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Family Pride Event "There but Not There"

Recently I.M.P.A.C.T Northeast were awarded 6 sitting silhouettes as apart of the national campaign to remember the those who sacrificed so much in during the Great War, these were awarded through the Military Covenant funding scheme.

The project was to Commemorate the Fallen. Highlighting the sacrifices made by so many through silhouette installations around the country. The project was to educate all generations, particularly today’s younger generation, to understand what led to the deaths of 888,246 people from Britain and The Commonwealth.

Not forgetting paying tribute to to help Heal those suffering from the hidden wounds of post-traumatic stress disorder and other lasting legacies of combat. We decided that we wanted to have coffee morning and present family Military Histories from Sunderland families. We decided it would be a good idea to create a partnership with Veterans in Crisis, enabling us pay tribute to living veterans.

The staff at IMPACT Northeast researched family histories from members of the community and presented their family military history on the day for them. The veterans histories and silhouettes are now going to be displayed as apart of The Sunderland Winter gardens commemorative event. Also some of the Silhouettes went over to support the Parker Trust event.

On the day, Deputy Mayor David Snowdon opened the event, followed by a stand alone bugler who played the last post along with the Royal British Legions standards. The event was attended by Darren Rhodes The Regional Employment Officer for the North East Military of Defense, even Ex Sunderland player Kevin Ball came along to the event. The event was attended by 75 children and families who took part in the coffee morning with crafts for children and memory boards for attendees to remember their family members whom they want to pay tributes to.

Some of the young people and families made some short videos to commemorate their loved ones. One of the completed videos is here for you to view. Thanks to Joe from Tall Image for his support in making these videos.

Thank you to all involved and who supported our coffee morning.

Lest we forget.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by I.M.P.A.C.T Northeast CIC .