News

3 November 2017

Blind Veterans UK

Challenge, Disability Support, fundraising, Sport, Veterans, Welfare

Blind veteran from East Sussex climbs Mount Kilimanjaro

A blind veteran from East Sussex has successfully climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women.

Mark Threadgold, 49 and from Saltdean, says: “It was a brilliant experience and couldn’t have gone better.

“I billed it as the trip of the lifetime and it absolutely was. It was a true privilege to stand on the roof of Africa.”

Mark completed the climb with a company called Charity Challenge, who arranged The Big Red Nose Climb for Comic Relief in 2009. He says: “They were absolutely on the ball, everyone from the top down worked their socks off.

3 November 2017

Scotty’s Little Soldiers

Awards, Children, Event, Families, fundraising, Remembrance

Over £21,000 raised for children of the Fallen at Armed Forces Charity’s annual ball

Scotty’s Little Soldiers, the charity dedicated to supporting children who have lost a parent while serving in the British Armed Forces, celebrated its 7th annual ball this past weekend raising over £21,000 for its members.

Held on Saturday 28th October at the De Vere Staverton Estate hotel near Daventry, the Scotty’s Ball celebrates a coming together of charity supporters along with the year’s fundraising activity from the charity and all its affiliates. 282 guests enjoyed a night which included live music, a three-course meal and award ceremony alongside fundraising activity.

3 November 2017

The Royal British Legion

Army, Children, Events, Families, fundraising, Marines, Merchant Navy, Navy, RAF, Remembrance, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Serving, Veterans, Welfare

London Poppy Day gets underway in bid to raise £1m in one day

2,000 collectors hit the capital’s streets in aid of the Poppy Appeal
London Poppy Day, the largest one-day street collection of its type in Europe was underway today, as 2,000 collectors including uniformed personnel, from the Royal Navy, the Army, and the Royal Air Force, veterans and supporters, hit the streets in a bid to raise £1m for The Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal.

Collections took place at 68 tube stations and mainline stations across the city alongside performances by military bands at ten stations. The familiar voices of beloved Londoners Barbara Windsor and Shane Richie could be heard across the tube network encouraging Londoners to get into the spirit of the day and to give generously.

2 November 2017

Army Benevolent Fund

Army, Events, Families, fundraising, Serving, Sport, Veterans, Welfare

ABF The Soldiers’ Charity is recruiting for it’s new challenge: Rifle Run

Rifle Run combines a military march and shoot with a competitive, cross country race. Along the course you’ll find three shooting challenges (two air-rifle and one shotgun). Be warned – for every shot you miss you’ll face a 250m penalty loop. Miss all your shots and you’ll run 15km in total.

What’s your tactic? Pace yourself and hit the targets, or push your “red zone” and lose your aim?

2 November 2017

The Seafarers' Charity

Challenge, Events, Fund-raising, fundraising, Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Sport

Seafarers UK calls for corporate teams to take on the 24 Peaks Challenge

The UK maritime industry’s most rewarding team-building event is on 7-8 July 2018, when up to 30 teams of trekkers will take on Seafarers UK’s 24 Peaks Challenge. Over 24 hours, 24 peaks over 2,400 feet in the Lake District are ascended by teams of four to six people. Awards are presented to the top fundraising team and the company that recruits the most teams.

Each team pledges to raise £4,000 for Seafarers UK, the charity that helps people in the maritime community by providing vital funding to support seafarers in need and their families.

1 November 2017

Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

Competition, fundraising, RAF, Royal Air Force, Serving, Veterans, Welfare

As 10 unique Aston Martin Vanquish S Red Arrows cars roll off the production line, one rolls into Canary Wharf – and you could win it!

The RAF Benevolent Fund launched the exciting raffle to win the limited edition car earlier this year. The car is worth £275,000 and tickets to win it are just £20, with all proceeds going towards the RAF’s leading welfare charity in support of the RAF Family, past and present.

The car will visit Canary Wharf in November as part of the area’s Remembrance Day commemorations this year – sited on Reuters Plaza. Plus members of the Red Arrows team including pilots and Red 1 Sqn Ldr David Montenegro and ‘Blues’ – engineers and other support staff – will be visiting the car on November 1 to help sell tickets.

1 November 2017

Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

fundraising, RAF, Royal Air Force, Serving, Veterans, Welfare

Don’t get in a pickle – join the RAF100 Cookbook high-fryers!

No need to wing it when it comes to creating a culinary masterpiece – get yourself a copy of the RAF100 Cookbook instead!

Researched, cooked, photographed and written by current or former servicemen and women, and dedicated, non-serving enthusiasts, the countries visited have all hosted an RAF presence in some way since the Service was founded in 1918.

1 November 2017

Armed Forces Para-Snowsport Team

Army, Events, fundraising, Navy, RAF, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Sport, Veterans, Welfare

The Armed Forces Para Snowsports Team – Report

The Armed Forces Para Snowsport Team (AFPST) has gone from strength to strength this year, with growth in the foundation teams and truly impressive performances on the world stage. The charity is run by volunteers, and exists to aid the recovery of wounded, injured and sick Service personnel and veterans. It does this through the medium of adaptive Alpine skiing, snowboarding and Nordic skiing, providing a winter sports focus for adaptive athletes to regain their spirit of challenge, competition and achievement.

1 November 2017

Holidays For Heroes Jersey

Events, fundraising, Veterans, Welfare

Holidays for Heroes Jersey annual Military Gala Dinner

The Dinner was held on 12th October at The Royal Yacht Hotel in St Helier, Jersey. Organised by Stuart Sullivan, landlord of the Dog & Sausage, a very military Pub in St Helier! This was the seventh such dinner arranged by him and included a presentation and Q & A with former SAS Phil Campion together boxing champion and former sparring partner of Mike Tyson, “Big” Joe Egan.

Joe is a superb Auctioneer and unique lots such as a painting of HRH Prince Charles as C in C Parachute Regiment were sold at great prices. This excellent evening raised almost £2000.

1 November 2017

Holidays For Heroes Jersey

Events, fundraising, Holiday, Veterans, Welfare

Holidays for Heroes Jersey – Fundraiser at the Boat House Restaurant in St Aubin

Support for Holidays for Heroes Jersey is so strong in Jersey and on 14th September, a fundraising event at The Boat House Restaurant in St Aubin, provided guests not only with a grandstand view of the Jersey International Air Display, but also an opportunity to help two deserving causes.

A total of £15,000 was raised which included more than £12,000 donated to Holidays for Heroes Jersey and just over £3,000 to help provide relief aid for Barbuda – the first Caribbean island to suffer the full force of Hurricane Irma.

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