Work of a paid or voluntary nature for most charities will require some sort of background check as you may be working with people of a vulnerable nature, peoples personal details on their finances and health, the charities funds or be in a position to at least see all of the above to some extent...
If his participation does not warrant such a check (CRB or similar) he is not to know so you could start the ball rolling with a few searching yet logical questions about service number, positions of responsibility held, previous addresses, regiments served on and the belter would be names of commanding officers that you could write to for character references...This would appear appropriate for a good guy and terrifying for all but the coolest of walts.
Last edited by Vim_Fuego; 29th Sep 2011 at 14:54.