9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2002 - Page 0072
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 2002 |
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70 REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9TH/12TH ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES’S) Home Headquarters Home Headquarters, 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s), TA Centre, Saffron Road, Wigston, LEICESTER LE18 4UX Regimental Secretary Assistant Regimental Secretary Administrative Officer Clerical Support Asistant ome Headquarters is the link between the Serving Regiment and past members of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers and its antecedent Regiments. The most important aspect of our work is the administration of the , Charitable Association. This is a I Registered Charity whose main aim is to give financial help to those who have served in the ' Regiment if they are in need. . Each year every serving member of the Regiment gives up one day’s pay for the benefit of the Association which generates an income of over £18,000. Additionally, many retired officers donate generously towards the filnd each year and we also have some income from investments. As can be seen in the accounts published elsewhere in the Delhi Spearman we distribute some £24,000 annually in benevolent grants and payments. Additionally, we also help to maintain the many valuable items such as medals, pictures, war memorials and other artefacts belonging to the Regiment and we also help the Regiment to buy sports and adventurous training equipment which cannot always be supplied by the Army. Because the Army and indeed the Regiment has, since World War 11, decreased in size the financial contribution from serving s01- diers has been getting proportionally smaller. On the other hand the population in this country is getting older as people live longer and State Benefits are not always keeping pace with the ever-increasing demands put on our Government Welfare Agencies. Lieutenant Colonel ARFNZ Twickel Captain SP Hardy Mr S Mamnani Mrs A Cornwall Poppy Planting Telephone: 0116 2759572 Fax: 0116 2759571 Web Site: www.de1hispearman.org.uk e-mail: twickel@delhispearman.org.uk hardy@delhispearman.org.uk HHQ relies very much on SSAFA volunteers to inform us when someone is in need. They also help us to assess the scale of finan- cial assistance needed. Once we get a report and it is a straight- forward matter we can react within a week. In more complex cases, especially where greater sums are needed and we have to involve the Army Benevolent Fund; then, we usually hope to set- tle within two or three weeks. We therefore are very grateful to all those members of the Regiment who, in the past, have contributed so generously to the funds of the Association and hopefully will continue to do so in the future ; whether this is through the ‘One Day’s Pay Scheme’ or by donations after retirement. |
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