{"id":401,"date":"2010-07-16T16:54:09","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T16:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?401"},"modified":"2010-07-16T16:54:09","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T16:54:09","slug":"new-appeal-launched-to-help-returning-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/new-appeal-launched-to-help-returning-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"New appeal launched to help returning soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new appeal has been set up to aid troops returning home after serving in the Armed Forces overseas.<\/p>\n<p>Patricia Hall, whose son &ndash; Guardsman Aaron Scott &ndash; was involved in a tour of duty in Afghanistan, created Supporting the Returnees of our Nation&rsquo;s Guards (Strong), This is Nottingham reports.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Hall noted she came up with the idea after hearing her offspring&rsquo;s tales of fighting abroad. <\/p>\n<p>A launch event for the body is taking place at the Hyson Green Community Centre in Gregory Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>It will be welcoming guests tomorrow (Saturday July 16th) between 16:00 and 18:00 BST.<\/p>\n<p>The parent said she was encouraged to help when her son remarked: &quot;I have children and I want to know they can grow up safely in Nottingham without fear of terrorist attacks.&quot;   <\/p>\n<p>It was recently reported businesses in Essex had clubbed together to fund the publication of two soldier handbooks to help troops and their families acclimatise to life on Carver Barracks.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Samantha Thompson<br><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19894603-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19894603\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patricia Hall has set up Strong to help those coming back from serving overseas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6291,"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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