Our November Charity – Combat Stress: Mental Health for Veterans
Excerpted from SEEK:
As we approach Remembrance Day, it’s important we remember the extraordinary lengths military veterans have gone to, all to keep us safe at home. Because for many, the psychological trauma some experience during military service takes a terrible toll, tearing their lives apart. Veterans may have left conflict behind, but the battle continues.
We at Combat Stress, the UK’s leading charity for mental health, believe that military trauma shouldn’t destroy the lives of veterans and their families. And so every day, our clinicians provide life changing treatment to help those veterans with complex mental health issues, like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression.
At the moment demand for our services remains high. Thousands of veterans rely on the care and support only Combat Stress provides. Over 17,000 contacts were made to our helpline this year and the age range we support stretches from 20 to 92. We must be there when people with PTSD reach out, lives depend on it. Miles Elliott
About Charity of the Month at St Mark’s
Charity of the Month was created as a way of coming together as a church community to raise money for good causes. The scheme provides ongoing support to certain organisations, and each year members of our congregation are also invited to suggest charities that they would like to promote.
