Legasee Educational Trust became a charity on January 10th, 2012. Our registered number is 1145354.
Legasee provides military enthusiasts, students, and teachers with unique access to a high-definition video archive of interviews with Veterans of military conflict from 1939 to the present day. Our commitment is that future generations can learn about our #militaryhistory through the personal recollections of the men and women who witnessed it firsthand. VIEW OUR VIDEO ARCHIVE HERE // https://www
The Help for Heroes’ Band of Sisters is a fellowship network open to the close supporting family members of veterans, service personnel, and those who have served alongside our armed forces who have been wounded, injured, or sick during, or as a result of, their service and resulting in an ongoing need for support. Offering advice and practical and emotional support, they care for the carers, organising get-togethers as well as respite weekends. By sharing experiences, the genuine understanding can make a big difference to military families. filming interviews with many of the 'sisters’, Legasee hopes that more people will reach out for the support available to them. WHY //
The inspiration for this project came from many of the military veterans with whom we have worked in the past – veterans who had experienced injury themselves and spoke about the support they had received from their families, and how their families often suffered themselves. Having captured the stories of veterans of many conflicts and operations, we felt that this was an important aspect of our military heritage that we needed to record, raise awareness of, and learn from. SEE MORE HERE // https://www.legasee.org.uk/band-of-sisters-archive/
A collection of children’s stories supporting military families living with #PTSD, injury, and upheaval
As we planned this project, we learned from the library service how few books they had to support children who are living with parents physically or emotionally changed from their service careers, or who were moving schools and leaving friends because of military postings. We decided to fill this gap by producing a series of books for younger children which directly tackle these subjects. Working with Le Catteau Primary School, author Paula Rogers and Illustrator Geraldine Sierra we ran workshops to devise plot and characters, directly addressing the needs of young children and involving them closely in the development of the books. SEE MORE HERE AND BUY THE BOOK TO SUPPORT JUMPING BEANS // https://www.legasee.org.uk/about/ https://www.waterstones.com/author/paula-rogers/796752
RESEARCH PAPER
The Progression of the Understanding of UK Military Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from WW1 to the Present Day, and The Role of Family in Veteran Mental Health Care
Whilst much has been studied and written about the direct impact on serving and veteran military personnel, the stories of the families of those living with PTSD offer a new angle from which to observe the wider picture. Their suffering is acute – they fight the ongoing battles their partners, children, and parents fight, but their perspective is unique. Sometimes a fly on the wall, sometimes at the centre of the storm, the families are able to note aspects that escape clinicians, researchers, and the veterans themselves. The Band of Sister's interviewees gave new insight into the impact of military service on the families and communities of veterans. It is hoped that by adding the voices of these family members to the body of research in this area, lessons might be learned about how best to support military veterans and their families in the future. VIEW AND DOWNLOAD HERE // https://rb.gy/270uqg
ON Saturday, I had the pleasure of meeting many nice people at the Aden Veterans AGM in Blackpool. I gave a short talk about our hopes for a project we're trying to get off the ground to enssure their stories are not lost. Fingers crossed. It would have been remiss of me not to capture a few moments from the morning...
