Care After Combat Charity

There is a photograph in Wrexham.Com this morning (Friday 5th ) of Wrexham M.P. Ian Lucas with a Darryl Heaton from the Veterans Charity " Care After Combat".

Caption states that the charity is now operating in the Wrexham area. However, there is no other information and have been on their web site this morning and as yet there is no local contact address, although there is one for Swansea.

I am beginning to think there are too many of these ex-military charities starting up.

I am all for supporting the lads and looking after our casualties and ex-Forces, [I am obviously one myself,] but it is starting to look like the ‘fat-cats’ are getting involved and the proverbial ‘band wagon' is starting to fill up.

It is becoming a platform for attention seeking politicians [“if their lips move they are lying”] getting another podium for their political aspirations or yet another photo opportunity.
Is someone making money here or on a fat salary?

Where were all these do-gooders when we were taking heavy losses? In Aden, what about all wounded, mentally and physically injured on roulment in NI.

Think again about the casualties we took in the Falkland Island conflict, the bucket collectors soon disappeared after the conflict became un newsworthy.

We need to concentrate all our efforts on a small number of good organisations who are already providing support through proven methods, rather than trying to do the same with a large number of untried groups who will only rake off some profit for themselves rather than provide the help needed.

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Originally Posted by LightOrder

I am beginning to think there are too many of these ex-military charities starting up.

I am all for supporting the lads and looking after our casualties and ex-Forces, [I am obviously one myself,] but it is starting to look that the ‘fat-cats’ are getting involved and the proverbial ‘band wagon is starting to fill up.

It is becoming a platform for attention seeking politicians [“if their lips move they are lying”] getting another podium for their political aspirations or yet another photo opportunity.
Is someone making money here or on a fat salary?

Where were all these do-gooders when we were taking heavy losses? In Aden, what about all wounded, mentally and physically injured on roulment in NI.

Think again about the casualties we took in the Falkland Island conflict, the bucket collectors soon disappeared after the conflict became un newsworthy.

We need to concentrate all our efforts on a small number of good organisations who are already providing support through proven methods, rather than trying to do the same with a large number of untried groups who will only rake off some profit for themselves rather than provide the help needed.

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There is a lot of truth in what you say, and it would appear from the surge of a number of these charities that they only concentrate one particular conflict.