353 Ball Raises £13,600 for the Afghanistan Trust

Once again we would like to give our thanks to Tony Lewis and 353 for their fantastic efforts and continued support. The 353 Ball has just raised an outstanding sum of £10,000 for the Afghanistan Trust. The Ball was held in Conrad Lewis’ old school, the Guy Nelson Hall, Warwick School. Such dedication and commitment cannot be put into words.

The Barnsley Branch of the Parachute Regimental Association was also present and together with their friends contributed a fantastic £3,600 to the Trust.

‘Leading in Adversity’ raises almost 1K for the Afghanistan Trust

Captain Martin Hewitt managed to raise a fantastic sum of £845.00 for the trust just by will speak about his experiences in the context of leading in adversity. Martin is an accomplished and humorous public speaker and the proceeds of the money raised from his talk will be donated to the Parachute Regiment’s Afghanistan Trust charity for wounded soldiers www.afghanistantrust.org and the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine Patient Welfare Fund www.rcdm-patientwelfarefund.com

Captain Martin Hewitt was awarded a Mention in Dispatches for his first tour of duty in Afghanistan with the Parachute Regiment. On his second tour of duty he was hit by a Taliban bullet and severely wounded; the injury he sustained led to the loss of the use of his right arm.

Despite these injuries, Martin has trekked to the North Pole with Walking to the Wounded as one of Harry’s Heroes as seen on the BBC. He has also set up the GB disabled ski team and climbed 8,000 metre peaks in the Himalayas in preparation for making an attempt on Everest.

NISSAN STILL SUPPORTING THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT AFGHANISTAN TRUST

MOROCCAN MISSION IS A GO!!!!
In April 2012 NISSAN GB, for the first time in their history, will be organising a charity expedition to North Africa in support of The Parachute Regiment Afghanistan Trust.
A team of 16 people comprising of NISSAN GB staff and wounded soldiers from the Parachute Regiment are hoping to raise ￡50,000 by doing this “Desert Survival Expedition” challenge.
The idea of this challenge is that the expedition will comprise of four teams which will be led by an injured soldier who has served in Afghanistan. They will drive to Morocco in specially prepared NISSAN NAVARAS. All the while they are going to be set challenges testing their survival and teamwork skills to the max.

For more information about this expedition take a look at the following:
http://www.justgiving.com/2012missionmorocco

‘Leading in Adversity’ - A talk by Captain Martin Hewitt to raise money for wounded soldiers.

On: Thursday 22nd March 2012

Drinks 1830-1915

Presentation 1930-2030


Tickets: £25


At JPMorgan (125 London Wall, London EC2Y 5AJ)

In aid of:
Captain Martin Hewitt was awarded a Mention in Dispatches for his first tour of duty in Afghanistan with the Parachute Regiment. On his second tour of duty he was hit by a Taliban bullet and severely wounded; the injury he sustained led to the loss of the use of his right arm. Despite these injuries, Martin has trekked to the North Pole with Walking to the Wounded as one of Harry’s Heroes as seen on the BBC. He has also set up the GB disabled ski team and climbed 8,000 metre peaks in the Himalayas in preparation for making an attempt on Everest.

Martin will speak about his experiences in the context of leading in adversity. Martin is an accomplished and humorous public speaker and the proceeds of the money raised from his talk will be donated to the Parachute Regiment’s Afghanistan Trust charity for wounded soldiers www.afghanistantrust.org and the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine Patient Welfare Fund www.rcdm-patientwelfarefund.com

If you would like to attend the talk, then please forward your details to Paul Findlay at paul.findlay1@barclays.com

Rugby 4 Heroes

Old Leamingtonians RFC presents the 4th Annual Rugby 4 Heroes Festival on the weekend of Friday 18th May through Sunday 20th May 2012. They are supporting the Afghanistan Trust as one of their good causes.

There is much to do and see including tournaments, a parachute display by The Parachute Regiment Red Devils, live music and much much more. Adult admission is £10 for the weekend and kids go free, so come along support The Afghanistan Trust and have a great weekend.

The Regiment have two teams taking part in the knockout competition.

www.rugbyforheroes.org