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As Elisabeth says many on here support H4H as much as possible

"Help for Heroes are delighted to announce that we have been able to raise the £20m we pledged last March to help pay for the first four Personnel Recovery Centres. Work will begin immediately and we hope to see the first fully comprehensive centre open at Colchester in the spring of 2011 followed soon afterwards with PRCs at Catterick and then Tidworth. The H4H funded Erskine Pathfinder at Edinburgh will continue to operate for at least one more year while decisions are made as to how best to support the wounded in Scotland with either an extension of that facility or the creation of a new one closer to the Edinburgh garrison. Further centres may well be needed in future. Although this is an Army led initiative, the PRCs will be available to members of all three Services on a case by case basis in line with our declared desire to support all members of the Armed Forces.

The Centres are part of a much larger Army Recovery Capability (ARC) with Personnel Recovery Branches (PRUs) in 10 Brigades as well as 2 in London and Germany, all overseen by Personnel Recovery Branch (PRB), a new organisation that ensures that all the wounded are cared for on tailor made Individual Recovery Plans (IRPs).

Our funds will build the centres, Army staff will run them, The Royal British Legion (TRBL) will maintain them for at least ten years and have matched our funding of £20m to support this initiative. This really is an example of partnership of public and charitable funding working together and we are delighted to be able to play our part. "

http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/personnel_recovery_centres.html