Charity

This term (Autumn 2009) the Scouts have voted to support the charity Help for Heroes. Watch this space for more information on our fundraising efforts.

Help for Heroes exists for the practical, direct support of those wounded in the service of our country since 9/11. Help for Heroes is strictly non-political. It has no affiliation with any political party and does not endorse the promotion of any political viewpoint.

Help for Heroes gives capped grants to those charities and groups best able to provide the facilities and services we want our men and women to have. It does not deliver individual benevolence, as that is the work of existing Service Charities with which they work.

Examples of work the charity has supported include:

Read more about the charity on its website www.helpforheroes.org.uk

·	the £8m Help for Heroes Rehabilitation Complex at the TriService Rehabilitation centre in Epsom, Surrey
·	a £3.5 extension to the treatment centre at Leatherhead for battling combat stress
·	a Relative’s House at Selly Oak for relatives visiting their loved ones in hospital