{"id":1170,"date":"2011-10-07T09:57:07","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T09:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1170"},"modified":"2011-10-07T09:57:07","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T09:57:07","slug":"new-centre-in-burnley-to-help-ex-servicemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/new-centre-in-burnley-to-help-ex-servicemen\/","title":{"rendered":"New centre in Burnley to help ex-servicemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new centre has been launched in Burnley to help ex-servicemen and women with any emotional problems they are facing.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation is called Salute &ndash; which stands for Soldiers Assisted Leaving Uniform Together Empower &ndash; and it seeks to help those who have left the armed forces and are struggling with alcoholism, drugs and homelessness, the Lancashire Telegraph reports.<\/p>\n<p>It already has a base at Brunshaw Avenue and the new site is on Hammerton Street.<\/p>\n<p>Keith Shepherd, who was in 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