BNP’s Charity Work Shows Party In Its True Light

AFTER the British National Party’s newspaper, Freedom, reported on a meeting of Solihull BNP where the guest speaker, Gill Bailey, spoke of the plight of one of the British Army’s finest fighting forces, the Gurkhas, readers rallied around to help.

Gill, who is 61 years-old, was raising funds for the Gurkhas by doing a sponsored ‘wing-walk’ which involved standing on the wing of a plane whilst it is taking off, then flying around and landing.

“These men have been abandoned by this Labour Government after having served this country loyally for 200 years,” she told the meeting.
“I am a ‘virgin’ wing walker and must admit I am scared silly, but I feel so strongly about the sad situation these brave men are in that I feel I have to banish those fears.”

Freedom’s readers were moved by Gill’s plea and despite the credit crunch gave nearly £200, all in small donations, to her Gurkha appeal.

It was the BNP’s candidate for Knowle, Frank O’Brien, a charity fundraiser himself and the Assistant Organiser for Solihull BNP, who handed over the cheques and cash to Gill and he explained to the BNP website a little more about the Party’s charity work.

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The BNP's candidate for Knowle Frank O’Brien, presents the cheques and cash raised by Freedom's readers for the Gurkha Trust Fund to Gill Bailey at a local British Legion centre

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“Our association with charities such as Troop Aid and The Gurkha Trust Fund shows the British National Party in its true light as an organisation that looks after the interests of the British people and those who loyally serve our country.

“My involvement began with Troop Aid over a year ago, when I found out, through Ray Warren the Troop Aid founder, that the Labour Government did not give any assistance to the families of injured soldiers to visit them at the Selly Oak hospital in Birmingham.

“For example, if a soldier is wounded in a firefight in Iraq or Afghanistan, depending on the severity of the wound, they would be given morphine to knock them out. The next time they wake up is in Selly Oak hospital, still in their battle fatigues and with no change of clothes, no toothbrush etc. It is Troop Aid that supplies all of these basic needs - not our Government!

“Initially I just raised funds myself, but then I approached our local BNP fundraiser, Alan Ashmore who is a prolific charity fund-raiser himself having raised over £30,000 for the Marie Curie Trust Fund. I arranged a meeting with Ray Warren and Alan Ashmore and at that meeting Alan kindly agreed to raise funds for Troop Aid.

“At Selly Oak hospital there were no facilities available for visiting relatives, i.e. if a relative wanted to stay close to a loved one this was impossible. In the space of 24 hours Alan raised £1,200 which allowed us to build a special facility in the hospital so that families were able to stay. To date Alan has raised approximately £3,000 and South Birmingham BNP organiser Mike Bell is also involved and he has raised £1,500 through fundraising events.

“Word spread on local grapevine of the BNP’s fundraising potential and I was approached by Gill Bailey on behalf of the Gurkha Trust Fund. We are now in the process of raising money for these brave soldiers. In the last 24 hours I have been approached by a representative of the Downs Syndrome Society and they have asked me, as a representative of the British National Party, for help.”