals and Semi-Finals to come, we hope to top £2,000 raised before the competition reaches the Final, which will take place on Monday 7 May at Wealdstone FC, kicking off at 7.30pm.

We would like to thank all those involved with the Middlesex FA Charity Cup, Gibbo and JC for all their support and fundraising. Best wishes for the rest of what is sure to be a fantastic season!