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Case studies

Support to Families

I was able to say goodbye to my wife with the dignity she deserved

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A grant of £500 towards funeral costs was made to a 70 year old former Sergeant in the Scots Guards with 13 years service. The veteran served in Cyprus, Malaya, Hong Kong and Northern Ireland. The sudden death of his wife and a lack of savings resulted in the former soldier being unable to meet the cost of his wife’s funeral.

Widow of Guardsman receive grant for husbands burial

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A grant of £500 was made towards funeral costs for a 71-year-old widow of a Guardsman who completed his National Service in the 1950s.
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Mobility, Well Being & Elderley Care

Chair-bound couple receive electric help after no longer being able to push wife’s wheelchair

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A grant of £672 was made towards the purchase of an Electrically Powered Vehicle (EPV) for a 77 year old Guardsman. Both the veteran and his wife are disabled and a recent operation had prevented the former soldier pushing his wife’s wheelchair. The provision of the electric buggy enabled the couple to remain in their own home maintaining their independence.

Wheelchair bound couple receive grant to make garden accessible

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A grant of £2,500 was made to make the garden, of the 39-year-old wife of a veteran, wheel-chair friendly. The former soldier served for 23 years with the Scots Guards (and three with the PWRR). The veteran’s wife is confined to a wheelchair due to a range of medical and is now able to enjoy the outdoors with her husband and children.
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Employment & Training

Employment & Training

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A grant of £3,450 was made towards the education of a child with special educational needs who had been declined support by local education authorities. The child’s 51 year old father had served for 17 years with the Scots Guards reaching the rank of Lance Sergeant, and had deployed on operations in the Falkland Islands, Northern Ireland and the Gulf in 1990/91. The need to care and home tutor their child had prevented the parents from gaining paid work. The educational grant helped the family afford the cost of the specialist school and allowed them time to work.

Vulnerable Child receives grant for critical education

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A grant of £3,450 was made towards the education of a child with special educational needs who had been declined support by local education authorities. The child’s 51 year old father had served for 17 years with the Scots Guards reaching the rank of Lance Sergeant, and had deployed on operations in the Falkland Islands, Northern Ireland and the Gulf in 1990/91. The need to care and home tutor their child had prevented the parents from gaining paid work. The educational grant helped the family afford the cost of the specialist school and allowed them time to work.
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Housing & Homelessness

Housing & Homelessness

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A grant of £1,500 was made to help fund home critical modifications for a 45-year-old former Sergeant and his wife. The soldier had served for 25 years, with tours in Northern Ireland, Afghanistan and Iraq. His wife is severely disabled but despite this the family lost disability benefits on the return from an overseas posting. Having saved for the purchase of their home, the couple could not afford to make adaptations to the bathroom after the lady’s physical capacity declined.

Widow of Scots Guardsman gets boiler in time for winter

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A grant of £875 was provided towards the cost of a new boiler for the 73 year old widow of a Scots Guardsman whose 12 years’ service included a tour in Malaya. The lady’s old boiler had become so dangerous that she could not use it or the gas fire to which it was linked. The provision of the new boiler gave the lady hot water and heating before the onset of winter.
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