{"id":1158,"date":"2011-09-30T16:46:13","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T16:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1158"},"modified":"2011-09-30T16:46:13","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T16:46:13","slug":"rafbf-makes-donation-to-armed-forces-care-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/rafbf-makes-donation-to-armed-forces-care-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"RAFBF makes donation to armed forces care centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund (RAFBF) has handed Alabare's Plymouth Home for Veterans a cheque for &pound;10,000.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Henshaw, regional director of Wales and the West of England for the RAFBF &ndash; which was established in 1919 &ndash; presented the windfall and spent time meeting staff and patients at the facility, the Plymouth Herald reports.<\/p>\n<p>Project manager at the site Dave Millward noted the funding will be used to allow the organisation to offer all of its services to veterans.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;As an ex-service person myself, I understand how difficult it can be making the transition from military to civilian life,&quot; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Millward continued by saying that individuals have to adjust to the fact they have lost the camaraderie they are used to.<\/p>\n<p>The centre is currently funded by the Royal British Legion &ndash; which also coordinates the Poppy Appeal &ndash; and was set up in February 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Samantha Thompson<br> &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-800745618-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=800745618\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The money will help Alabare&rsquo;s Plymouth Home for Veterans offer a full range of services to its patients. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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