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The Battle Back Centre Lilleshall was established by the the Legion in 2011 as part of our commitment to support wounded, injured and sick Service personnel.

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Family Breaks, Supporting our Armed Forces

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Calvert Lakes - Your Adventure Starts Here

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From our specialist residential centre on the outskirts of Keswick, we offer individuals, families and school groups the chance to experience everything the Lake District has to offer in a safe and supportive way.

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Calvert Lakes - Your Adventure Starts Here

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Our residential breaks help people with a range of disabilities experience the Lake District in a safe and supportive way that makes a positive difference.

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Investigate the amazing sporting opportunities available to aid the recovery of WIS SP

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Sport can be a great way to re-motivate yourself as it helps you find a new purpose. With a broad range of activities available, there's bound to be something you'll enjoy.

We offer:

Recreational Sport to improve your physical, psychological and social health

Competitive Sport where you can continually seek progress and advancement to a higher level of performance, e.g. our Polo, Cricket, Sitting Volleyball and Para-Climbing teams.

Major events such as Invictus Games, Warrior Games and Operational Surf.

Performance Sport where if you are a high-performane athlete you may become part of a recognised Home Country or GB Team.

Coaching Academy is a new programme we designed to deliver a sports coaching development programme. This is achieved by supporting you gain your sports coaching qualification alongside offering coach education in partnership with UK Coaching.

Digital Sports Recovery whereby we offer virtual opportunities to veterans who are house bound through means such as home workout video series and Zwift cycling sessions.

To find out more, please call us on 01980 844 720

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Sport can be a great way to re-motivate yourself as it helps you find a new purpose. With a broad range of activities available, there's bound to be something you'll enjoy. We offer: Recreational Sport to improve your physical, psychological and social health Competitive Sport where you can continually seek progress and advancement to a higher level of performance, e.g.

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Fishing Charity

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Surfing Breaks, Newquay

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I Have Never Been To War...
I have never been to war
I have never held a gun
But I feel the repercussions
I have never smelt the burning
But I can see the fear
I have never heard machine gun fire
But I can see the shake it causes..
I have never been to war.
I have never fought for my country
But I can see the scars it leaves
I have never been a soldier
But I hear the marching of his dreams
I have never been on a battlefield
But I feel like I am behind enemy lines
I have never been to war
But I live through it every day

Wife of a veteran supported by Surf Action

Surf Action's Home Front is a support group where partners and those closely involved with the life of veterans can gain access to support, both practical and therapeutic, can find time for themselves, have fun, can meet to share experiences and expertise and, perhaps most importantly, can form strong peer support relationships and know that they are not alone.

The Home Front is also where families have the opportunity to come together to strengthen bonds made distant or put under strain by military life and experiences. Through regular activity days, many of which take place out of doors and in the beautiful beach and coastal environment, we offer families the opportunity to have fun together in a setting which fully understands and takes account of the needs of those involved.

Although partners and children are always welcome to attend our surf sessions, every Friday during school holiday periods, we run 'Family Fridays' and specifically invite them along.

These are particularly special days, filled as always with laughter and smiles, but where on a deeper level, relationships begin to repair or grow and where families are able to laugh together - sometimes for the first time in a long time.

Every Wednesday we run a social group for partners and other close adult family members of veterans experiencing difficulties. This group is all about taking a regular time-out to have fun, build connections and learn new skills in a setting where understanding and support are available should you need them.
Extract from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidelines - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 2005 (Reviewed 2011)
1.5 Support for families and carers
Families and carers have a central role in supporting people with PTSD. However, depending on the nature of the trauma and its consequences, many families may also need support for themselves. Healthcare professionals should be aware of the impact of PTSD on the whole family.

1.5.1 In all cases of PTSD, healthcare professionals should consider the impact of the traumatic event on all family members and, when appropriate, assess this impact and consider providing appropriate support.

