City Veterans’ Network to Donate Proceeds from Annual Gala Dinner to the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre (DNRC)
June 22 2017 - 5:42AM
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The City Veterans’ Network today announced that they will be
partnering with the new Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre
for this year’s City Veterans’ Network Gala Dinner which will be
held on Thursday 9th November at the iconic Imperial War Museum in
London.
The DNRC is a new facility, providing the best possible care and
clinical rehabilitation for seriously wounded members of the Armed
Forces. Construction has already started on the site and once
operational in 2018, it will provide neurological and complex
trauma care and a full suite of rehabilitative facilities together
on one site, bringing benefits that will make it unique in the
world. The facility is being funded by charitable donations with a
target of £300m to build the new Defence establishment which will
be a 21st century successor to Headley Court (which opened in the
1940s). Approximately £260m has already been raised and the charity
is now on the final push to meet the target – hence the involvement
of the City Veterans’ Network to help make it happen.
The DNRC site is the Stanford Hall Estate near Loughborough. The
site is approximately four times the size of Headley Court, located
strategically in the Midlands with excellent connectivity, and was
chosen following a comprehensive site selection process. The DNRC
was the brainchild of the late 6th Duke of Westminster who set it
in motion but sadly died in 2016.
Holly Butcher, Director of Fundraising for the DNRC, said “The
new Defence & National Rehabilitation Centre being built at
Stanford Hall is going to change lives, deliver the best in
clinical care and make a huge difference to how we look after
people who have experienced serious injury. Right now, we’re
raising the £40m we need to complete the build for the Defence
facility and are extremely grateful for the generous support of the
City Veterans’ Network. We’re nearly there but are asking people to
dig deep to help get us to our £300m target.”
The annual dinner, now in its 3rd year, will see 300 guests,
including celebrities, members of the Armed Forces and senior
executives from across the City join together at the Imperial War
Museum, for an evening of fine dining, live music, from regimental
bands, exclusive military-themed prizes and demonstrations from
serving members of the armed forces. Proceeds from both ticket
sales and the auction will be donated to the DNRC.
Jim Cowles, EMEA CEO, Citi and City Veterans’ Network Patron,
said “Citi is both proud to be a leader in the employment of
military veterans and also a supporter of military charities. Citi
and the City Veterans Network are honoured to be supporting the
DNRC at this year’s dinner; the remarkable facility will transform
the lives of servicemen and women who have been injured while
fighting for their country.”
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CVNThe City Veterans’
Network was formed in 2014 as an umbrella group to bring together
the veterans networks that exist within firms across the City and
Financial Services in the UK. Their aims are to encourage the
employment of ex-servicemen and women as well as reservists in the
City; share best practice as employers; act as a point of contact
for the MoD in the City; and raise funds for service charities.
Additional information may be found at
www.cityvetnet.uk/annual-dinner
DNRC More
details on the DNRC at www.thednrc.org.uk – the website contains
aerial footage and a wide range of information about the Defence
facility (currently under construction and due to be handed over to
the MoD in summer 2018) as well as the complementary National
facility which has outline planning permission and on which a
decision is currently being sought. For more on the potential of
the ‘N’, please see
https://www.thednrc.org.uk/whats-happening-on-now/we-are-exploring-the-opportunities-for-the-nation.aspx
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