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Help For Heroes

Help For Heroes was the idea of Appeal Chairman Bryn Parry and a group of friends and relations, many of who have connections with serving servicemen and women. Bryn and his wife Emma wanted to do something to help the wounded and came up with the idea of a sponsored bike ride. They mentioned it to some friends who mentioned it to some more friends and suddenly Help For Heroes was born and growing fast. A flurry of visits to various offices led to the campaign being blessed by the head of the army, Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt. Help For Heroes does wonderful work for soldiers and other servicemen and women both directly and through its support of other service charities.

We called for the people of the United Kingdom to show their support and affection for ‘our blokes’ and to do so by ‘doing their bit’. Our call has been heard throughout Britain and an army of volunteers is fund raising to support our wounded. People all over the country have done something, run marathons, climbed mountains, ridden bikes, shaved their legs, eaten pies, washed cars, run balls, any number of things as long as they are legal, safe and decent. To date we have raised £17 million or £1million a month to support our blokes. Help For Heroes is very simple; we are strictly non-political, we accept that wars happen under any government and we are not critical; we simply want to help. www.helpforheros.org.uk

Call Help for Heroes on 0845 673 1760 or 01980 846 459. Registered charity number 1120920.

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