We're celebrating after reaching our target to become to first nationally-recognised charity dedicated to supporting the carers of wounded and injured military veterans.

Adam Douglas, Founder and Chairman of the Forgotten Heroes who is himself a disabled veteran, said:

"This is a landmark day for us. It's been 18 months in the making as we have strived to reach the required level of annual income and quite rightly strict levels of administrative compliance needed to be recognised by the Charities Commission, but now we have that registration, it will open the doors for us to do so much more."

Staffed entirely by volunteers, the majority of whom are former servicemen and women and the carers of disabled veterans; we help and support to carers whose lives have been changed dramatically by disablement of their loved ones during military service.

Charley Downey, Press and PR officer for the charity who is also a war pensioner, said:

"This is definitely the beginning of the story, not the end. We’ve got big plans to provide a comprehensive range of services through work with our other charity partners, as well as increase our capacity and capabilities with a full programme of fundraising events over the next 12 months. Our next initiatives include a '100 marathon challenge' from our trustee Simon Buckden, and a range of merchandise which will be available at a range of outlets across the UK, as well as in our own online store."