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I recently met a couple in their seventies who have organised, packed, wrapped and posted around 700 welfare parcels to troops serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. They also do have some helpers aiding their fantastic cause, despite the efforts of the MOD and have made life a little bit more comfortable.

I have started putting a website together for them. Now any of your looking at the link below will soon realise I am not a web designer and should stick to the day job.

There will be pictures, more info, more lists of desirables, guest book, and a Paypal thingy to get money from people. There are a number of worthy organisations doing this and Rita Hedgecock has been for a number of years now.

Therefore if there are any website designers who could assist, anyone good on SEO, anyone that could help with marketing and getting advertising to help with the running costs it would be very much appreciated.

The organisation is lots of small teams working independantly across the country, so it would be good become a registered charity and become more effective.

If you have served there and could say what would be useful to get sent out and have you heard of or received anything from them, it would be great to know.

Ta.

www.treatsfortroops.co.uk
 
Very worth while.now we know what we can send.my mum used to send me cake but it was always hard as nails when i got it.may be something to do with her not being a good cook.even the sergeant wouldn,t eat it and he was from cornwall.things are a lot worse out there now so we all need to give the lads and lasses some encouragement...
 
Waste of time, half the stuff is binned and clogs up vital personal mail. Much prefer to see funds raised for Help Heroes etc.:PDT_Xtremez_34:
 
Nothing like a little support is there...........

Nothing like a little support is there...........

Gillo said:
Waste of time, half the stuff is binned and clogs up vital personal mail. Much prefer to see funds raised for Help Heroes etc.:PDT_Xtremez_34:
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Jesus I bet Christmas is a bundle of laughs in your house too.:PDT_Xtremez_32:
 
Gillo said:
Waste of time, half the stuff is binned and clogs up vital personal mail. Much prefer to see funds raised for Help Heroes etc.:PDT_Xtremez_34:
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not quite the case if you ask around ....... a little enterprise was ran via people on here a couple of years ago ! nothing is a waste of time!!

 
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SOS Christmas Parcel Appeal

SOS Christmas Parcel Appeal

Hello, Karen from Support Our Soldiers here. Despite our name we do support all the Services. Just to say that there's absolutely no doubt that the care packages are a huge boost to morale to the lads and lassies serving overseas. They represent the support and goodwill of the great British public and are very much appreciated.

The only point that I would like to make is that there is a danger of overwhelming the systems and disrupting essential supplies. We work very closely with the MOD and BFPO and have their full permission to proceed with our Appeal -

'The MOD welcomesSOS's work. The aspiration to provide support to the men and women on the front line is shared by many of the public. This charity has arranged with the British Forces Post Office to send high quality parcels to named Service personnel on operations in a way which causes the minimum of disruption to the operational postal service' http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/A...ersonnel/PublicSupportForOurServicePersonnel/

We have agreed to limit the number of parcels sent this year to 12,000 and once this limit has been reached then any additional donations, parcels or parcel fillers will be used to send parcels during 2010. And that's no bad thing, as we need to think about our boys and girls all year and not just at Christmas.

And we also try to help on a more permanent basis too, 50p for every parcel sent this Christmas will be donated to BLESMA, a charity which I'm sure you know very well. Last year we were able to present them with a cheque for £15,000 through our Christmas Parcel Appeal and from funds raised for them during the year.

So if anyone would like to join in and really make a difference our website is www.supportoursoldiers.co.uk

Many thanks

Karen
 

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Thanks for those replies. Karen, your organisation has done a great job and helped out many troops, lifting their morale. So thank you for that, you should be proud of yourself and your team.

As a soldier who served in the Gulf the first time around, I will without hesitation say that the parcels I received were fantastic. The letters we got as well were very encouraging, people whom we had never met sending us their support. We also received many letters from young ladies wanting to write to a soldier. This was particularly welcome!!! Indeed I met up with one and we were seeing each other for about a year....Is there scope for "penpal" letters to be added into the parcels for handing out in theatre?

Karen, I will PM you. When I first spoke to this retired couple I did not know of your charity. I just wanted to take some of the burden from them. I believe economies of scale could help everyone and ensuring we get the end result is of utmost importance.
 
Thank you both for your kind welcome and replies. The couple from Treats for Troops are doing an amazing job, and all credit to them. And if there's anyway we can help out we'd be very pleased to do so.

And as for penpals, well we forward lots of letters, from the young girls and the not so young too! Adopt a granny's the in thing at the mo, might not be so glamorous but they certainly look after 'their' boys !!
 
sapper said:
I recently met a couple in their seventies who have organised, packed, wrapped and posted around 700 welfare parcels to troops serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. They also do have some helpers aiding their fantastic cause, despite the efforts of the MOD and have made life a little bit more comfortable.

I have started putting a website together for them. Now any of your looking at the link below will soon realise I am not a web designer and should stick to the day job.

There will be pictures, more info, more lists of desirables, guest book, and a Paypal thingy to get money from people. There are a number of worthy organisations doing this and Rita Hedgecock has been for a number of years now.

Therefore if there are any website designers who could assist, anyone good on SEO, anyone that could help with marketing and getting advertising to help with the running costs it would be very much appreciated.

The organisation is lots of small teams working independantly across the country, so it would be good become a registered charity and become more effective.

If you have served there and could say what would be useful to get sent out and have you heard of or received anything from them, it would be great to know.

Ta.

www.treatsfortroops.co.uk
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I have a friend who teaches web design at our local college - I have forwarded your message onto her to see if some of her whizz kids can knock something up as part of her class.
 
I was in the COB a couple of Xmas's ago and I still have the Xmas box that they dish out to all of the guys and gals on det. I also received several Xmas parcels from wellwishers in the UK which also contained lots of spot-on goodies.

Stuff that appeared in both boxes included:

1) Decent tea bags - it sounds like a moot point, but they are a winner and better than the waterproof ones that people generally liberate from the mess.

2) Toothbrush.

3) Shower gel - prices in the EFI for this kind of stuff is horrendous.

4) Chewing gum.

5) Baby wipes - the man who invented these needs a knighthood. Ideal for times when the bogs and showers go U/S (as they frequently at the COB) and also when the weather gets hotter for refreshing yourself.

6) Socks.

7) Pen and writing paper.

I'm sure there are a plethora of other things that people would quite happily have in their det parcel, but those are the things that sprung immediately to mind.
 
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Just a thought - why don't you change your name to reflect that then? Just seems a bit exclusive rather than all inclusive.
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Yes perhaps we should consider that. We set up in 2003 when my lad who was serving with 12 Regt RA was deployed to Iraq, and the name was appropriate then. And it is quite widely recognised now. But will certainly give it some thought.
 
I think you should, because ALL 3 SERVICES are in Afghanistan and I hate to say it, but people will always support their favourite service charity, be it Army, RAF, or RN/RM...

So to my view, with a name like that - you're sort of shooting your self in the foot a bit and stopping receiving support or donations from some quaters...


Just purely my thoughts of course, but as I said before you should appear to be all inclusive not just exclusive as your name suggests.
 
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