{"id":299,"date":"2010-05-21T13:54:05","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T13:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?299"},"modified":"2010-05-21T13:54:05","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T13:54:05","slug":"50-million-raised-for-help-for-heroes-in-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/50-million-raised-for-help-for-heroes-in-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a350 million raised for Help for Heroes in two years"},"content":{"rendered":"
A staggering £50 million has been raised for the Help for Heroes charity over a two-year period, which has gone towards assisting wounded members of the armed forces in their recovery. <\/p>\n
The Sun reports that the kind-hearted donations have helped to change the lives of many injured troops, after thousands of fundraisers up and down the country did their bit for the cause. <\/p>\n
Actor Ross Kemp, who is a patron for the charity, says: "Congratulations to everybody for doing their bit. Raising over £50million is an unbelievable thing to do and the public … should be incredibly proud of themselves." <\/p>\n
Among the causes that have benefited from the donations is an £8 million swimming pool at gym complex at the forces’ rehabilitation centre based in Headley Court in Surrey, the publication notes. <\/p>\n
Army doctors Nick Dennison and Hamish Reid could soon be set to add to this total, as they hope to raise a further £20,000 for the charity by rowing around the entire coastline of the UK. <\/p>\n
Posted by Mark Wilkins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fundraising events up and down the country have helped to raise £50 million for the Help for Heroes charity in the last two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6393,"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":"\n