{"id":1843,"date":"2012-11-14T13:50:18","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T13:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1843"},"modified":"2012-11-14T13:50:18","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T13:50:18","slug":"h4h-gets-1m-from-radio-appeals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/h4h-gets-1m-from-radio-appeals\/","title":{"rendered":"H4H gets \u00a31m from radio appeals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Help for Heroes (H4H) has benefited from over &pound;1 million thanks to a three-year long fundraising effort by three radio stations.<\/p>\n<p>Smooth, Real Radio and Real XS came together to promote the work of the armed forces charity.<\/p>\n<p>On September 28th, a day of programming was dedicated to H4H and it saw celebrities such as Leona Lewis, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Stewart and Mick Hucknall help out.<\/p>\n<p>Some &pound;255,000 was collected on the day and this was enough to take the initiative &ndash; which was only started back in 2009 &ndash; past the &pound;1 million mark.<\/p>\n<p>Real and Smooth Group programme director John Simons said: &quot;This has been yet another incredible year for H4H Day. 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