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Bryn was also a very talented art- ist, and his celebrated countryside cartoons were the inspiration for the much-loved Hero bear. There is a Hero Bear for various branches of the Armed Forces and associated professions, and he appears in cartoon form as drawn by Bryn or as life size costumes to join many fundraising activities and events.
As time has passed the needs of the wounded have changed, and the Charity has evolved in response, par- ticularly in the area of mental health.
Bryn at the Help for Heroes Tin Hut office
As Bryn himself said so perfectly a few years ago: “Today it’s still about the men and the women of our Armed Forces who have given our nation their all. It’s about the rest of their lives. It’s about finding the strength to battle with PTSD, to cope with isolation and anxiety. It’s about facing every day with physical and mental injuries. It’s about all the many veterans who still need our help. It’s about giving them one less battle to fight.”
Without Bryn, this Charity wouldn’t be here. Without him, over 27,000 veterans and their families wouldn’t have received life changing support. Bryn was instru- mental in changing the focus of the nation and the way we regard both military service and wounded veterans.
Bryn’s founding principles and his no-nonsense approach of doing everything humanly possible to help our heroes, remain at the heart of all we do.
Hero Bear designs based on Bryn’s original drawings
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