1.5.2 Healthcare professionals should ensure, where appropriate and with the consent of the PTSD sufferer where necessary, that the families of PTSD sufferers are fully informed about common reactions to traumatic events, including the symptoms of PTSD and its course and treatment.

1.5.3 In addition to the provision of information, families and carers should be informed of self-help groups and support groups and encouraged to participate in such groups where they exist.

1.5.4 When a family is affected by a traumatic event, more than one family member may suffer from PTSD. If this is the case, healthcare professionals should ensure that the treatment of all family members is effectively coordinated.

1.6 Practical support and social factors
Practical and social support can play an important part in facilitating a person's recovery from PTSD, particularly immediately after the trauma. Healthcare professionals should be aware of this and advocate for such support when people present with PTSD.

1.6.1 Healthcare professionals should identify the need for appropriate information about the range of emotional responses that may develop and provide practical advice on how to access appropriate services for these problems. They should also identify the need for social support and advocate for the meeting of this need.

1.6.2 Healthcare professionals should consider offering help or advice to PTSD sufferers or relevant others on how continuing threats related to the traumatic event may be alleviated or removed.

(Due for review in 2015)

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I Have Never Been To War... I have never been to war I have never held a gun But I feel the repercussions I have never smelt the burning But I can see the fear I have never heard machine gun fire But I can see the shake it causes..

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Volunteer to help

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To engage, empower and inspire the disabled and disadvantaged community by the provision of training, mentoring and assistance as part of a team of able bodied and Wounded, Injured and Sick (WIS) UK Service personnel & Veterans to enable them to participate in motorsport alongside able bodied persons in challenging motorsport activities.

To encourage social inclusion and to use physical training and endurance activities to help boost confidence, inspire others and aid the rehabilitation and recovery of Wounded, Injured and Sick (WIS) UK Service personnel & Veterans.

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To engage, empower and inspire the disabled and disadvantaged community by the provision of training, mentoring and assistance as part of a team of able bodied and Wounded, Injured and Sick (WIS) UK Service personnel & Veterans to enable them to participate in motorsport alongside able bodied persons in challenging motorsport activities.

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Courses with Horses

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HorseBack UK aims to inspire recovery, regain self-esteem and promote positive change in an individual. Using horsemanship and outdoor activities, we deliver nationally recognised and accredited personal development programmes that encourage our participants to acquire new coping strategies, life skills and build lasting resilience.

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Personal Development Through Horsemanship Welcome to HorseBack UK HorseBack UK aims to inspire recovery, regain self-esteem and promote positive change in an individual. Using horsemanship and outdoor activities, we deliver nationally recognised and accredited personal development programmes that encourage our participants to acquire new coping strategies, life skills and build lasting resilience.

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Kevin Phillips - Personal Testament to the Benefits of Battle Back 

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Kevin Phillips - Personal Testament to the Benefits of Battle Back 

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The Inner Game - Kevin Phillips at the Legion's Battle Back Centre

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GOLF Fun days out, Courses/Work placements in the Golf industry.

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By making a regular donation you are enabling us to plan with the knowledge that we have regular income to support our programme of events, helping even more deserving individuals.

Text OCF to 70085 to donate £5.

Texts cost £5 plus one standard rate message and you'll be opting in to hear more about our work and fundraising via telephone and SMS. If you'd like to give £5 but do not wish to receive marketing communications, text OCFNOINFO to 70085.

OR donate via

Just Giving (by clicking on the donation button)

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On Course Foundation | Veterans Charity | Richmond, UK

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By making a regular donation you are enabling us to plan with the knowledge that we have regular income to support our programme of events, helping even more deserving individuals. Text OCF to 70085 to donate £5.

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Sporting Recovery Opportunities

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Turn to Starboard Sailing Charity

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At Turn to Starboard we know what it is like to return from military operations.
Many of us have experienced the challenges of returning to civilian
life and the need to fit back into everyday routines.

