Slides 4 & 5 .... Help for Heroes Teddy Bears Auction

This evening I am continuing the slides which make up the presentation to support the auction of our Help for Heroes Teddies that flew on combat operations with 617 sqdn, the Dambusters, over Afghanistan in March & April this year.

You will recall the Teddies will be auctioned in the sale of things money cannot buy at the Birmingham Help for Heroes Ball on 3rd November 2012. Every penny of the auction of these two fantastic and unique teddy bears will be going to Help for Heroes. www.helpforheroes.org.uk

 

 

 

 

More slides to follow tomorrow and in the days afterwards.......

Dambusters2012 is all about raising money for Help for Heroes, H4H. Please do take the time to read the information below which is lifted directly from the excellent Help for Heroes website.

Feel moved to help? Visit www.bmycharity.com/dambusters2012 and make a donation today! Thank you.

Who are H4H?

H4H was founded by Bryn and Emma Parry after a visit to the hospital at Selly Oak. It is a charity (Reg no 1120920) which provides direct, practical support, primarily to those wounded in current conflicts. It launched on 1 Oct 2007.

Why was H4H formed?

We don’t care about the rights and wrongs of war but we believe that if young men and women are prepared to volunteer to serve our country on our behalf, and are hurt while doing so, they deserve our support. We want that support to be the best and to be there for life.

What does H4H do?

We raise funds and give grants to;          

• Build capital projects like the £8.5m Rehabilitation Complex at Headley Court, the H4H wing at Combat Stress, the £1 million enhancement of facilities at Blind Veterans UK, Llandudno or the Recovery Centres at Tidworth , Catterick , Colchester and Plymouth.
• Help individuals. Where there is need, we provide immediate support to serving, veterans and their families through our Quick Reaction and our Individual Recovery Programme funds. As at August 2012, Help for Heroes has awarded £4.2m to these funds, helping 2,226 individuals.
• Support Battle Back. We are Founder Patrons and supporters of the MOD Adaptive Sport and Adventurous Training programme, Battle Back which enables our wounded to ‘feel the wind in the face and the sun on the back’. We also support veterans through our Battle Back Phoenix initiative at the Recovery Centres.
• Provide grants to other delivery charities. We give grants to other charities to allow them to deliver services and support.
• Stay in touch. Our Band of Brothers and Band of Sisters fellowships allow us to support the wounded, injured and sick and their nearest and dearest. Current membership (August 2012) of the Band of Brothers stands at 1360 and the Band of Sisters at 720 and these figures are growing daily.

Who do we support?

Our Charitable Objects allow us to support;

• Serving members of the Armed Forces, both regular and reservists and their families.
• Veterans and their families.
• Those under command of the Armed Forces (e.g. journalists or others who are injured while embedded or under command, (i.e. Merchant Navy etc) on a case by case basis.

The urgent need is to support the wounded, injured and sick and their families. As our resources are limited, we have chosen to focus our support on those categories above that have had their lives changed by their service during the current conflicts. This is not exclusive and much of our support (ie to Combat Stress or Blind Veterans UK) also benefits those affected in earlier conflicts. We will always strive to help anyone affected by conflict, within our charitable objects, linking to other Service charities where appropriate. If in doubt, contact us and we will do all we can to help.