Supporting Help for Heroes

v_norman_v

Honour over glory are making a pretty sweet tshirt for help the heroes. I just bought mine!

intranicity

v_norman_v wrote: »

Honour over glory are making a pretty sweet tshirt for help the heroes. I just bought mine!

Just bare in mind one thing, and I support the idea of H4H, that buying merchandise except for wristbands goes to H4H Trading, a private company that pays the wages of people at H4H, if you want your money to go to H4H and the work it does, and not pay wages, buy a wristband or give money in the collecting tins or as a cash donation, that money does go to to the projects they run.

Might sound a mean post, but just pointing out that buying a T Shirt pays wages, donating money goes where you expect it to go, well as long as you realise that a Hero only exists post 9/11........

Yogibear

as much as I am dismayed when a soldier is injured /killed they are not Heroes nobody asked them to join up they are not fighting a war,the Afghans are not a fighting force and anyway it`s their country heroes are guys that hang over the sea from helicoptors rescuing people

deankent

i asked for help from Help for Heroes but because i wasnt injured after 2001 they refused.

notatvstar

Yogibear wrote: »

as much as I am dismayed when a soldier is injured /killed they are not Heroes nobody asked them to join up they are not fighting a war,the Afghans are not a fighting force and anyway it`s their country heroes are guys that hang over the sea from helicoptors rescuing people

... erm. Didn't the yanks train a considerable part of the Taliban when the Russians invaded? Also the Taliban are very well sponsored and armed. It is clear you don't know anyone who's been in 'Afghan' nor do you have a clue about modern history.

In as much as your sentiment is a valid one (although I do not agree with it) your justification that Op Herrick isn't a 'real fight' is completely wrong.

notatvstar

deankent wrote: »

i asked for help from Help for Heroes but because i wasnt injured after 2001 they refused.

Can't the Legion help?

xfive71

deankent wrote: »

i asked for help from Help for Heroes but because i wasnt injured after 2001 they refused.

Hi Deankent, I've sent you a private message just in case you are not checking this forum. Please check with your local Royal British Legion and SSAFA Forces Help. I work for SSAFA Forces Help myself and we help both servicemen and ex-servicemen as well as their families. Here is our website :

http://www.ssafa.org.uk/index.asp

For all the kind people on this forum, if you do know of someone similar to DeanKent's position ie. they don't qualify for H4H because they were prior to 2001, please send them our way. We estimate that a few million ex-servicemen and their families are eligible for help but are not getting it. Thank you

spike7451

deankent wrote: »

i asked for help from Help for Heroes but because i wasnt injured after 2001 they refused.

Contact the Veterans agency,I did after I was laid off in June with a heart problem,the VA came out to see me & have arranged for me to have a medical next week to get me a War Disability Pension.They also arranged for the RAFA rep to call,who assessed my financial & personal circumstances &,a couple of weeks later,I was awarded a grant for over £2.6k to pay off some bills amassed since redundancy & periods of temporary work & for living expenses.
I wasn't expecting them to help as much as they did but I'm eternally grateful to them.