Grenadier Guards, Colonel's Fund

Istanbul2WellyB · 8 August 2016
Thank you for coming to our page. Darren Smith and I are proud
to be former members of the Queens company, 1st Bn Grenadier Guards and will be riding unsupported from Istanbul to London in just 10 days. This is going to be an extremely arduous task for two very good causes, The Colonel's Fund and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
around the world have taken their toll on our service men and their families
which various physical and psychiatric injuries. The Colonel's Fund,
established by the regiment to address these areas.
Objectives of the Fund
There are currently 400,000 people in the UK with type 1 diabetes, over 29,000 of them are children.
The JDRF are committed to eradicating type 1 diabetes and its effects for everyone in the UK with type 1, and at risk of developing it. To work towards a day when there is no more type 1 we fund world-class research approved and administered by our international research programme to cure, treat and prevent type 1 diabetes make sure research moves forward and treatments are delivered as fast as possible give support and a voice to people with type 1 and their families
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