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WWTW Beneficiary, Shaun, initially struggled adapting to civvy life. After receiving help from WWTW's mental health programme, he is now a successful business owner as well as a Life Coach.

In January 2020, Chris from the WWTW Team, set-off on the trek of a lifetime as he walked 100km across the Sahara Desert with Tribal Tracks. A WWTW team will be heading out in early 2022 to take on a similar challenge and in this blog, Chris offers his top tips on what to expect, what to pack and he shares his favourite memory.

Former Welsh Guardsman and Walking With The Wounded (‘WWTW’) CEO, Fergus Williams, is preparing to set off on a 200-mile cycle from the WWTW North West Hub in Canada Street, Manchester to the WWTW Head Quarters in Stody, Norfolk.

In 2022, Her Majesty The Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, seventy years of service, having acceded to the throne on 6th February 1952 when Her Majesty was 25 years old.

Men are now almost three times more likely to see a therapist than in 2009, according to Mind’s ‘Get it off your chest’ study. This is a move in the right direction although, according to numerous studies, men continue to struggle with mental health in silence.

On Sunday 13th June, Walking With The Wounded’s Walk Of America team of veterans were asked to meet with Dr Jill Biden and The President of the United States of America at the steps of Air Force One at Heathrow airport.

WWTW has launched ‘Small Steps Big Differences’ a new fundraising campaign designed to show how small donations can unlock the biggest differences in the lives of those who served.

Aldershot veterans have joined forces with Hampshire Countryside Services team to assist with their Rights of Way project.

Written by Lynsey Cordiner, IPS Employment Adviser.

Walking With The Wounded’s volunteering programme OP-REGEN has been honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK.