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Founder thanked on The Woodland Workshop

If you are a fan of The Repair Shop then you might also be a fan of The Woodland Workshop. Its where a team of expert makers create extraordinary items for extraordinary people. Tuesday the 13th of February featured our very own Founder, Malcolm Childs....

National Lottery Grant for Mental Health courses

Models for Heroes are celebrating the fantastic news that, thanks to players of the National Lottery, M4H received a grant of £12,000. The Community Fund was applied for to help M4H train more Mental Health Volunteers in First Aid and Mental Health First aid. In...

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BBC Radio 4 with James May and Models for Heroes discussing the

Former Top Gear presenter James May believes hobbies are good for people’s wellbeing so the BBC Radio 4 Today team assembled a get together with hobby-mad listeners, including comedian Al Murray and founder of the model making charity, Malcolm Childs. Together at the BBC’s New...

A Royal modelling session

On the 8th November 2023 the Telford Models for Heroes Group were invited to attend an exciting event at Veterans Cafe at Dawley Town Hall, Telford.  As part of an official visit to Telford the Duke of Edinburgh spent time talking to the assembled veterans. ...

Liam Dempsey announced as M4H Ambassador

We are delighted to announce that Liam Dempsey has joined us as our new M4H Ambassador The former Royal Engineers Aircraft Technician is passionate about raising funds and awareness for the aims of Models for Heroes, providing positive mental health and well being hobbies. In 2008, Liam...

M4H Beneficiary’s triumph and generosity

In the captivating setting of the Barry War Museum in South Wales, a truly remarkable event unfolded as veteran Chris Dorrington emerged victorious winning Best in Show with a diorama of Saipan Beech Landing in the South Pacific during WW2. Chris, a veteran of the...

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Volunteer Spotlight: Kat DT

My name is Kat Deery-Taylor. I have been volunteering with Models for Heroes for over four years. I started volunteering, initially via the Royal British Legion in Wrexham, due to the pandemic, this site was closed down and we relocated to a charitable hub called...

Barry War Museum – Best in Show

Congratulations are in order as one of our beneficiaries, Chris Dorrington, last weekend won Best in Show at the Barry War Museum Model Show for his diorama of the Omaha Beach. “… I was a little taken back as there were quite a few well...

Making poetry

Models for Heroes. I’ve made a tiny model But to me it’s rather huge My mind is not quite what is was Bad dreams come by deluge To escape for just a moment To see another world To make that tiny model To reach a...

New Ambassador

It would not be MEL-odramatic for us to be over-joyed for our newest Ambassador. Mel Bose, joins the Ambassador line-up to help support and promote the work of Models for Heroes. A veteran himself, Mel can relate and understand the challenges our bravest have to...

Forces TV report

Amy Wiltshire from Forces TV visited our HQ and spoke to the Chairman of Models for Heroes, Malcolm Childs about the aims of the organisation and what model making means to our beneficiaires. Amy also took a visit to speak with Graham Tolson in his...

Streamers on Twitch

Twitch is a streaming service for anyone who wants to share thier passion and be heard. Lately more and more people are turning to Twitch to get their message out and to interact with likeminded people. Three twitch streamers caught our attention this week. Twitch...