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Help for Heroes Services Update
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Friday 09 April 2021

Help for Heroes Services Update

Help for Heroes will no longer be operating out of its four Recovery Services and instead, all support for veterans will be delivered in the community or online. The Recovery Centres will be used by the MoD for serving personnel.

How Royal Navy veteran Mike is carving out a career making world-class cricket bats
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Friday 26 March 2021

How Royal Navy veteran Mike is carving out a career making world-class cricket bats

Mike Kennedy, an injured Navy veteran, has created a limited-edition, handmade cricket bat to raise money for Help for Heroes. Mike sustained massive injuries to his lower back in a rocket attack in Iraq in 2008, and spent the next five years in and out of rehab. In a bid to forge a new career, Mike, an outstanding cricketer, received support from Help for Heroes to get back on his feet, regain his confidence and he began to shape his future in cricket.

World Mental Health Day 2020: Annette’s message
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Friday 09 October 2020

World Mental Health Day 2020: Annette’s message

Annette Laurie left the Royal Navy and Royal Naval Reserves as a Chief Petty Officer in September 2010 after 26 years combined in both services.

How our veterans are supporting each other through online gaming
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Friday 04 September 2020

How our veterans are supporting each other through online gaming

A group of Help for Heroes veterans have got together during lockdown to form an online gaming community, offering a safe space to share their stories and provide mutual support.

How Claire and the Grants team are continuing to financially support veterans as lockdown starts to ease.
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Friday 14 August 2020

How Claire and the Grants team are continuing to financially support veterans as lockdown starts to ease.

“At the start of the lockdown, we saw a rise in requests for emergency food baskets from veterans shielding or unable to work.”

Veteran Paul's Hero Up gaming marathon
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Tuesday 05 May 2020

Veteran Paul's Hero Up gaming marathon

Veteran Paul Colling served in Iraq and Afghanistan, but lost the life and job he loved after a traumatic ankle injury left him in near constant pain. He's now leading a team of veterans in a Hero Up 24hr gaming marathon to fundraise for his fellow veterans.

Jon Bon Jovi and Gavin - Help for Heroes
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Wednesday 22 April 2020

Heroes helping heroes: Gavin’s story

Veteran Gavin Lewis was a Private in the Royal Regiment of Wales for 12 years. Service in Northern Ireland with the Royal Hampshire Regiment, led to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, blackouts, seizures, excessive drinking and eventually, the breakdown of his marriage and homelessness four years ago.

Fitness fans raise funds for wounded Forces
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Monday 04 November 2019

Fitness fans raise funds for wounded Forces

A hundred keen fitness fans in Plymouth came together recently to support the 40,000 veterans who have been medically discharged from the British Armed Forces in the last 20 years.

Tuesday 11 June 2019

Big Battlefield Bike Ride 2019 - a Veteran's perspective

In January 2013 Richard was shot six times, in both arms, chest and stomach. "It's only possible that me and other Veterans get the help and support because people have taken time off work and sacrificed your own time to fundraise. I feel privileged and humbled by it and it’s an honour to cycle alongside every one of them in the coming week.”

Tuesday 14 May 2019

Help for Heroes fights for injured Veterans to have access to the DMRC Stanford Hall

In the charity’s latest efforts to champion the wounded, Help for Heroes is calling on the Government to allow injured Veterans better access to the new DMRC Stanford Hall.

A huge thank you - Tour de Yorkshire
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Monday 06 May 2019

A huge thank you - Tour de Yorkshire

Crowds cheered, flags waved and steep hills were climbed…and that was before the cycling had even begun!

Former solider, Bruce, on finding new purpose in life
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Monday 15 April 2019

Former solider, Bruce, on finding new purpose in life

A former soldier from Zimbabwe, who signed up to the British Army in 2000, has spoken about the support he’s received from Help for Heroes Community Recovery team in Wales, and how a grant to help him take part in wheelchair rugby has helped him find new purpose in life.