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What is it and what role does it play in the recovery of WIS SP?

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Introduction

Battle Back is an adaptive sport and adventurous training programme for wounded, injured and sick ( WIS) personnel from across the Armed Forces, including mobilised reservists. It is is an MOD initiative delivered in partnership with Help for Heroes and The Royal British Legion.

Battle Back programmes are designed to promote confidence and independence and help accelerate physical, psychological and social recovery throughout the duration of recovery - inspiring the wounded, injured and sick to focus on what they can do not what they cannot.

Battle Back is for servicemen, servicewomen and veterans.

Battle Back Phoenix for WIS veterans is operated and funded by Help for Heroes. Help for Heroes is acknowledged as the Founder Partner of Battle Back, and has been involved from the outset providing financial and design input.

Battle Back is a MOD-led programme which is delivered, funded and organised in partnership with Help for Heroes, The Royal British Legion and other service charities. Battle Back Phoenix is also available to WIS veterans but funded separately by Help for Heroes.

Physical development is a key component in recovery and the Battle Back programme and activities are designed to promote confidence and independence in direct support of an IRP. Regular participation in adaptive sport, adventure training and other activities can help the individual to focus on those things they are able to achieve, rather than what they cannot, in order to improve resilience, develop confidence, improve motivation and develop positive relationships that will enhance recovery.

In support of the Battle Back programme, the Battle Back Centre has been established by The Royal British Legion at the National Sports' Centre, Lilleshall. Battle Back programmes and activities can be delivered from the Battle Back Centre Lilleshall the Defence Medical and Rehabilitation Centre (Headley Court), the personnel recovery centres (PRCs) at Tidworth, Catterick and Colchester, the Naval Service Recovery Centre (which also delivers a bespoke Fortitude programme) as well as at specialist centres both in the UK and abroad. In addition adaptive sports and adventurous training will be delivered from the PRCs at Edinburgh and in Germany.

Battle Back at DMRC, Headley Court

For those servicemen and women receiving treatment at Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre ( DMRC) Headley Court, Battle Back activity begins here with WIS being encouraged to join in some form of outdoor activity such as water skiing, golf, clay pigeon shooting or cycling. These activities are in addition to the normal rehabilitation programme carried out at DMRC and are carefully designed to supplement it. A couple of hours on a water-ski builds confidence, is physically beneficial and is tremendous fun, something that is missing from much of the daily routine of getting better.

The Battle Back activities at DMRC are delivered by MOD staff alongside staff funded by Help for Heroes.

Battle Back Centre, Lilleshall

As WIS individuals move further along the Recovery Pathway they will take part in a week of activities at the Battle Back Centre Lilleshall that builds upon the experience begun at DMRC. The Battle Back Centre has been established by The Royal British Legion at the National Sports' Centre, Lilleshall. It will provide a residential capacity for up to 24 residential personnel. The Legion are funding and leading the creation and operation of the Centre. The Centre is hosted at Lilleshall by Sport England in the Eaton, Colson, Altham House complex.

The Battle Back Centre, Lilleshall seeks to create a dynamic and enjoyable learning environment that promotes success at the personal, interpersonal and organisational levels. Participants in the programmes will increase their self-confidence, gain motivation, improve their ability to deal with stress and develop a positive mental attitude. They will learn to focus on what they can do not on what they cannot.

The Centre will achieve this through the provision of high quality, people centred, adaptive sport and adventurous training activities that are relevant to each individual's recovery plan as well as being safe, enjoyable, benchmarked against international standards, independently evaluated and delivered by committed world-class coaching staff. These activities include such things as indoor climbing, watersports, indoor caving, wheelchair basketball, archery and wheelchair badminton. For those who wish to take these further, a return to Lilleshall to take the activities to a higher level is possible.

The Army are providing the staff required to command and care for serving soldiers while at the Battle Back Centre.

