Help for Heroes - Newsletters

Dear H4H Supporter,

On October 27th, The Royal British Legion launched their 90th Anniversary Poppy Appeal. During Remembrance Tide, the three weeks culminating on 11th November, we ask all Help for Heroes supporters to buy and wear their poppy with pride. H4H works closely with The Royal British Legion and all the Service charities as. . .

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I watched the DVD of the recent H4H Big Battlefield Bike Ride the other night and it brought back memories of an extraordinary moment in the short history of the charity, the moment we rode into Paris and passed the £100m point. However.. . .

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Emma and I have been able to spend a considerable amount of time over at Tedworth House since we opened for business just over a month ago. The Army's Personal Recovery Centre has run its first assessment course and 36 wounded. . .

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Tedworth House, the H4H supported Recovery Centre in Wiltshire, has now been open for over a month and already 36 injured Servicemen and women have been through its doors. The house can accommodate…

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It was an extraordinary moment to ride into Paris with 264 cyclists, including both American and British wounded servicemen. As we rallied at the Trocadero…

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Dear H4H Supporter,


On 12th July 2007, Emma first suggested that ‘we do something to help the wounded’ and we planned to do a bike ride to raise £10k. A few days later, after meeting General Sir Richard Dannatt, who suggested that Headley Court needed a swimming pool. . .

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Dear H4H Supporter,

One Hour for Heroes

They give their all, will you give One Hour?

We are asking everyone, from politicians, companies, sportsmen, actors, celebrities to the millions of generous and decent people across the country to join our latest appeal called One Hour for Heroes. . .

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Dear H4H Supporter,

At Help for Heroes, we rely heavily on our amazing volunteers and are often askedby supporters how they can help.

Over the next 6 months we have some great volunteering opportunities that you can get involved in. . .

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Dear H4H Supporter,

It has been an extraordinary few weeks, even by H4H standards. With the income total since we launched standing at over £87m, which is wonderful, it is even better to see so much of it being spent in the support of 'our blokes', the men and women of our Armed Forces.

Last week we went to Colchester and together with the Army, The Royal British Legion and our other charity partners . . .

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Dear H4H Supporter,

I hope you all had a great Christmas break and are ready to face the challenges of 2011. It is going to be a big year for H4H and we need every bit of your support and energy to enable us to build on what we have achieved for the wounded to date.

During the year ahead we will see the creation of the first fully comprehensive Recovery Centre at Colchester...

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Dear H4H Supporter,

Yet again we have had an extraordinary month, so much so that sometimes it is quite hard to take in all that is going on to support our blokes. Our H4H challenge trip to Nepal was a huge success with our intrepid trekkers climbing thousands of feet and raising a wonderful £58,151. A team from our official partner company, Deloitte, climbed Kilimanjaro and brought in a huge £110,000. Simon Cowell's X Factor finalists sang Heroes by David Bowie and it hit No1 in the charts...

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Dear H4H Supporter,

Last week Emma and I joined 50 Sahara Trekkers on a fund raising walk across some of the Sahara desert. It sounds fairly easy to wake up, pack up your tent, sling your main pack onto a camel and walk for 20 kms a day; less so when it is 42 degrees in the shade and you are climbing up sand dunes, but everyone made it. Our team included some young Servicemen who found it easy compared to their tours in Afghanistan but for the majority, this was the biggest challenge of their lives.

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Dear H4H Supporter,

It is our third birthday on 1st October, three years and £70m raised and allocated to support the blokes wounded in the line of duty. Every penny raised will be used to provide facilities and services to make the lives of some very special men and women better. Thank you for being a part of this wonderful national effort, we could not have done it without you and the thousands of people who have been a part of the team.

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Dear H4H Supporter,

Hang on to your hats, September is going to be a busy month for Help for Heroes. On the 12th Sept, 60,000 supporters will fill Twickenham Stadium and enjoy an extraordinary concert with top pop acts and the very best comedians doing their bit. This is much more than a concert; this is a chance for everyone to demonstrate, on live BBC, our support for our young men and women who serve in our Armed Forces...

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Dear H4H Supporter,

I am thrilled to be able to tell you that there is to be a major fundraising concert in support of Help for Heroes, featuring superstar Robbie Williams as the headline act as well as initial confirmed performances from James Blunt, Alexandra Burke, Pixie Lott, Plan B and The Saturdays. The show will be hosted by the best of the UK's comedy talent - John Bishop, Kevin Bridges, Jack Dee, Jason Manford and Michael McIntyre...

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Dear H4H Supporter,

I have just heard that the Big Battlefield Bike Ride 2010 has raised over £1m, or £1,019,004.04, to be more precise. That is about £3000 for each mile we rode across Northern France and the money is still coming in. That is wonderful and I’d like to thank all those who took part, as well as all those who have made it such a success; thank you.

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Dear H4H Supporter,

On 4th June, a glorious sunny day, His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales was present at the official opening of the new H4H Rehabilitation Complex at Headley Court. Prince William spoke movingly, as a serving RAF pilot, former soldier and fundraiser as well as a royal prince, about those wounded in the service of our country...

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Dear H4H Supporter,

With Spring finally here and an election on the way, one might think that not much else is happening. The media is full of these stories and with the poppy harvest starting it seems to be pretty quiet in Afghanistan; for the moment.

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Dear H4H Supporter,

Spring is sprung… at last! With the daffodils blooming and birds tweeting you will be feeling the sap rising after a long cold winter. Now is the time to get to work on those New Year resolutions and finally start your training programme. Set yourself a target, take on a challenge, wake up from hibernation, do something to raise money and do it to support our wounded heroes.

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Dear H4H Supporter,

I wrote to you two weeks ago to break the news of the new Personnel Recovery Centres that our funding will help build in Edinburgh, Colchester, Catterick and Tidworth. We will also be announcing in March how we propose to support the Individual Recovery Plans of the Service personnel who will leave through injury.

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Dear H4H Supporter,

With Valentine’s Day on February 14th, Emma and the H4H creative team have produced a wonderful range of merchandise to allow those missing their loved ones to express their feelings. With 10,000 Servicemen and women serving in Afghanistan and many more away in other bases around the world, there are thousands of us thinking of them; so let’s tell them.

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Dear H4H Supporter,

A new year is always daunting as we face the challenges of the next twelve months and, with doom and gloom in the news and freezing weather, it is sometimes hard to look forward with eager anticipation. However, there is so much that is good going on that we can feel optimistic and full of determination, regardless of the snow.

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Dear H4H Supporter,

Can I ask for your help please? We need to give this latest fund raising scheme a real push and I hope you will make that possible.

Singer John Tams, (fans of the Sharpe Series will know him as Rifleman Hagman)...

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