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<p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This spring, to raise vital money for the Coming Home campaign, the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and the Honourable Artillery Company will be joining forces on the Ypres march.<span> </span>On the 18 -20 May 2012, four members of the FANY and four from the HAC will march 100km around the Ypres Salient, taking three days to complete the route alongside military and civilian teams from across the world.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All the sponsorship raised by the eight members of the team will be split between the three charities.<span> </span>Half of the money will go to Coming Home, the charity campaign to provide specially adapted and appropriate housing for the hundreds of </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">injured</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Service personnel in need of rebuilding their lives.<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A quarter of the funds will go to the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, whose m</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">embers are dedicated volunteers who give their time freely to support both civil and military authorities within the UK.<span> </span>Members are on call, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to the City of London Police Casualty Bureau in times of major emergencies.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The last quarter of the money raised will go to the Honourable Artillery Company Benevolent Fund, which helps needy members of a regiment that trains and equips soldiers to be </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">surveillance and target acquisition specialists, with skills in covert intelligence gathering, communications and logistics.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">By marching a route around Ypres, a town which has dedicated itself to peace and remembrance, the FANY and HAC are joining together to support Coming Home’s crucial work. To find out more about Coming Home, the FANY and the HAC, please visit the websites below.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">www.coming-home.org.uk<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Charity No: 1125556</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">www.fany.org.uk<span> </span>Charity No: 249360</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <a href="http://www.hac.org.uk">www.hac.org.uk</a> Charity 208443 </span></span></p>
<p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p>