Battle Back at the personnel recovery centres

WIS can expect to attend one of the personnel recovery centres during the recovery period and there he or she can continue Battle Back activities under the guidance of military staff working closely with staff employed by Help for Heroes. As part of an individual's recovery plan Battle Back activities are offered at the centres in Tidworth, Catterick and Colchester with adaptive sports and adventurous training activities offered at Edinburgh and in Germany.

Superb gym facilities are provided at each Centre where physical fitness can be maintained and team games such as sitting volleyball and sitting tennis can be enjoyed. At Tedworth House for example, a Skiplex, one of only two in the UK, allow for the WIS to learn to ski in a safe and controlled environment, and a Swimex and Anti-Gravity treadmill enable WIS to continue their physical recovery.

External activities such as fishing, canoeing, sailing, golf, swimming, riding, sub aqua diving, parachuting, archery, cycling, sledge hockey, shooting and even flying are available to both serving and veteran WIS from the Recovery Centres.

To date over 1,500 WIS Personnel have participated in Help for Heroes-funded grass-roots elective activities.

Battle Back Expeditions and Elite Sports

Many recovering servicemen and women and veterans wish to take their activities to a higher level and can do so with the Battle Back initiative, some rising to a competitive, even Paralympics level. Men and women who first enjoyed standing on a water-ski in the early days at Headley Court are now competing in cycling, skiing, athletics and sledge hockey while others have gone on to gain their pilot's licences.

Charity funding and support has enabled recovering Service personnel to take part in many activities including motor sports, skiing, mountain climbing, expeditions and cycling. Recently, Help for Heroes have supported and funded international events such as The Warrior Games in America and the ultimate challenge of the Ride Across America.

Battle Back Phoenix for WIS Veterans

Battle Back activity does not end when a WIS individual leaves the services. WIS veterans can continue to enjoy sport, expeditions, elite and adventurous activities through the Help for Heroes-funded Battle Back Phoenix programme, which are based on the programme delivered at the Help for Heroes-led recovery centres.

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Investigate the amazing sporting opportunities available to aid the recovery of WIS SP

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Sport can be a great way to re-motivate yourself as it helps you find a new purpose. With a broad range of activities available, there's bound to be something you'll enjoy.

We offer:

Recreational Sport to improve your physical, psychological and social health

Competitive Sport where you can continually seek progress and advancement to a higher level of performance, e.g. our Polo, Cricket, Sitting Volleyball and Para-Climbing teams.

Major events such as Invictus Games, Warrior Games and Operational Surf.

Performance Sport where if you are a high-performane athlete you may become part of a recognised Home Country or GB Team.

Coaching Academy is a new programme we designed to deliver a sports coaching development programme. This is achieved by supporting you gain your sports coaching qualification alongside offering coach education in partnership with UK Coaching.

Digital Sports Recovery whereby we offer virtual opportunities to veterans who are house bound through means such as home workout video series and Zwift cycling sessions.

To find out more, please call us on 01980 844 720

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Sport can be a great way to re-motivate yourself as it helps you find a new purpose. With a broad range of activities available, there's bound to be something you'll enjoy. We offer: Recreational Sport to improve your physical, psychological and social health Competitive Sport where you can continually seek progress and advancement to a higher level of performance, e.g.

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How to get involved and apply

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May 18, 2022

Watch announcement video here: May 18th 2022, London. Two new nations, Colombia and Nigeria, are joining the Invictus Games Foundation today in a new community structure. Representing new continents for the first time, Colombia and Nigeria are joining the Invictus Community of Nations to gain the benefits of sport recovery for their wounded, injured and sick [...]

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May 18, 2022 Watch announcement video here: May 18th 2022, London. Two new nations, Colombia and Nigeria, are joining the Invictus Games Foundation today in a new community structure. Representing new continents for the first time, Colombia and Nigeria are joining the Invictus Community of Nations to gain the benefits of sport recovery for their wounded, injured and sick [...]