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Quadracycle quaziness
A serving forces fellow and his brothers
cycle from Lands End to John O'Groats raising money for BLESMA
www.end2end08.org
Perfect pamper hampers that support Help
For Heroes
Imperial Hampers will give you 15% off
any of their products if you enter the code BFBS15 at the checkout.
They also give a slice of the price of the Help For Heroes hamper
to the charity. Hooray!
www.imperialhampers.com
Rob's Iron Man Challenge
Swim 2.4 miles, cycle 112 miles then run
a full marathon. All in a day. Simple, if your name's Rob Town
and you're raising cash for the RAF Benevolant Fund. Check out
his site below and chuck him a few quid for his efforts!
www.justgiving.com/austria2008
Support Our Soldiers
A great web site we heard about from Nicola
Ruecker, whose son Oliver was one of the Royal Anglian Regiment
who featured in the documentary 'Heroes Of Helmand'.
www.supportoursoldiers.co.uk
Royal Anglian mums 100 mile walk
The mothers of 9 Royal Anglian soldiers
who died in Helmand Province are raising cash for a benevolant
fund by walking 100 miles from Reading to Duxford. A great effort,
a worthy cause and a touching web site.
www.justgiving.com/christinebonner
Sally Gunnell - Join Our Team
The Olympic gold medalist joined us to
talk Beijing, London 2012, Dwain Chambers, and this - a way to
nominate someone you know in your local sporting community who
deserves some recognition.
www.joinourteam.com
Iraq'n'Roll - Gibson guitar auction!
Raising cash for Help For Heroes goes
on for the boys from Iraq'n'Roll. Check out the web site and bid
for an exclusive Gibson guitar signed by Justin Hawkins of The
Darkness. Nice!
www.myspace.com/iraqnroll
Greg House hits the Himalayas
He's not Hugh Laurie playing a grumpy
doctor, he's an RAF pilot used to flying Phantoms and Tornados
and he's taking time out to trek remote Himalayan altitudes of
17,000 feet without any supplimentary oxygen. Self funded, all
money raised will go to 2 deserving causes. Click the link to
read more and donate!
www.justgiving.com/greghouse
John Barnes on sex
The legendary footballer joined us to
promote a report about parents telling their kids the facts of
life. He should know about it, having had 6 kids of his own! This
website has all the help you need to confront that embarrassing
moment.
www.parentlineplus.org.uk
Same Difference applying cream through
dance
X Factor runners up Same Difference are
encouraging kids to slap on the sun screen with a jaunty new dance!
Check it Sean & Sarah Smith's video here!
www.bootsfuncare.com
Battle Back
A new initiative to improve the aftercare
of wounded service personnel through adventure training and sport.
www.battleback.mod.uk
Direct Jack Savoretti's new pop video
Singer songwriter Jack Savoretti told
us about a competition to give you the chance to make a video
for his single 'Soldier's Eyes'. Get all the details here!
www.jacksavoretti.com
The Brays
The Peterborough band came in to play
live and their single 'Sin' is available for download. They're
big supporters of the British Forces and 25% of Sin's sales will
go to BFBS charity The Big Salute! Nice one!
www.the-brays.co.uk
'Letters Home'
American theatre producer Jimmy Bohr is
staging a new production - 'Letters Home', which uses real letters,
emails and blogs from US and UK troops in the Middle East. He
has lots of US content, but would love more UK letters. Your identity
will be protected.This link is the email address to contact him
with any questions or to submit material.
lettershomeproject@googlemail.com
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