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ABF CYPRUS The Army Benevolent Fund is the Army’s national charity. Since the end of the Second World War it has helped soldiers, former soldiers and their families in times of real need. The charity provides timely practical and financial support to four generations of Army Families, the physically disabled, the mentally ill, the homeless, the unemployed and the elderly. In the spirit of a "hand-up rather than a hand-out" the Fund promotes and encourages self-reliance, self-confidence and a better quality of life. The Army Benevolent Fund (Cyprus) is the local embodiment of these ideals. |
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ABF FACTS: The ABF helped 2600 individuals last year spending £2.2M doing so. In addition there were another 80 or so other charities that help our people that absorbed another £2.4M. The Fund gave over £200K to SSAFA for our (ABF) casework and another £100K for Norton House at Headley Court; The ABF started Help for Heroes (H4H) off with £50K at the beginning of their campaign; the Victory Services Club had £100K and the Royal Hospital (Chelsea) £500K. The ABF :
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LOCAL NEWS 2008 The picture shows the welfare minibus, presented to The Army Benevolent Fund (Cyprus), free and clear, by Andy's Motors Ltd, for the use of the troops and families of the current Resident Infantry Battalion, The 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancasters Regiment, and to their successors, when they are replaced. This was by any standards a most generous gesture. |
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LOCAL NEWS 2009
During his recent flying visit to the ABF in Cyprus, the Controller ABF, Major General Sir Evelyn Web-Carter KCVO, OBE, received a commemorative plaque from 91-year old Captain Andros Soteriou, Chairman of the Limassol Branch of the Cyprus Veterans Association of World War II, after having spent the morning visiting the 'decompression' facilites at Bloodhound Camp and Happy Valley, where troops fresh from operational theatres are given 24 -36 hours to wind down and relax before flying home." As part of his visit to ABF Cyprus, the Controller also took the opportunity to address a large audience of some 900 ABF supporters in the Pissouri open air theatre, when he attended the Don London Memorial Concert, presented by the Band of The Parachute Regiment,
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