Former Scotty member, Beth Wood, explains why Scotty’s Little Soldiers and its support network has been integral as she’s grown up Beth Wood was just 15 years old when her dad, Staff Sergeant Glyn Hole, died in a car accident outside his barracks in Aldershot. At that moment, her life came crashing …
"He was so young, I didn’t know what to tell him, he was so excited about Christmas and I didn’t want to upset him.” For Royal Marines widow, Emylie Jennings, and her two young boys, Christopher and Oliver, Christmas is an emotional time of year. The family lost their hero, father and husband, …
As we gear up to the festive season, we can’t help but stop and think about the loved ones we’ve lost and who can’t be there to celebrate with us. For hundreds of bereaved British Armed Forces children, Christmas is a time of mixed emotions, feelings of joy, but also feelings of loss as they …
Every December, Scotty’s Little Soldiers, the charity for bereaved military children, organises a special Christmas party to bring its members together and remind them they aren’t alone, and this year even Covid-19 couldn’t spoil their fun. The 2020 Christmas party took place virtually last weekend …
TV broadcaster and journalist, Piers Morgan, is set to appear on the Christmas special of ITV’s prime time game show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, and he will be playing to win funds for bereaved children’s military charity, Scotty’s Little Soldiers.
Scotty’s supporters raise over £12,800 at first ever Virtual Ball. 170 households across the country came together virtually last weekend, all for one cause – Scotty’s Little Soldiers. The charity, which marks its 10th anniversary this year, hosted its first ever virtual ball on Saturday (28th …
