Former Royal Navy nurse, Carol Betteridge, has spent her whole career caring for wounded military personnel, including as Commanding Officer of the hospital in Camp Bastion during the war in Afghanistan. Now Head of our Welfare and Clinical Services Team, Carol took time out to describe how our recovery services are evolving to meet the changing needs of the men and women we serve; and how gifts in Wills are giving wounded veterans help today and hope for tomorrow.
How can we help wounded veterans and their families feel safe and supported when they can’t leave their house? This was one of the challenges facing our Recovery Team when the UK entered the first lockdown in Spring 2020. With our recovery centres and support hubs closed, our essential services had to change overnight. Read the full article for more details on how we tackled these challenges.
Former Army Captain, Dave Henson, is part of a ground-breaking study helping us understand the long-term needs of injured veterans and service personnel. Here he explains why the ADVANCE Study, which you’ve helped us fund, is important for future generations.
Veterans' Clinical Advisor Julie Thain-Smith shares her thoughts to the news that there are now more than 5 million on NHS waiting lists.
Are you a veteran or family member of a veteran? If so, please take a few minutes to take our Veterans and Families Survey 2021. Your answers will help to continue to improve our services to veterans and families in the UK.
Our Head of Clinical & Medical Services, Carol Betteridge OBE, talks about NHS waiting times and the pressure on the service, and how Covid-19 has had such an impact on our wounded, injured and sick veterans, and their loved ones.
Here we share three stories of inspirational veterans wounded in Iraq who we have supported in their on-going recovery. Ways of communicating with loved ones back home were scarce in the warzone so they relied on sending military airmail letters, known as ‘Blueys’. They’ve shared some of their precious letters with us….
Iraq War survivors, Simon Brown and Warren Ward, share their 'bluey's' (blue airmail letters home), highlighting the trauma and inspiration of their own experiences that led them into the care and support of Help for Heroes.
Iraq War survivor Mark Clougherty, shares some of the stories from his 'bluey's' (blue airmail letters home), highlighting the trauma and inspiration of his own experiences that led him into the care and support of Help for Heroes.
Zoe Neve, wife of Iraq War survivor, Matt Neve, shares her story of Matt's 'bluey's' (blue airmail letters home), highlighting the trauma and inspiration of his experiences that led him into the care and support of Help for Heroes.
In his role as Activity and Wellbeing Lead for Wales and Hereford, Nick helps wounded veterans enjoy sporting activities that support their recovery journeys. Having studied Sport Science at university, Nick has always understood the important role sport can have on both physical and psychological wellbeing.
The thoughts and prayers of everybody at Help for Heroes is with the Queen and the Royal Family as they lay The Duke of Edinburgh to rest today. We remember his military heroism and why he will always be one of us, a veteran.
