A Free Van For Veterans – Wigan Borough Armed Forces Community HQ
It’s always a pleasure when we receive a visit from Veterans from The Wigan Borough Armed Forces Community HQ. Both a building and an institution, many of you will already be well aware of this wonderful organisation and what they do. The HQ looks after the very specific needs of military families, ex-military personnel as well as those still serving. However, the HQ also does an incredible amount of work in and around the Wigan Borough, making good use of the military precision and very specific sets of skills possessed by its members.
From the start of the pandemic, we’ve seen first hand, the Armed Forces HQ transformed into a logistics hub to help people across the borough, whether military or not, to cope. Getting things to where they were needed while the rest of society were only starting to figure out how to cope with lockdowns. Throughout it all, they’ve never stopped and even now are assisting with the distribution of covid vaccinations. it’s safe to say that the HQ and the people who are involved in it, have saved Wigan Council a fortune by stepping in wherever there was a need.
It’s no secret that not all ex-military people have an easy time adjusting to life back on ‘Civvy Street’ and many return from active service changed, either physically or mentally, by what they’ve experienced while doing their duty. The Veteran Maintenance Service aims to make sure that these Veterans are fully and properly looked after by providing a comprehensive range of services to meet their needs.
We’re proud to be able to provide this van to help the VMS in their quest to bring proper support to our returned heroes. You’ll see this van around Wigan and the wonderful team from the HQ;
- Providing Food Parcels
- Moving Veterans To Sheltered Accomodation
- Helping Struggling Veterans Painting, Decorating and Gardening
- Recycling Donated Furniture For Formerly Homeless Veterans
- Tranporting Goods to Generate Income For The HQ
- As well as a range of other services
It’s been our absolute pleasure to donate this brand new Vauxhall Movano, a favourite amongst our wigan van hire customers, to Wigan Armed Forced HQ, supplied fully liveried and free of charge for use by their fabulous Veteran Maintenance Service and we’re proud to play our small part in the lifesaving work they do.
