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After a royal send-off by the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson this morning, a group of amputee and injured military veterans have set off on a confidence-building expedition of a lifetime, trekking in the Himalayas.  Organised by Pilgrim Bandits, the group will embark...

Today we bring you the news that the Pilgrim Bandits’ Curtis Palmer Program has applied for its own charity status. This move comes as a direct result of the Program’s rapid growth and achievements in recent years in supporting injured emergency service personnel and...

Earlier this year, Pilgrim Bandits led the charge to bring a 98-year-old SAS war hero back home to Britain – and we’re delighted to announce that he is now back home in the UK and has taken up his residency as a Chelsea Pensioner in the Royal Hospital Chelsea. New...

Injured veteran, GB Wheelchair Rugby player and Britain’s Disabled Strongman, Mac McLaren has offered a great show of support to Pilgrim Bandits by announcing he is getting the charity’s logo embroidered on his wheelchair for all to see. We’ve been pleased to support...

An announcement from the Pilgrim Bandits Board of Trustees: Rendel Ish has been appointed as Co CEO to help the Trustees and CEO over the next 6 months in an unpaid role. We would like to thank him for his help and support.

Have you got what it takes to complete 100 miles for Pilgrim Bandits? Throughout June, Pilgrim Bandits supporters will be coming together and challenging themselves to complete 100 miles of distance-based exercise - who would like to join them? You can walk, run,...

[gap] Last month our CEO, Matthew Hellyer, led the Pilgrim Bandits Winter Survival Course in Sweden. Commenting on the expedition, he said: “The expedition in Sweden was undertaken in order to push our injured service personnel to their physical and mental limits in...

[gap] Rendel Ish is instrumental to Pilgrim Bandits’ Curtis Palmer Programme. Established in early 2019, the Programme helps Police Officers with injuries, or who are struggling with their mental health, to get back to work in a better place. The Programme includes...

[ux_image id="4596"] Earlier this month we were pleased to be able to support amputee veteran, former Lance Corporal Charley Streather, aged 62, by investing in a Riese and Muller electric bike for him. As a below the knee amputee with severe back problems, Charley...

[gap] Ten amputee military veterans have joined firefighters to ride from John O’Groats to Lands’ End in support of a comrade with Motor Neurone Disease. The nearly 1,000-mile challenge will take the team of veterans and emergency service personnel 13 days to...

[ux_image id="4592"] Pilgrim Bandits Ambassador, Colin MacLachlan is a former SAS soldier turned actor, author and public speaker. He has been involved in some of the most high-profile and daring SAS missions over the years, but is perhaps best known by the masses for...

[ux_image id="4590" width="94"] At the age of 64, in May 2019 Simon had a life-changing below the knee amputation, but he didn’t let that stop him pursuing his passion to play top-level Table Tennis. He shares the Pilgrim Bandits mantra – Always A Little Further....