Minister backs initiative to take disabled servicemen from 'Front Line to Start Line'
Hugh Robertson lends support to project helping injured service personnel compete in the Paralympics.
A project to support wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women progress towards representing their country in Paralympic sport, or working in the sector, has today been backed by Minister for Sport and Olympics .
The and today committed to working together on 鈥楩ront Line to Start Line鈥� at the by signing a Memorandum of Understanding.
Hugh Robertson said: 鈥淎s a former serviceman myself, I want to do everything possible to help soldiers injured while on duty rebuild their lives through sport. The in 1948 to help servicemen injured in World War II, so this is a fantastic and appropriate initiative as London prepares to host the Games once again.鈥�
聽was funded by Help for Heroes to take part in the Talent Transition programme, which is the sort of project that the Front Line to Start Line initiative will support. He said:
鈥淗elp for Heroes and the British Paralympic Association have really helped me to take my sport to the next level and now I鈥檓 aiming to compete for ParalympicsGB in London, something that I鈥檝e dreamed about since watching the Beijing Paralympics from my hospital bed.鈥