LEIGH'S World War Two veterans wanting to make a commemorative trip to places where they served could be eligible for funding support from a new lottery scheme.
The Big Lottery Fund's 'Heroes Return' scheme provides grants to veterans to travel to former battlefields and other locations like prisoner of war camps in Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia and Africa.
The scheme is the centrepiece of the Big Lottery Fund's Veterans Reunited programme through which National Lottery money is being provided to enable veterans and young people to commemorate the momentous events leading to the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
The 'Heroes Return' scheme is funded until the end of next year and also provides lottery funding for veterans' spouses and carers to accompany them to countries where they served during the war.
For more information, call the 'Heroes Return' hotline on the free telephone number 0845 4 10 20 30.
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