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Continuing to Remember

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From the There But Not There organization.
Continuing to Remember
We have been touched by the many stories we received from our supporters about their Armistice commemorations. Seeing our Tommies and silhouettes at the centre of your communities was incredible – thank you for your support!
Keep Remembering
It is right that we come together every November to remember those who died in conflicts around the world, but for those who have come back from recent conflicts with physical or mental wounds, or for those whose family members did not return, the need for support remains.
Our beneficiary charities provide support to veterans and their families throughout the year. Whether as a personal token of remembrance, or as a Christmas ‘Gift for Good’, our Tommies will make a difference to veterans today. Purchase yours here.
Golden Ticket Tommies
We have had support from some incredible high profile supporters this year and now many of them are supporting our Golden Ticket promotion.

Purchase a Tommy via our Golden Ticket page and you could win a signed thank you from Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Red Arrows, Warwick Davis and many others. 
Walking Home for Christmas
Walking Home For Christmas

This year we’re supporting Walking Home For Christmas, from two of our beneficiaries, Walking With The Wounded and Help for Heroes. We hope that all our supporters will sign up for free to support the walk, raising vital funds for veterans and their families who are at risk, including those who are socially isolated, unemployed or struggling with mental health problems this Christmas.

Calling all photographers!

As part of our involvement, we will be running a photography competition for the duration of the campaign. We want all of you to sign up to the walk and take your 10″Tommy with you, to capture the best image of our Tommy on your route home. All entries will be judged by the artist behind the There But Not There campaign, Martin Barraud, with a winner announced across our channels before Christmas!

Entries can be sent through to supporters@tbnt.org.uk, or by tagging us with the hashtag #WalkingTommyHome.

Sign up for the challenge at Walking Home For Christmas and start your own team to raise as much money as possible, and get creative with your Tommy!

If you are unable to take part in the walk, you can still support the great work these two charities do by buying a Tommy.
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Our mailing address is:
Remembered
33 Ranelagh Gardens, Royal Hospital Chelsea
Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4SR

Arnie, Harry and the Red Arrows ask you to support There But Not There

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From  the “There But Not There” organization.
A thank you for your support
This has been a special weekend of Remembrance as the nation marked exactly 100 years since the Armistice in 1918. Your support this year, particularly over the last few weeks, has been invaluable and we wanted to say thank you.
Just because Remembrance Weekend is coming to a close, it doesn’t mean that the need for our work is closing too. In fact, veterans need support year round and we must work to fund that vital support.

We have some special supporters helping us do just that:
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harry Kane, Michel Vorm, Moussa Dembele, Alun Wyne Jones, Michael Hooper, Blake, Bear Grylls, Ben Fogle, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Warwick Davis, Phil Campion, Lorraine Kelly, James Blunt, the Red Arrows, Levison Wood, Laura Wright and Jason Fox

Thanks to their support, if you now purchase one of our original 10″ Tommies and you can enter a draw to win:

  • A second special engraved classic Tommy
  • A personal written thank you from the individual whose draw you entered, with a photo

Please note, you will receive your classic original Tommy within 2 weeks of purchase. Winners will be notified after 3rd December and you can find out more about the promotion on our Golden Ticket page.As always, all profits raised through sales of our Tommies will contribute directly to the work carried out by our beneficiary charities.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tottenham Hotspurs and England Captain Harry Kane.
How did you remember this weekend?
We know that many of you had Tommies or silhouette installations at the centre of your commemorations. We would love to hear how you remembered the fallen of WWI this weekend.

Please reply to this email with your stories and pictures and we’ll send out a round up later this week.
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Our mailing address is:
Remembered
33 Ranelagh Gardens, Royal Hospital Chelsea
Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4SR

We did it!

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From the There But Not There organization.
With your help, we did it!
In our newsletter on Friday, we asked for your support in our campaign to convince the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond to return the VAT charged on our Tommies.

We are delighted to say that in the Budget Mr Hammond announced that a donation equivalent to the VAT will be made. There has never been a better time to buy a 10″ Tommy, knowing they have never been more valuable to our charity.

We are incredibly grateful for your support and would like to thank everyone who signed the petition and wrote to their MP.
Tommies available in WH Smith
We are also happy to say that our 10″ Tommies and Tommy lapel pins are now available in WH Smith high street stores!

