Phones donated by the Norfolk Haltonians

This week I had the pleasure of meeting the Norfolk Haltonions "Tuesday Walkers". Geoff Williams contacted Phones for Heroes after making a collection of mobile phones to donate in support of Help for Heroes.

The Norfolk Haltonions are all ex RAF Apprentices once based at RAF Halton. Some of the ex servicemen served for an impressive 30 years. With their time in the RAF now behind them, they still meet every week as the "Tuesday Walkers club" at their local cafe, Forget-me-not in Lenwade Norfolk. Each week they come together for a walk in the local area, a catch up with old friends and then lunch in the cafe. The Forget-Me-Not cafe, Lenwade, is run by Angela Osbourn who has kindly placed P4H envelopes on the cafe counter for people to collect. Her husband David managed to collect many unwanted phones from his office after seeing these P4H envelopes. The RAF Haltonians and Angela gathered together in the glorious Norfolk sunshine for a photo of their fantastic efforts.

Thank you all for your donations. 



[Above: The Norfolk Haltonions, "Tuesday Walkers" and Angela from Forget-Me-Not Cafe donate phones in support of Help for Heroes. L-R: Alan Greenwood,Geoff Williams,Reg Roberts,Harvey Meadows,Geoff Skittrall, Angela Osborn, John Doel, Graham Napthen,Doug Rork and Hugh Brown.]

-Louise Barrett, 24.03.2011

General Dannatt gives his support to Phones for Heroes

In February, Phones for Heroes was lucky enough to receive a visit from General Sir Richard Dannatt, former Chief of the General Staff and founder Patron of Help for Heroes. General Dannatt has been involved with Help for Heroes since the beginning in 2007 and it was an honour to meet him. His visit was to find out more about how this Norfolk based project is supporting Help for Heroes. He was given a tour of the workshop and saw firsthand the latest batch of donations being processed.

General Dannatt said, “I think that Phones for Heroes is a most imaginative way of helping those who have been injured doing their duty in the Armed Forces in difficult and dangerous places, and of disposing of those unwanted mobile phones.” He encourages everyone to dig out those unwanted mobile for the cause, “Everyone has a role to play, if it means going to the cupboard and sending in an old mobile phone then every bit helps, however small.”

[Above: General Dannatt is quick to pick up the Union Jack mobile phone! L-R Johnny Wyndham,P4H; General Sir Richard Dannatt; Louise Barrett, P4H.]

The visit was covered by the EDP and the subsequent requests for freepost envelopes was overwhelming. We would like to extend a very big thank you to General Dannatt for taking the time to visit and support us. We would also like to thank Kathryn at the EDP for a wonderful article and her continued support to this cause. Find the article here