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9th Mar 2018, 17:56
If you know anyone who is eligible there are funded trips available, details below
Remembrance Travel | Arena Travel (http://www.arenatravel.com/our-holidays/remembrance-travel)
LIBOR TOURS OF REMEMBRANCE
Remembrance Travel is trying to find all surviving veterans of WWII to participate in funded LIBOR Tours of Remembrance to where they served.
The Royal British Legion has been running LIBOR funded tours for Normandy veterans for the past four years and thanks to additional LIBOR funding is now able to widen the tours to all veterans of WWII.
The Treasury are enabling a series of tours which are being funded by the LIBOR fines, allowing a WWII veteran to return and pay their respects to fallen comrades. In addition, a family member and a carer would be able to accompany the veteran to support and share the experience.
The tours will take place from spring to autumn as numbers demand and will give WWII veterans – now mostly in their 90s - the chance to meet up with fellow veterans, visit significant battlefield sites, cemeteries and memorials. The tours will be led by an official Royal British Legion guide and the tours will include:
Overnight B&B accommodation pre and post tour (as required)
Accommodation on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis during the tour
Air, rail, ferry or executive coach travel as per the itinerary
Visits to war memorials, cemeteries and significant sites
Entrance fees
Medic
Up to £50 per person allowance for travel to and from the tour departure point
Tours do not include lunches, travel insurance and items of a personal nature.
These tours are also open to organisations and associations. If there is a group of 10 veterans (30 passengers) or more, we will operate a coach at no charge from a local departure point to join an existing tour or operate a separate tour. Please note the group would not qualify for the £50.00 travel allowance.
There is no database of veterans from WWII who are still alive today, therefore if you are a veteran or know of a veteran who would like to benefit from these tours, please contact us on 01473 660800 to register your interest or download the registration form and send it to Remembrance Travel, C/O Arena Travel, 2 Betts Ave, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 3RH.
Click here to download the registration form >>
LIBOR FINES FUNDING
In 2014 at the 70th Anniversary Normandy Commemorations Prime Minister David Cameron made a promise that all veterans would be able to return to Normandy. These five day tours (4 nights) to Normandy plus overnights pre and post tour are for a veteran, one family member and a carer to travel to France funded by the UK Government as promised. In order to qualify for these tours, the veteran must fulfil the eligibility criteria described:
ELIGIBILITY
All successful applicants must adhere to the following criteria in order to be accepted:
Two night’s accommodation at the Victory Services Club or Ashford Int Hotel pre and post tour – B & B Basis
Four night’s accommodation at the Novotel Caen Cote de Nacre (1 x Twin and 1 x Single)
Buffet Breakfast and Dinner daily in Caen
Executive coach travel throughout
Visits as per the itinerary
Channel crossings
Doctor
RBL Official guide who will finalise itinerary and accompany the tour throughout
Up to £50 travel allowance for transport to and from tour departure point
NOT INCLUDED:
Travel insurance, lunches, items of a personal nature such as drinks etc.
TRAVEL ALLOWANCE:
A travel allowance of up to £50.00 per person can be claimed upon your return to the UK by sending the travel receipts to Arena Travel in a freepost envelope. A freepost envelope containing a claim form will be included in your tour wallet and you will have 14 days from the date you return to the UK to claim the travel allowance.
Remembrance Travel | Arena Travel (http://www.arenatravel.com/our-holidays/remembrance-travel)
LIBOR TOURS OF REMEMBRANCE
Remembrance Travel is trying to find all surviving veterans of WWII to participate in funded LIBOR Tours of Remembrance to where they served.
The Royal British Legion has been running LIBOR funded tours for Normandy veterans for the past four years and thanks to additional LIBOR funding is now able to widen the tours to all veterans of WWII.
The Treasury are enabling a series of tours which are being funded by the LIBOR fines, allowing a WWII veteran to return and pay their respects to fallen comrades. In addition, a family member and a carer would be able to accompany the veteran to support and share the experience.
The tours will take place from spring to autumn as numbers demand and will give WWII veterans – now mostly in their 90s - the chance to meet up with fellow veterans, visit significant battlefield sites, cemeteries and memorials. The tours will be led by an official Royal British Legion guide and the tours will include:
Overnight B&B accommodation pre and post tour (as required)
Accommodation on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis during the tour
Air, rail, ferry or executive coach travel as per the itinerary
Visits to war memorials, cemeteries and significant sites
Entrance fees
Medic
Up to £50 per person allowance for travel to and from the tour departure point
Tours do not include lunches, travel insurance and items of a personal nature.
These tours are also open to organisations and associations. If there is a group of 10 veterans (30 passengers) or more, we will operate a coach at no charge from a local departure point to join an existing tour or operate a separate tour. Please note the group would not qualify for the £50.00 travel allowance.
There is no database of veterans from WWII who are still alive today, therefore if you are a veteran or know of a veteran who would like to benefit from these tours, please contact us on 01473 660800 to register your interest or download the registration form and send it to Remembrance Travel, C/O Arena Travel, 2 Betts Ave, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 3RH.
Click here to download the registration form >>
LIBOR FINES FUNDING
In 2014 at the 70th Anniversary Normandy Commemorations Prime Minister David Cameron made a promise that all veterans would be able to return to Normandy. These five day tours (4 nights) to Normandy plus overnights pre and post tour are for a veteran, one family member and a carer to travel to France funded by the UK Government as promised. In order to qualify for these tours, the veteran must fulfil the eligibility criteria described:
ELIGIBILITY
All successful applicants must adhere to the following criteria in order to be accepted:
Two night’s accommodation at the Victory Services Club or Ashford Int Hotel pre and post tour – B & B Basis
Four night’s accommodation at the Novotel Caen Cote de Nacre (1 x Twin and 1 x Single)
Buffet Breakfast and Dinner daily in Caen
Executive coach travel throughout
Visits as per the itinerary
Channel crossings
Doctor
RBL Official guide who will finalise itinerary and accompany the tour throughout
Up to £50 travel allowance for transport to and from tour departure point
NOT INCLUDED:
Travel insurance, lunches, items of a personal nature such as drinks etc.
TRAVEL ALLOWANCE:
A travel allowance of up to £50.00 per person can be claimed upon your return to the UK by sending the travel receipts to Arena Travel in a freepost envelope. A freepost envelope containing a claim form will be included in your tour wallet and you will have 14 days from the date you return to the UK to claim the travel allowance.