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X-Factor - Song for Heroes

X FACTOR stars are to release a single to raise money for forces charity Help For Heroes.All the acts that tonight make it to the final 12 will unite behind the Sun-backed campaign to aid wounded troops.

A project insider said: “I’ve never heard Simon more excited about anything — there’s a real buzz about this single.

The single will be released on October 27, at the start of the two-week run up to Remembrance Sunday.

All proceeds are to be shared between H4H and the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Fund.

Link: www.thesun.co.uk

How exciting! A huge thank you to X-factor, Simon Cowell and everyone involved for supporting the charity from all of us at Help for Heroes.

	Hero at the Hampshire Ball My old Mate Nick Bonham did the auction and has learnt a great deal from me over the years. The star prize was four paintings of ME in uniform and the bidding was fast and furious until they went for £8000... Result! These Hampshire types can certainly spot a investment when they see one. Read more

RFL Support To show its appreciation of their bravery, skill and professionalism, the RFL is offering 2,000 free tickets for the Gillette Fusion Rugby League International, to members of the UK’s Armed Forces. At the match collections will take place for ‘Help for Heroes’ and the charity’s distinctive wristbands will be available for sale. Link: www.therfl.co.uk/

Action Day
Action Day at West Mercia Constabulary Headquaters Hindlip Hall Worcester On Sunday 5th October. The action starts at 12pm - 4.30pm. Displays from West Mercis's Police Dogs and Handlers. Army Bomb Disposal Squad. Red Devils Parachute Freefall Team. Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue crash demonstration. Military vehicles & Aircraft Static Displays, including Apache, Merlin, Sea King and more! 'Fly pasts' from popular military aircraft! PDF Link: Action Day

Photos kindly provided by Emma Attwood from Worcester News.

From Glasgow to Edinburgh
Andrew Goldie with his team of ex-soldiers and friends recently cycled from Glasgow to Edinburgh, a distance of 50 miles,raising £1586.50 for Help for Heroes! The event was made possible by the main sponsor RAYMOND McCANN of RMC Electrical (Scotland) LTD who provided the funds to hire the mini bus and safety van on the day of the event. A superb fundraising event and from all of us at Help for Heroes thank you and well done.

	Channel Swim On Fri 29 Aug Matt Winchester and his mate Trev swam from England to France in 13hrs36min having stuck to 30min legs throughout. Matt has currently raised just under £700 for H4H – an incredible achievement. Well done from all of us at Help for Heroes.

Lord Lieutenants Heroes Lunch
The Lord Lieutenant's Heroes Lunch went very well, Johnson Beharry VC with the Lord Lieutenant putting one of the wristbands on a World War II Military Medal winner, with the other heroes looking on. All of us at Help for Heroes thank you for your support.

Brands Hatch Drivers Challenge
The Brands Hatch Touring car championship was a fantastic sucess with a beautiful cobalt blue cup awarded to the driver of the day. From all of us at Help for Heroes thank you to all those that supported Help for Heroes.

Brick Challenge

On Saturday November 1st 2008 at 12:00 noon Tony Bennett will start his attempt to break the Guinness World Record for carrying a 9lb brick the greatest distance to raise money for “HELP for HEROES” & the Lions Clubs.

All of us at Help for Heroes wish you the best of luck breaking the record!


	Superheroes Event The superheroes event was a huge success and raised £4500 for help for heroes and money towards box packing essentials to send out to the troops. A very big thank you to Stephanie Smith who has been raising money for Help for Heroes with lots of fun events for several months now!

Ravenglass to Tynemouth A bike ride from Ravenglass in Cumbria to Tynemouth,raised over £1000 for the Charity. A big thank you to Paul, Lou, Chris and John. Paul commented 'we hope this can go some way to support our armed forces in the magnificent job that they do for us'.

	Community Matters Waitrose in Salisbury launched a new initiative called Community Matters which is designed to help put a share of its profits back into the local community. Bryn and Emma would like to say a big thank you to all those that choose to support Help for Heroes.

Operation Market Garden Operation Market Garden was held to honour British, American and Polish World War II veterans with a parachute drop, battle re-enactments, an air show and a big band dance. A warm thank you to all our volunteers and a fantastic job on the Help for Heroes stall!

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