The Security Institute reports that it helped raise £28,795.79 for its chairman’s charity, PTSD Resolution, in 2014. It raised £14,177.53 at various institute events last year, and jointly raised £14,618.26 at the inaugural Joint Security Associations fundraising event in London in September.
Each year the institute chairman chooses a charity partner. PTSD Resolution offers counselling to the UK Armed Forces, TA and Regular Reserves, and their dependants, to relieve mental health problems resulting from military service. The PTSD Resolution Outreach Programme has over 200 counsellors trained in trauma-focussed cognitive behavioural therapy and provides a contact point for anyone requiring counselling, besides the work of other armed forces charities.
Emma Shaw, pictured, Chairman of the Security Institute said: “PTSD is something that wrecks lives and destroys families yet treatment is relatively simple once the symptoms are diagnosed. With each course of treatment costing around £550 per PTSD sufferer, we have ensured that 52 more lives will be put back together and 52 ex-servicemen or women can get on with their lives with full peace of mind.”
Patrick Rea, a trustee of PTSD Resolution, added:”PTSD is often hidden from view but has serious implications, with high suicide and offender rates amongst veterans. We rely on the support of the public to help us to fund treatment for these men and women. The support of the Security Institute in making us their dedicated charity is most welcome.”
