Warrior Programme News
Sharon Hendry from The Sun meets Two Warriors
Sharon Hendry, feature writer for The Sun newspaper, joined The Warrior Programme at Chalice Well, Glastonbury and spoke to a couple of Warriors.
Please click below to read an extract from the online article in The Sun.
The Mendip Times Visits Cheltenham Gold Cup Winners with Warriors
On July 8th The Mendip Times accompanied Eva Hamilton and 2 Warriors Phil Collins and Adrian Anderson to the yard of Paul Nicholls to meet two very special horses, Cheltenham Gold Cup Winners Denman and Kauto Star.
Once again our massive thanks to Paul Nicholls and his team for making this special day a reality!
Please click below to read the article by The Mendip Times.
The Racing Post Reports Warriors' Visit To Meet Cheltenham Gold Cup Winners Kauto Star and Denman
Thanks to Paul Nicholls and Eva Hamilton Warriors Phil and Adrian visited Cheltenham Gold Cup winners Kauto Star and Denman at Paul Nicholls yard on Thursday 8 July 2010.
We cannot thank Paul Nicholls and his team enough for making a dream come true for these two former soldiers.
Please click below to read the article from the Racing Post.
BBC Somerset Visits The Warrior Programme at Chalice Well, Glastonbury
On 8 July BBC Somerset visited The Warrior Programme during a residential course which was being held at Chalice Well, Somerset.
Please click below to download the article.
Launch of The Warrior Band at Battersea Power Station
The Warrior Programme is delighted to announce the launch of The Warrior Band at The View, Battersea Power Station on Tuesday 8th June 2010.
The band members are Warriors Adrian Anderson, ex Rifles, Luiz Silva and Mahda Majdiau with special guest appearances by John Illsley of Dire Straits, Liam O'Maonlai of The Hot House Flowers, Alex Reeves, drummer for Dizzee Rascal and Jeanne Marine.
With the amazing support of Island Records and Room With A View Studios The Warrior Band have produced a 3 track EP.
After a hectic few months of writing music and lyrics, sessions in the recording studio and rehearsals the band made their first live performance on 8th June in front of 300 guests including well known personalities such as Bob Geldof, Charley Boorman and Antonio Carluccio at Battersea Power Station.
The EP was available to buy on the night for £4.99 and can also be bought directly from The Warrior Programme, from Amazon.co.uk and itunes.
The Warrior Programme would like to thank Island Records and Room With A View Studios for making the EP possible, John Illsley, Liam O'Maonlai, Alex Reeves, Jeanne Marine, Simon Johnson, Steve Smith and Catherine Stevens for their incredible contributions as well as Treasury Holdings for donating the venue for the night.
The evening was an incredible success and we would like to thank everyone who helped make the evening possible!
The Warrior Programme Visits Edinburgh
On the 30th April 2010 Eva Hamilton MBE (Co founder and Director) Tony Carmichael (Operations Manager) and Neil Allan (Warrior) travelled up to Edinburgh to present to the following military support agencies; The Royal British Legion Scotland, Poppy Scotland and The Mark Wright Project. Later on that day the Warrior team went onto Mark Wright House, which is the first purpose-built Army Recovery Centre in the UK that also caters for their families and loved ones.
The day was a great success and on both occasions The Warrior Programme was well received. In response to the visit to Scotland The Warrior Programme hopes to run the programme for ex-Service personnel in the autumn of this year.
His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales Visits The Warrior Programme
His Royal Highness joined ex-Service personnel and homeless people who have participated in The Warrior Programme for Tea at Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation, Fulham London on Wednesday 10 February 2010.
Boormans show their warrior spirit
It was a family outing for both the Boormans and the Fortes as the Warrior Programme threw a gala dinner at Royal Hospital Chelsea last night.
The charity helps homeless ex-service men rebuild their lives. Guests included the Boorman family (pictured top, from left to right): Olivia and husband Charlie, John Boorman and daughter Katrine.
The Fortes also attended (pictured below, from left to right): Aliai Forte with husband Sir Rocco and Bob Geldof's girlfriend Jeanne Marine.
