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"It’s about the blokes, our men and women of the Armed Forces. It’s about Derek, a rugby player who has lost both his legs, it’s about Carl whose jaw is wired up so he has been drinking through a straw. It’s about Richard who was handed a mobile phone as he lay on the stretcher so he could say goodbye to his wife. It’s about Ben, it’s about Steven and Andy and Mark, it’s about them all. They are just blokes but they are our blokes; they are our heroes. We want to help our heroes."



About Help for Heroes
Help for Heroes (H4H) was founded by Bryn and Emma Parry after a profoundly moving visit to Selly Oak Hospital in the summer of 2007. Bryn and Emma met some extraordinarily brave young people who had been badly wounded and they just wanted to do something to help.


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The charity was launched in October 2007 and, with the backing and support of Celebrities, including Jeremy and Francie Clarkson, The Royal Family, The Media and countless ordinary decent people, it has raised over £1m a month since then.

Help for Heroes is strictly non-political. We have no affiliation with any political party and we do not endorse the use of our name for the promotion of any political viewpoint. The money that we raise at Help for Heroes is used to support wounded Servicemen and women of every colour and creed and we strongly oppose any individual or political party who believes otherwise, and those who seek to use the charity’s name for their own political gain.

Read about our wonderful team in Downton & Tidworth . . .

The message is simple: H4H does not seek to criticise or be political, we simply want to help and to do so by asking everyone to do their bit to raise money. Once that money is raised, we go to the experts in the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force for guidance as to how best to spend it. It is our intention to spend all we raise on the practical, direct support of those wounded in the service of our country since 9/11.

Read about our Headley Court Project . . .

We give capped grants to those charities and groups best able to provide the facilities and services we want our men and women to have. We do not deliver individual benevolence, as that is the work of existing Service Charities which we work very closely with.

Read our Annual Review . . .

When we began, we wanted to ensure that we would be as efficient as possible so our policy is money in and money out. We are not trying to build large reserves, we want your money to be used and quickly. We have either spent or allocated £24m to date on facilities and services. We can spend all we get, so don’t stop!

We set up H4H Trading to sell products and the profits from these sales mean that we can cover nearly all of our operating costs so rest assured, if you give us £10, currently at least £9.80 will go to the cause…. and that is better than any other charity we know of.

We are working hard to raise more money and we are passionate about what we are doing. It is needed, it is appreciated and we are making a real difference to the lives of some extraordinary young men and women. Please join us in helping our Heroes.

Thank you

The Help for Heroes Team



How we spend your money

Some of examples of how your donations have been spent.

Headley Court: The £8m Help for Heroes Rehabilitation Complex at the TriService Rehabilitation centre in Epsom, Surrey, is under construction and due to open in the spring of 2010.


Combat Stress: We are funding the £3.5 extension to the treatment centre at Leatherhead and the complex will be finished in May 2010.


Norton House: We have contributed £500,000 to SSAFA - Forces Help, towards the provision of a Relative’s House at Selly Oak. The house is a ‘home from home’ for the relatives visiting their loved ones in hospital. The house opened earlier this year and has been a resounding success.

Battle Back: We fund Battle Back, the military initiative based at Headley Court, that enables the wounded to enjoy adventure training and many of them are now training to compete at international level.


Troop Aid: We support Troop Aid who supply all of our wounded with a grab bag of essentials to make their stay at hospital more comfortable.


Skill Force: We have provided funds to enable rehabilitating servicemen to undergo an internship and learn new skills working with and inspiring schoolchildren.


Not Forgotten Association: A grant of £60k all ring-fenced for post 9/11 injured and or with disabilities and 50% of the grant specifically to support the participation of servicemen and women (including staff carers where necessary) from DRMC Headley Court, including a proportion of the event overhead.

Blesma: We have provided funds to go towards funding four adventurous events organised by BLESMA, including a transatlantic yacht race, a ski trip to Colorado, ski bobbing in Austria and the 2009 Fastnet challenge.


Launch Pad to Life: Our latest appeal, announced in March 2009, is to raise £20m to provide seven Personnel Recovery Centres for the wounded. The wounded will be able to live in purpose built houses in seven regional centres while they learn new skills to equip them for their futures, whether in the military or on to civilian life.

The first centre, The Mark Wright GC house in Edinburgh, opened in August 2009 and houses in Colchester, Catterick, Tidworth and Aldershot will follow this as quickly as we can raise the funds and build them.

Thank you

The Help for Heroes Team

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Personnel Recovery Centres (PRCtrs)

Help for Heroes’ latest venture is funding the establishment of Personnel Recovery Centres (PRCtrs) across the UK.

PRCtrs will provide a launch pad to life for seriously wounded or long term sick service personnel, supporting them as they make the transition to a fulfilling future. Prior to the Personnel Recovery Centre, once patients left hospital or the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court, most continued to convalesce at home. But not all families can provide the level of support and care that is needed to allow patients to return to duty or gain a smooth transition to a skilled and supported civilian life.

