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Closed 02/06/2017
Iʼve raised £754 to support the first year's admin and fill the gaps in the modelling materials that are not donated & postage of kits to the recovery centres
- Newbury, United Kingdom
- Funded on Friday, 2nd June 2017
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I'm Malcolm and I started Models for Heroes in early 2017. After seeing an advert for Models For Troops and their work I wanted to get involved. Models for Troops donates kits and materials to US troops currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. I thought that this was an amazing idea being a keen scale model maker myself - I wanted to find the UK's charity. I looked but couldn't find an equivalent...
...so I'm starting one.
The act of following instructions and relaxing quietly while scale modelling can produce a meditative state. It encourages focus, patience and fine motor skills. The model itself may evoke positive past memories of childhood hobbies.
Strategies for recognising and communicating memories and the feelings related to them become an important skill in managing PTSD. Not only that, the hobby has a strong social aspect with many online forums, facebook groups and model shows all open to anyone with an interest in scale modelling.
w: modelsforheroes.co.uk
t: @modelsforheroes
f: facebook.com/modelsforheroes
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- 8 years ago
Models for Heroes
8 years agoHurray! Well done everyone. Thats alot of money. Well done. We're in a position to run till next year. Perhaps we won't be able to deliver quite as much as we'd initially hoped but we will definitely be doing some food to some folks. Draper Tools are delivering tje final tools and we cam then start getting these kits and materials out to the art departments that want them and the ex servicemen personell that need them. Thanks again. X
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- 8 years ago
Models for Heroes
8 years agoHello tot he Twenty-Nine of you who are excellent and my new BFFs. Were at 50% of our target for the first years running costs. Fortuately I have overestimated the costs using a worse case scenario. Ive also received cheques from IPMS Farnborough and a private individual bringing my total raised so far to 1200gbp. Ive had more kits than I could ever imagine could be donated and offeres of help for themodelling sessions at Tedworth and Chavasse next month. Look at my facebook page for some photos of the tedworth house session.
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- 8 years ago
Models for Heroes
8 years agoSo where are we? We have sent out our first few boxes of kits and I am heading up to Tedworth house next week to teach scale modelling ro the folks there. Ive been able to purchase all that I need apart from these pesky side cutters. Noone is able to help so far with what I need. I dont want to buy cheap £2 clippers and have modellers struggle. But also I dont want to buy expensive ones and blow all the funding. I will keep looking. :)
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- 8 years ago
Models for Heroes
8 years agoOh so close to £500! .....Quick update for everyone. Were putting a box together to send to Combat Stress this week. 15 kits to be used in art therapy sessions. We've had lots of significant sponsors donate kits. Eduard and Revell have both stepped up and sent us kits, emodels and Jadlam Racing have offered us discounts on any purhcases we make and MJR Racing Models & Hobbies have done us a crazy deal on brushes! A big Thanks you to everyone who has supported and donated to us so far!
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29
Earl Baum
May 24, 2017
Do good stuff!
£24.00
Anonymous
May 24, 2017
Great idea. Building and painting models helped me recover from psychotic depression. I hope this helps others.
£100.00
Anonymous
May 23, 2017
£100.00
Chris Stones
May 19, 2017
P Yaqoob
May 14, 2017
Totally brilliant idea. Wish you much success with it. Parveen, Philip & Aden xxx
£30.00
Rick Kranias
May 12, 2017
Thank you for your service, bravery and sacrifice.
£30.00
Darren McGuinness @ thescalemodelhangar.com
May 4, 2017
Here's my first donation guys! Good luck with your endeavours and I will support you as much as I can on my website and Facebook page. Happy Modelling! Darren.
£20.00
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Models for Heroes
Newbury, United Kingdom
Models for Heroes donate model kits and model making materials to the Help For Heroes Recovery Centres in the UK. Model making is used as part of occupational therapy and compliments clinical treatment for PTSD, brain and spinal injuries.