Felix
Fund, a charity supporting servicemen, women and families who are involved with
or retired from Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) duties, will be this year’s
charity partner for two of the largest security exhibitions in the world.
The charity has been selected for the Security and Counter Terror Expo on 3rd
and 4th May and DSEI (Defence and Security Equipment International)
on 12th to 15th September at London’s Olympia and ExCel
venues respectively.
For the charity, the announcement is hugely significant for meeting its aims to
care for the mental and physical wellbeing of those who search and disarm bombs
in the armed forces and SO15 — the police’s special counter terror unit.
Sophie McKimm, the Event Manager of DSEI, said: “We’ve chosen to partner with
Felix Fund for this year’s event because it’s simply impossible to quantify what
would happen to our bravest soldiers and their families if they were not able
to help. Felix Fund is becoming interwoven in the world community of EOD, so we
only felt it was right the world recognised its incredible efforts at this
event.”
The first event in May — Security and Counter Terror Expo — is focused on UK
based knowledge-sharing of strategies, intelligence and infrastructure. It
attracts over 10,000 delegates from the public and private sectors. September’s
event — DSEI — is altogether a much more global collaboration: Defence Ministers,
international military representatives and private stakeholders visiting the
event will total 34,000 people.
Melanie Moughton, Felix Fund’s Chief Executive Officer, said: “It is clear to
everyone, I’m sure, what it means for a charity like ours to be sharing our
story with national and international leaders in security. From my own family’s
involvement with EOD, to every family and individual we support, it’s important
to know that security leaders care for the commitments made. It’s an honour to
represent them all at these huge events.”
Felix himself, the charity’s mascot, will be at both events to welcome guests
and make friends. Raffle tickets will also be sold (only at the Security and
Counter Terror Expo) for the chance to win an F1 simulation experience for up
to eight people. For more information about this prize, please visit www.letsrace.co.uk. Meanwhile, representatives of the charity will be
at both exhibitions highlighting its latest ‘Dashboard Courses’ — designed to
help individuals see the ‘warning lights’ for mental health issues — and the
life-changing impacts of its grant-making activities.
The charity acts to support
those in desperate and rapidly deteriorating situations. In one scenario, a
soldier on tour overseas whose dying father was at home in the UK, was flown
back by Felix Fund for one final goodbye.
Recognising the need to
support families with day-to-day stress and anxiety, however, the charity also
makes grants to serving units and their bases. Outdoor adventure training and
has been successful at bonding teams and reuniting friends, while updated facilities
and accommodation has created spaces for increased relaxation.
Donations to Felix Fund can
be made by visiting: https://www.felixfund.org.uk/support-us/make-a-donation/
Website:
https://www.felixfund.org.uk
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/felixfund/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/FelixFund
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