PRCtrs will provide wounded service personnel with an individually tailored programme, which takes into account their particular injury and skill set. Each centre will be attached to a garrison, so that wounded service personnel can stay within a structured military environment close to friends and family, and take advantage of the garrison facilities. Although it is hoped that every soldier wounded in the service of their country will be able to return to duty, there will be many who will be destined to leave the services, and it is important that they receive assistance in this.

The Pathfinder PRCtr, the Mark Wright GC House, opened in Edinburgh on August 17, 2009, as a partnership between Help for Heroes, which is funding the project, the service charity Erskine, which provided the building, and the army, which will provide the military staff and the programme for the twelve residents. The creation of further PRCtrs, delivered as quickly as possible, is now an absolute priority for H4H and the Army. Help for Heroes is raising money to open further, fully comprehensive centres accommodating 20 residents with larger staff in Colchester, Catterick, Tidworth, Aldershot and a more permanent solution in Edinburgh.




Get Involved - Do your bit Do your bit . . .
Help For Heroes called for the people of Great Britain to help us raise money for wounded service personnel and boy, have you stepped up to the challenge!!!

All over the country, people are baking cakes, shaving heads, parachuting, walking, hiking, cycling and much much more to raise money for our wounded boys and girls. Don’t feel you have to lay on a massive event, every event is special to us and each and every contribution is valued the same way.

The Sun campaign at the end of March has raised huge awareness for the charity and we have had a staggering total of 6,000 events registered so far. Amazingly they are still coming in thick and fast, with an average of 300 events put on to raise money for Help for Heroes each week.

To all those that have done events, we would just like to say a HUGE thank you, and for those of you about to do your bit, good luck with whatever you have planned!
Join a H4H Challenge
Cycle Land's End to John O'Groats, Climb Killimanjaro or Trek the Sahara with H4H!
Skydive in aid of H4H
Don't worry if you're scared of heights, you can't see the ground . . .
Running for Heroes
The Malta Marathon, join the H4H team and do your bit . . .
Fundraise for H4H
Information on fundraisers, how to register your fundraiser and do your bit!
Help for Heroes Information H4H Info
We understand that people give money to Help for Heroes to make a real difference to the lives of our wounded Servicemen and women.

Most of the donations and fundraising efforts come from ordinary decent people who might never have responded to a service charity before, and we want you to be able to find out exactly where your money is being spent.

Here you can learn more about the initiatives that Help for Heroes is involved with and the projects that we support, and see just how much your help is needed and appreciated.

You can also see what our chief executive and co founder, Bryn Parry, has been talking about recently and you can read the newsletter that we send out to make sure that all of our supporters are up to date with the latest Help for Heroes news.
How We Spend Your Money
People give money to Help for Heroes to make a real difference to the lives of our wounded troops.
H4H Speeches
H4H Speeches by Founder and CEO Bryn Parry.
H4H Newsletter
Read the latest newsletter and find out what's been happening . . .
H4H Web Theatre
Visit the Web Theatre and see H4H's film clips covering a variety of aspects of the charity. . .
Featured Events H4H Featured Events
Welcome to fundraising for Help for Heroes, we are asking everyone who wants to help to get out there and do something to raise money.

You can do anything that is legal; a sponsored parachute jump, dinner party, run a marathon, swim the channel, give a day's pay, shave your head, we don't mind, as long as its legal, fun and you donate the proceeds to Help for Heroes!
Red Letter Events . . .
Make sure you check out the Red Letter events and see whats hot in the social calendar . . .
Extraordinary Events . . .
Find some of the most challenging events in support of H4H. . . .
National Events . . .
Find out about events which are happening all over the UK in support of H4H . . .
Featured Events . . .
Find out about featured events which are happening all over the world in support of H4H . . .
Key Supporters Key Supporter
Since the day it was launched, Help for Heroes has been lucky enough to receive help from an incredible group of dedicated and enthusiastic supporters.

The campaigns and fundraising efforts of these big hearted individuals and organisations have turned Help for Heroes from a good idea into a phenomenon.

By championing the charity they have raised millions and helped to spread the message of support for wounded service personnel across the UK, and we would like to say a HUGE thank you to them.

Read more about the amazing work done on behalf of Help for Heroes by some of our key supporters, and see how many of your favourite celebrities you can spot wearing a Help for Heroes wristband…
The Sun
The Sun has backed H4H since we started in October 2007. . .
Phil's Millions
When Phil was recovering from surgery in Hospital, he decided to embark upon a quest . . .
Peta Todd
Peta Todd currently features in the Sun's latest campaign for Help for Heroes . . .
Look who is wearing one . . .
Look who is wearing one of our wristbands!

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