- Charity accused of becoming ‘too cosy’ with the MoD, and ‘wrongly focusing’ on veteran recovery centres
- It recently spent £20million renovating flagship centre Tedworth House, Wilts, a Grade II-listed building
- A BBC probe unearthed cases of soldiers having to pay for their own physiotherapy and prosthetic limbs
- Mother of double amputee Ben Parkinson, who carried the Olympic torch in Doncaster, said injured soldiers are not always getting the help they need
Help for Heroes has been slammed by some of Britain’s worst-injured soldiers for subsidising building projects rather than helping the war-wounded.
Veterans of the battlefield accused the charity of becoming ‘too cosy’ with the Ministry of Defence at a cost to their everyday care.
Help for Heroes has funnelled millions of pounds into recovery centres built by the MoD to give much-needed support to the wounded.
But an investigation by the BBC heard that the money is not being allocated effectively and would have been far better spent on the many soldiers who are missing out on care they so desperately need.
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Im ex-service, ive donated and helped, help for heroes, but not for this. Sadly and as often as not we see great ideas, and works put into actions ruined by those who rub up too close to the establishment , who have their ego,s rubbed and before you know it the good cause is rubbed….. out. Very disappointing news.
hi kris..may i say im proud to respond to you…you have fought for your country and this low life shower of a so called goverment owe you and your fellow troops so much..take it out of their necks and shame on the help for heroes is their no depth that greed wont stoop to..you deserve so much more..they expect the troops to put their lives on the line and for what INSULT TO INJURY..damm the lot of them…my best regards to you and your loved ones…sandra bowes-rennox.
i well thats whot is happen as you im ex rrw but its a laugh when money raised for squardies goes on other things ,so that those higher up look good when their photos taking and arse licking .but you got to remember mod gives money then its taken away for their top of the range limbs when all should be given freely . and thats whots wrong with our society ,as for this charity as its for squardies not buildings and money should be going on them davies 93 aka jeff3
War is an evil thing, but manipulation from the top is what has the masses believing in it, believing a need for it etc etc.
Those who return are damaged mentally and physically, then neglected by both society and the system.
Anyone who witnesses first hand the horrors are indeed affected for life. The elites use people like wxpenable pawns, this kind of neglect proves that they dont give a damn…….
Its obvious to see, they send troops out there to do their dirty work for them and neglect you ‘if’ you survive.
The elites are in control of you all the while you believe in them and their excuses for war etc.
So many perish, come home damaged, yet still believe they did the right thing. The elites have so many fooled.