If you prefer to buy in person or just want to make sure you get a pin or a Tommy in time for Remembrance Day, pop into your local store and pick one up!
Copyright © 2018 Remembered, All rights reserved.

Our mailing address is:
Remembered
33 Ranelagh Gardens, Royal Hospital Chelsea
Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4SR

Get Behind There But Not There this month!

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From the “There But Not There” organization.
Get behind us this month!
It has been a very busy month here at Remembered HQ. We launched in Australia and we been overwhelmed by the support for our petition asking HMRC to return the VAT on on our Tommies! 
Help us save our VAT
After nearly a year of dedicated fundraising, we will have to pay more in VAT to HMRC than to our beneficiary charities. The money that is currently earmarked for the Treasury could make such an impact on the lives of veterans and those who need support.

You can help us in two ways:

  1. Sign and share our petition asking Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond to return the VAT
  2. Our request has been tabled as an Early Day Motion by the Right Honourable Ruth Smeeth MP and we need your help to get signatures. You can find out who your MP is here and email them, asking them to support Early Day Motion 1740. It only takes 5mins to find your MP and let them know why this is important to their constituents

Thank you so much for your support!
Our Australian Launch
We are delighted to announce that There But Not There has launched in Australia!

Our silhouettes are now appearing all over Sydney, to commemorate the Australian men and women who died in the First World War.

If you are based in Australia, we would love you to send us pictures of the ‘Diggers’ you spot around the country in the run up to Remembrance Day.

Australian purchases of our 10″ ‘Digger Figures’ raises money for The Invictus Games Foundation and The Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL). If you’re an Australian reader, you can purchase your Digger on our website.

If you have Australian family or friends, please do forward this newsletter to them – we’d love to see their pictures!
Fundraising Day
On Wednesday 10th October, the Remembered team and many brilliant volunteers spent the day at various tube stations across London, sellingpin badges and raising money.

We are delighted to announce that we raised over £19,000! So we want to say a massive thank you to our volunteers and to everyone who donated.
Tommy Stories
We recently went to visit several people to talk about why their Tommy was important for them and have been sharing the videos over the last couple of weeks.

This week, we meet Jamie, a primary school teacher who uses our educational resources to get his students thinking about the different men who fought and the nature of sacrifice.

Last week, we met Martin, as he trained for the Invictus Games and shared how important the support of military charities has been for him and his family. This week, he won gold in the Men’s Heavyweight IP6, lifting 206kg – the heaviest weight the Invictus Games has ever seen lifted!

We also met Joyce, who never met her uncles who fought in the First World War and loves sharing her family stories with her grandchildren.If you haven’t seen them yet, we really encourage you to watch – they are a powerful and poignant reminder of why we do what we do.
October Updates
On the Remembered Podcast this month, we have spoken to:
Tom Lacey about his grandfather’s post-war recovery
Robin Clutterbuck about the global theatres of war
Stephen Bourne about the experience of black and gay communities
Guy de Beaujeu about bringing Journey’s End to the big screenYou can subscribe to the podcast via SoundCloud, Stitcher and iTunes and we would really appreciate you leaving a review as this helps us spread the word.

We’ll be back next month with more news and stories. In the meantime, don’t forget you can follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more regular updates.
Copyright © 2018 Remembered, All rights reserved.

Our mailing address is:
Remembered
33 Ranelagh Gardens, Royal Hospital Chelsea
Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4SR

Sign our petition to ensure HMRC is not the biggest beneficiary of our campaign

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From the There But Not There organization.
Help us ensure the Treasury doesn’t receive more money than our charities
Our There But Not There campaign has raised nearly £4m through sales of our Tommies.

£800,000 of that has been paid in tax to HMRC.

So far, HMRC is the single largest beneficiary of our fundraising. You can find out more in the Telegraph.

In the centenary year of the end of the First World War, it seems wrong to us that veterans won’t benefit from a large chunk of the money you have helped us raise. So we are calling on the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, to return the VAT raised on the sale of our Tommies so that we can make sure it goes to those who need it most.
How can you help?
We need your help to encourage the government to do the right thing.

  • Sign our petition
  • Encourage your friends and family to sign
  • Share on social media with the hashtag #TommyVAT – the links below will make that easy for you!
  • Tag the Chancellor @PhilipHammondUK and let him know what you think!
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Copyright © 2018 Remembered, All rights reserved.

Our mailing address is:
Remembered
33 Ranelagh Gardens, Royal Hospital Chelsea
Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4SR