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02 May 25. Launch of the Royal Hospital Chelsea Outreach Gala Dinner. The organisers of the Chepstow Military Raceday are delighted to announce the inaugural Royal Hospital Chelsea Outreach Gala Dinner, hosted by General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, KCB, OBE, DL, the Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea and his wife Lady Sally Bradshaw, to be held on November 4th at the Marriott Hotel Delta Hotels St. Pierre Country Club St Pierre Park, Chepstow NP16 6YA.
General Sir Adrian Bradshaw said, “The Royal Hospital is delighted to continue our support for the Chepstow Military Raceday and the addition of our Gala Dinner this year. We are indebted to the Reuben Foundation for the incredible donation of £10,000 this year which will reinforce our Outreach activities and look forward to involving the Reuben Foundation and Arena Leisure in our UK-wide Outreach programme.
“Re-launched in April 2025, our comprehensive active ageing programme here at the Royal Hospital Chelsea encourages Chelsea Pensioners to support each other, just as they did in the British Army. This includes spending time together socially, accompanying each other on visits and activities, going with fellow Pensioners to external medical appointments, and visiting comrades in hospital.”
Julian Nettlefold of BATTLESPACE Publications says, “My original intention in launching our event at Chepstow in 2013 was to draw attention to not only the veterans but their carers as due to limited facilities, families are split apart when specialist long-term care is required. The very generous donation of £10,000 by the Reuben Foundation this year, takes the total amount raised to over £340,000 for The Royal Hospital, SSAFA and Combat Stress since 2013.”
“The inclusion of this Gala Dinner will give our guests more networking opportunities to relax in the excellent surrounding of the Marriott after a hard day at the Conference. The auction, managed by Steve O’Leary, now retired, will be held during the dinner, together with whisky tasting and other activities. A portion of the ticket revenues will be donated to the charities.”
Jilly Carrell of the Royal Hospital said, “The issues my family were faced with by the sudden and tragic onset of my late husband’s brain tumour required constant contact with him and my girls at a hospital which was near home so we could carry on life as near as normal, particularly as both my girls were at school.”
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SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, has been providing lifelong support to our Forces and their families since 1885. In 2020, our teams of volunteers and employees helped more than 79,000 people in need, the
currently serving (both regulars and reserves), veterans from the Second World War and those who have served in more recent conflicts, as well as their families. SSAFA understands that behind every uniform is a person. And we are here for that person – any time they need us, in any way they need us, for as long as they need us.
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