Healing Military Minds

🎉🎖️ Exciting Announcement! 🎖️🎉 We are thrilled to invite you to the Healing Military Minds Gala Ball 2024! This spectacular event is set to be an unforgettable evening dedicated to raising funds and awareness for Combat Stress. 📅 Date: 16 November 2024 📍 Location: De Vere Cotswold Water Park Join us for a night of glamour and giving, featuring: ✨ Celebrities & Dignitaries: Share the ballroom with stars and esteemed guests! 🎶 Live Music: Dance the night away to live performances from top artists. 🍽️ Gourmet Cuisine: Indulge in a delectable dinner prepared by talented chefs. 💃 Dancing: Hit the dance floor and enjoy the vibrant atmosphere. 🛍️ Charity Auction: Bid on exclusive items and experiences, with all proceeds supporting Combat Stress. This is more than just an event; it's a chance to make a real difference in the lives of our brave service members and their families. Let's come together for a night of celebration, compassion, and community. 🕴️✨ Dress to impress and get ready to shine for a great cause. Tickets are on sale now! For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://lnkd.in/eRXY8BRu Let's make a difference, one step at a time. Together, we can Heal Military Minds. 💖 Interested in becoming a sponsor? Get in touch: sponsors@healingmilitaryminds.com

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Thank you so much to Soho house Company for generously donating an incredible prize for our auction at HMM ball the third year in a row. Each year, it raises over £1,000, and we are truly grateful for your continued support.

I can’t thank the RAF news for their support for Healing Military Minds. The latest edition of RAF News has featured a piece on Healing Military Minds, the fundraising organization I founded, which should be a great thing. However, some of the facts aren’t true. AK47 (along with John Coghlan and Bruce Dickinson) were wearing HMM T-shirts at the Herc Hangar Bash, they assumed the entire event was in aid of HMM and printed it as such.( easy mistake to make) That’s not true, and now we’re concerned you might see the article and wonder why we’ve made that claim. We’re getting a correction published in the next issue, but unfortunately, the damage is done. So, I’m asking—please don’t think any less of this great organization. 🙏

Professor Dominic Murphy, Head of Research at Combat Stress, has written an editorial reflecting on his paper, ‘Living alongside military PTSD: A qualitative study of female partners’ experiences with UK Veterans’, which was the Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health’s most read and downloaded article in 2017. Dominic’s original article formed part of a series of research projects that explored the needs of partners of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The findings of the study informed our specialist support programme for the partners of veterans – The Together Programme, which we first piloted in 2018. Click here to read the full editorial: https://ow.ly/UxNI50TBihl

On 12 September, Office for Veterans' Affairs launched a new directory and a set of online guides to help UK veterans and their families easily access services and resources, including mental health support and advice about employment and housing. The online guides provide veterans with quick links to advice and support, with an option to filter organisations using topic and location. Click here to view the guides, where you can also click through to the directory: https://lnkd.in/ejJjZ5GA

🎖️WED Supports – Healing Military Minds🎖️ We're proud to spotlight Healing Military Minds (HMM), a remarkable fundraising group founded by Corporal Hayley Court at Royal Air Force (RAF) Brize Norton. HMM is dedicated to raising funds for Combat Stress, the UK’s leading charity supporting veterans facing mental health challenges. Veteran mental health is a cause close to our hearts, and HMM’s efforts ensure that those who have served our country receive the support they deserve. Learn more about how you can get involved and make a difference for those who have given so much. For more details, check out the full article here:   https://lnkd.in/evmD-j4u #VeteranMentalHealth #CombatStress #HealingMilitaryMinds #WEDSupports #SupportOurVeterans #MentalHealthAwareness #Fundraising

What a fantastic night I had at the transformers premiere in London. The atmosphere was electric, it was also amazing seeing all the stars. Thank you Denise for the invite, I had the best time😊

The theme of 2024’s World Suicide Prevention Day is ‘Changing the Narrative on Suicide’, which aims to reshape how we think and talk about suicide in order to inspire empathy and open conversation about the subject. We hope that any veteran reading this who is struggling with their mental health knows that support is available, and that they’re never alone. If you or someone you know is in a mental health emergency or dangerous situation, please call 999 for immediate support. For any veteran who may be experiencing suicidal thoughts, Samaritans’ Veterans Support Hub for the military community can be reached on 0808 175 3075. If you’d like to talk about making a possible referral to our services, or for confidential advice and support, please call our free, 24-hour Helpline on 0800 138 1619. #WorldSuicidePreventionDay #SuicidePreventionDay #ChangeTheNarrative #StartTheConversation

Today we're warning of dire consequences for veterans if demand for our specialist support continues to outgrow our services. If new referrals to Combat Stress rise by 15% in the current financial year, we will need an extra £2.5 million to meet the demand. Without that additional funding, veterans will be at risk of not getting the treatment they need. This comes on the day that new research from King's Centre for Military Health Research and commissioned by Office for Veterans' Affairs has announced that the rate of probable post-traumatic stress disorder among veterans has increased to 1 in 10. Click here to read the full news story: https://ow.ly/ArFG50TiPQx #MentalHealthAwareness #Veterans #SupportOurTroops