Tag: Help for Heroes
YULETIDE YOMP TO SUPPORT TWO CHARITIES
SATURDAY’S Yuletide Yomp will raise money for two military-related charities – Help for Heroes and the Army Benevolent Fund. The annual fundraiser, which was the idea of Guernseyman Corporal Alex Ward who serves with 5th Battalion, The Rifles, is now in its fifth year. Each Christmas, serving and retired military personnel walk 13 miles from [...]
CLEGG GIFFORD STAFF TAKE THE STRAIN TO HELP HEROES
All the staff from the Guernsey office of insurance broker Clegg Gifford will be taking to the roads next month to raise money for the Help for Heroes Charity. The 11 members of staff have agreed to pull an ex-US Army Ambulance from Vale Castle to the Albert Pier in a sponsored fundraising event on [...]
CONDOR FERRIES SUPPORTS HELP FOR HEROES ‘ROCK TO ROCK’ RIDE
CONDOR Ferries is pleased to be supporting three former members of the UK Armed Services on their charity cycle ride from Guernsey to Gibraltar, which starts tomorrow [Friday 9 July]. Guernsey-based members of the Channel Island volunteers of Help for Heroes will cycle more than 2,100km to Gibraltar. They plan to ride more than 170km [...]
EX-SOLDIERS LAUNCH EPIC CHARITY RIDE ACROSS EUROPE
Guernsey News, 14 April 2010 – FOUR local former UK Armed Forces Personnel will cycle from Guernsey to Gibraltar this July to help raise money for wounded British troops. The Guernsey-based members of the Channel Island branch of Help for Heroes will pedal over 2,100km, from the highest point in Guernsey to Gibraltar, before parking [...]
‘GRAND-A-MILE’ ISLANDERS HELP THE HEROES
Guernsey News, 25 January 2010 – Islanders’ generosity has amazed the organisers of a festive fundraising march for wounded British troops, with donations topping a thousand pounds per mile. The ‘Yuletide Yomp’, organised by the Channel Island branch of Help for Heroes, raised over £13,100 for wounded service personnel. The 13-mile march took place on [...]
HEROES HOME FOR YULETIDE YOMP
Guernsey News, 14 December 2009 – Serving and retired soldiers will take to Guernsey’s roads for a festive fundraising march, to raise money for wounded British troops. Billed as a ‘Yuletide Yomp’, the march is the brainchild of local soldier Alex Ward, currently serving with 5th Battalion the Rifles. Mr Ward, who saw active service [...]
LOCAL PINT PROCEEDS FOR FORCES’ FUND
Isle News, 10 August 2009 –Proceeds from the sale of a thousand pints of a local, cask conditioned real ale will soon be helping injured Servicemen and women. Liberation Ale was launched at the start of this year’s Liberation Day weekend celebrations, with a 10p donation from each pint sold pledged to Armed Forces charity [...]
