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HELP for
HEROES
Tim
Wilkes served with the
Vikings, 1 Royal
Anglian, from 1974 to 1985, and writes:
HELP for HEROES is a new charity formed to help those servicemen and women
who have been wounded or injured in Britain’s current conflicts. These
heroes often find themselves at Selly Oak hospital and Headley Court
Tri-service Rehabilitation Centre. There are some extraordinary people
there, both the wounded and their wonderful nursing staff.
In particular, Headley Court needs new facilities and equipment and I want
to help them raise the funds required; the target is £5 million.
So in May 2008 I am taking part in the Big Battlefield Bike Ride. With
fellow former Viking
Julian Pollard
and 298 other riders, including some of the wounded from Headley Court, we
shall cycle from Le Havre to Calais, visiting some of the First and Second
World War battle fields and memorials. We shall ride 350 miles in seven
days.
Click
here to read how you can help and read the May 2008 update. |