Kidderminster Male Choir, a registered charity, announces the release of a CD called “Songs for Heroes” in support of the charity “Help for Heroes”. All profits from sales of the CD will go to the charity in support of our wounded servicemen and women being cared for at the Tri service Rehabilitation Centre Headley Court, Surrey.

General Sir Richard Dannatt KCB CBE MC ADC Gen, Chief of General Staff and Trustee for Help for Heroes states “I very much welcome the work “Help for Heroes” has done to generate such wonderful support for the Armed Forces. I urge you to back this wonderful campaign and this CD is the perfect way to contribute to it. Thank you and I hope you enjoy listening to this excellent CD by Kidderminster Male Choir”.

The CD can be bought via the website www.kidderminstermalechoir.co.uk for price £10 plus £2 p+p.

Please place your orders now - the ideal stocking filler.

Well done to all who participated in making the such a fantastic CD.

Top Gear recently arranged for the wounded from Headley Court to have a drive around the track with the Stig and to go to the Top Gear show!

A big thank you to Top Gear, The Stig, and our founding patrons Francie and Jeremy Clarkson!

Heroes Come to Walker's Stadium

In association with club sponsor, Topps Tiles, Leicester City FC dedicated their Armistice Day fixture on 11 November 2008 to Help for Heroes.

Colleagues from Topps HQ turned out in force with collection buckets, raising almost £900 in just one hour as crowds arrived at the Walker’s Stadium to watch the game against Yeovil Town.

In a moving half-time ceremony featuring the No.1 hit song ‘Heroes’, 13 soldiers from local regiments were proudly led on to the pitch by kiddies from Enderby Foxes, one of the 300 youth football teams sponsored by Topps.

In the match programme, Topps chief executive Matthew Williams told fans: “Help for Heroes is the charity that employees voted to support and the their work helping soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan is something I am personally very passionate about. “I was delighted when Leicester City agreed to play their part in supporting our biggest ever fundraising drive”.

Cardiff Half Marathon

A section from ART 23 Chepstow ran the Cardiff Half Marathon dressed in combats carrying day sacks and raised over £1000 pounds for the charity.

Thanks to all the runners from all the team at Help for Heroes!

Sponsored Walk and BBQ

34 Walkers completed a sponsored walk up Pen-y-fan, Brecon Beacons and raised £4000 pounds in sponsorship, with thanks also to Caroline Pritchard and Annie who who organised the Beach party and BBQ afterwards.

From all the team at Help for Heroes, well done and thank you!

Half Marathon

RAF Spadeadam Border Half-Marathon raised over £200 pounds for Help for Heroes.

Thanks to all the runners from all the team at Help for Heroes!

Festival of Football

Festival of football, organised by the gym staff at Dorchester Prison which raised over £300 pounds.

Thanks to all the players and the organiser John Phipps from all the team at Help for Heroes.

The Great North Run

Tim Latchford raised over £600 pounds for the charity on the Great North Run.

" The half marathon was a great day, and I managed to get around 1 1hr, 51 minutes, 49 seconds, so well under my target of 2 hours. I've attached a few pictures of the day, of me with my parents and fiancee at the start."

Well done and thank you from all the team at Help for Heroes!

Stroud Half Marathon

SSgt John Raven and SSgt Howell Williams Training Wing Staff of 243 (Wx) Fd Hosp (V) have raised £483.00.

From all of us at Help for Heroes well done and thank you!

Flameheads

Dave Philips was challenged by his South African colleague to drink the The Centurion - 100 shots of beer in 100 minutes – on 20 November. Dave is part of the "Flameheads" rugby group who have previously raised money for H4H and hope to continue to do so over the coming months. The challenge was completed successfully and everyone who attended gave their money generously and a total sum of £384 was raised for H4H.

A big thank you to everyone from all the team at Help for Heroes! 

Glasgow to Edinburgh

3 sailors from HMS Edinburgh are walking from Glasgow to Edinburgh to raise money for Help for Heroes. The intrepid trio are Lt Colin Marshall RN, Petty officer’s Andy “Gibbo” Gibbs and Jonathan “Chas” Charlesworth. Starting on the 11 November, they walked the 62mile journey across Scotland, from Glasgow to Edinburgh, carrying a stretcher which represents injured Servicemen and women from across the Armed Forces. The final stop wast Murrayfield Rugby Park in Edinburgh on the 15th November where a bucket collection took place at the Scotland v South Africa rugby match.

It was a truly fantastic fundraising achievement with £3008 being collected on-route and £6000 collected at the match (in5 buckets!!) plus sponsorship money continues to roll in!

Thanks also go to Premier Inn Hotel in South Queensferry, Glasgow, Argyle Street, and North Falkirk, the Grange Hotel in Coatbridge, The Holiday Inn in Corstophine for providing us with accommodation. NVT IT solutions, SOCOMEC and HYDRASUN for their sponsorship of our stretcher.

A huge thank you from all the team at Help for heroes!

Gumley House Convent School

Pupils of Gumley House Convent School, Isleworth in London raised over £1500 for Help for Heroes by dressing up as superheroes. They beat their initial target of £700 so the head of Key stage 3 had his hair shaved off!!

All the team would like to say thank you to everyone at the school and especially to Aishling Browne who organised the event!

Capt. Quentin Hicks for and on behalf of Help for Heroes receiving a cheque from Dr Juliet Williams, Chairman of the South West Region Development Agency.
 
Over £3000 was raised at the Manufacturing Advisory Service Annual Dinner, at The Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, Somerset, on the evening of 21st November.

All of us at Help for Heroes would like to thank everyone who contributed!

Martin Hine raised over £300 pounds for Help for Heroes running with his brother Darren at the Peterborough half marathon.

Martin said "The weather was fantastic for October and it got pretty hot in the suit but a small discomfort for such a great cause. I also got mistaken for Batman, Spiderman and had the theme tune for Star Wars sung at me, which put a smile on my face as the miles went by".

All of us at Help for Heroes would like to say thank you and well done!

Wales V South Africa

A big thanks to all those that collected on behalf of Help for Heroes at the Wales V South Africa Match.

A team of firefighters from the West Midlands Fire Service have completed one month of moustache growing.

The aim was to raise £1000 by getting to friends and colleagues to become either 'Growers' or 'Sponsors' for the event. Having these grizzly additions right in the centre of their faces certainly served the two purposes.... Whoever the team members met during the month without fail commented on the 'new look' which gave the Tash4Cash team member the opportunity to explain what indeed the Tash was for.

Well done and thank you from all the team at Help for Heroes!

The Greatest Show on Earth

Windsor School Christmas nativity in Germany are holding a musical with a difference. This year we do not only offer a fantastic theatre performance, we are offering you a pre-theatre Charity Champagne supper. Treat yourself to a relaxed, sparkling start to the evening and at the same time contribute to Help for Heroes!

Break a leg from all of us at Help for Heroes!

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