Grays Lane Care Home - Update

Grays Lane Home from Home

It is nice to report good news for a change and especially good news that concerns the treatment of our servicemen wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The plans put forward by the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association have been approved and they can now invest £1.7 million in a house for relatives to stay at whilst visiting their wounded men and women being treated at the Headley Court rehabilitation centre in Surrey.

In a campaign that was supported and promoted by hundreds of nationalists and supporting blog sites including this one, a petition of over 43,712 names was raised within a few short weeks.

Maj Gen Andrew Cumming, SSAFA chief executive, said he was "delighted" by the decision.

"This decision enables us to now move forward in our undertaking to provide urgently needed accommodation for the families of injured servicemen and women," he said.

"We would like to extend our thanks to the huge number of people who have publicly supported our application. We are enormously grateful to each and every one of them and, in particular, to Peter and Sue Norton who have been an inspiration to us in everything we are trying to achieve.

"Like them, SSAFA passionately believes that our servicemen and women deserve to be respected and valued and that their families should have our full support at all times."

You can read the full story here and get more information on the part played by the BNP on their news site.

Whilst everyone recognises the great work done by SSAFA, the British National Party believes that more should be done for our servicemen who have been wounded in fighting for Our Country, even if that war should be illegal. A BNP government would reopen the dedicated Military Hospitals and ensure that Our Boys get the best treatment possible.

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Grays Lane Family Support Centre petition

Please promote this petition

You may recall reading how some truly selfish people objected to the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) request for planning consent to adapt their six bedroom property in Grays Lane. SSAFA wishes to convert the property in the the Mole Valley to a recuperation home for our injured servicemen. Some residents object on the grounds that they were worried about their personal l security should our injured servicemen be attacked whilst recovering or the value of their property.

With our military hospitals closed, thank God for organizations like SSAFA who for 60 years have supported servicemen whose injuries require more dedicated care than NHS hospitals can offer.

You can read the details here. Once you do, please then go and sign the growing petition for the planning permission to go ahead here. The Petition page also provides the following information.

The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association, Mole Valley Council for change of use to the property at 36 Grays Lane, Ashtead.

The development is close to Headley court, a military rehabilitation centre used to treat personnel who may have lost limbs or suffered severe trauma serving their country. Many of these armed forces personnel spend months rebuilding their lives at Headley Court and need the support of their families whilst going through this difficult process.

The proposed development is to provide short term accommodation to the families, giving them the opportunity to support their injured relatives. The plan also includes some alterations at the property, including installing a wheelchair ramp.

The property is situated within an area of high value properties, and unfortunately there is a very negative response from the neighbours mostly objecting that the change of use will negatively affect their property prices and spoil the neighborhood

A British National Party Government would ensure that no more of our troops would die or be wounded in illegal foreign wars. You could also rest assured that under the BNP any and all wounded servicemen would receive the finest care money could buy.

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