Kent on Sunday, October 2009
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A group of ex-servicemen joined celebrity chef Antonio Carluccio for a morning of mushroom picking on a countryside estate. The forage for fungi at the Marquess of Abergavenny's estate in Eridge Park, Tunbridge Wells, was run by the Warrior Programme, a charity to help emotionally traumatised former members of the Armed Forces.
› Download article as PDFThe Times, October 2009
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There has been panic behind the scenes about our chances of finding mushrooms at Eridge Park today, but the fungi man himself, Antonio Carluccio, is unconcerned. It has been raining intermittently for a couple of days, which is good, and there has been some warmth, too.
› Download article as PDFThe Observer, February 2009
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After the horrors of war, many servicemen and women find themselves facing another battle: post-traumatic stress disorder. But a radical programme involving t'ai chi, meditation and Hawaiian "forgiveness" therapy is helping many of them find peace...
› Download article as PDFBig Issue, December 2008
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Social business specialist Eva Hamilton MBE runs a course that explores the emotional pain that can lead to a life on the streets.
Eva Hamilton spent years trying to give homeless people a new start by organising work placements with corporate giants like Marks & Spencer, but some encountered difficulties sustaining employment because they hadn't dealt with their underlying pain.
"I realised that this was because we weren't dealing with the causes of their homelessness, which was often unresolved emotional pain," says Hamilton. She formulated The Warrior Programme as a result, a four-day course for people suffering from mental health problems. Hamilton's clients came from all walks of life, from City bankers to ex-servicement suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder...
Tatler, December 2008
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hellomagazine.com, Tuesday 2 December, 2008
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The Evening Standard, Tuesday 2 December, 2008
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Launch of Charity that Tackles the Emotional Causes of Social Problems
Compelling evidence addressing new approaches to social problems has emerged from a pilot programme run by newly formed charity The Warrior Programme. The charity has demonstrated, through a combination of techniques, new ways to tackle acute trauma and emotional pain amongst disadvantaged groups.
The charity, to be officially launched on 30th November, will have a phased national roll out, and services will be developed specifically for, amongst others, ex-service personnel, the homeless and disadvantaged youth. Attracting attention from a wide range of professional, media and charity bodies, the launch event will include a fashion show introduced by designer Jasper Conran and film director Katrine Boorman, and a live performance by top Irish band The Hothouse Flowers.
Jasper Conran says:
"I am delighted to be supporting this groundbreaking charity. It is clearly not enough just to focus on people's material needs; we also need to address the emotional pain at the root of social problems and disadvantage. The kind of service provided by The Warrior Programme is particularly important for those who, because of institutional barriers, are normally excluded from such emotional support."
The Warrior Programme incorporates the techniques of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Cognitive Therapy and Meditation, which have traditionally, along with psychotherapy, been the preserve of affluent professional individuals. The pilot participants, who have suffered acute emotional difficulties, such as attempted suicide, clinical depression, abuse and addiction, have experienced dramatic transformations, enabling them to retake personal responsibility for their lives.
With 31 million prescriptions written last year alone for anti-depressants, it is widely recognised that a new approach to addressing emotional pain is needed, particularly for socially disadvantaged groups whose material needs (housing, resettlement, employment, addiction) often take precedence over the emotional pain at the root of the problem. The charity is now developing a number of partnerships with other charitable bodies in order to broaden the support available to disadvantaged and emotionally damaged individuals throughout the UK.
Film producer and documentary film director Katrine Boorman, one of the trustees of The Warrior Programme, adds:
"I am hugely excited about the programme's potential as a major contributor to some of the UK's most intractable social problems. By filming video diaries of the individuals' own stories, I have had the opportunity of seeing at first hand the dramatic impact that The Warrior Programme can have."
Liam o Maonlai of The Hothouse Flowers, who will be performing at the launch event, says:
"Depression is a symptom of a widespread desensitisation amongst human beings. We have lost our connection with our mother earth. We live according to a system that has little or no real respect for that from which we come and to which we return. Drugs can't fix this - there is a need for a global awakening."