{"id":36441,"date":"2019-03-26T17:31:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T17:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=36441"},"modified":"2019-03-26T17:31:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T17:31:54","slug":"veterans-haven-set-up-in-memory-of-marine-killed-on-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/26\/veterans-haven-set-up-in-memory-of-marine-killed-on-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran&#039;s haven set up in memory of Marine killed on exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PAUL \u201cWoody\u201d Woodland was killed in a training exercise shortly after achieving his long-term dream of joining the Special Boat Service; his other dream had been to build a log cabin for his family.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">When Paul died, aged 32 in a boating accident, he left behind his fianc\u00e9e Sian Woodland.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sian, aged 34, from Penarth, served in the Royal Navy herself<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, but it was while working as an air hostess\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that she met first Paul.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWhen I got the knock at the door to say that he had been killed I just didn\u2019t want to believe it.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI threw myself into\u00a0fundraising because I was so, so scared\u00a0that people would forget about him, he did all this training, h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e finally got into the SBS, and then suddenly that\u2019s it, he\u2019s just dead.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36474 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/woody-better.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/woody-better.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/woody-better-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/woody-better-293x391.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36474 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/woody-better.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/woody-better.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/woody-better-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/woody-better-293x391.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">For the next\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">two years, Sian threw herself into charity work raising money for various military charities \u2013 she raised around \u00a350,000 over the next few years by climbing Kilimanjaro, running half marathons and having innumerable coffee mornings.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Eventually, she met a group of\u00a0veterans based at Penarth Pier and the idea was formed to create a social hub that would help veterans of the armed forces and the emergency services.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cPaul always knew that when he left the military, he wanted to do something where he still got up in the morning and still had a routine.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cHe just wanted a smallholding with his family in the middle of\u00a0nowhere\u00a0and because of that dream we decided to set up a lodge where\u00a0veterans who might be struggling could come to meet like-minded people,\u201d said Sian.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36477 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Sian-vets-award.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Sian-vets-award.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Sian-vets-award-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Sian-vets-award-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Sian-vets-award-293x391.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36477 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Sian-vets-award.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Sian-vets-award.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Sian-vets-award-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Sian-vets-award-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Sian-vets-award-293x391.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the summer of 2018, the charity moved in to new premises set within the Amelia Trust Farm, on the edge of Barry.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">They have also recently opened another lodge in North Wales at Eirias Park and they have plans to build more lodges all over the country \u2013 including one in mid Wales where veterans will be able to stay if they are having troubles at home.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt\u2019s a really simple charity, we just want people to come in, relax, and have a chat,\u201d said Sian.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">One person who uses the service is Ged, who is 82 and has been with his wife Barbara, who cares for him full-time, for 21 years.<\/span><span 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Ged-and-Barbara-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Ged-and-Barbara-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Ged-and-Barbara.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-36471\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Ged-and-Barbara-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Ged-and-Barbara-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Ged-and-Barbara-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Ged-and-Barbara-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Ged-and-Barbara-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Ged-and-Barbara-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Ged-and-Barbara.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Ged and Barbara<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ged served in the Army but<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0he is now living with vascular dementia, a condition that has been progressing steadily since it was diagnosed three years ago.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Barbara said: \u201cWe have attended non-veteran support groups but we both felt they didn\u2019t meet our needs.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;Ged enjoyed the exercise classes but didn\u2019t want to chat to anyone there as he felt they had nothing in common and I didn\u2019t feel it offered help or support for either of us.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">When Ged visits Woody\u2019s Lodge in Colwyn Bay, he feels comfortable enough to chat with fellow visitors about their time in service.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">As well as helping veterans, the charity also helps members of the emergency services, such as paramedics, who want to come and talk to people who don\u2019t know them personally, but understand what they are going through.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Woody\u2019s Lodge is also a partner in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ageuk.org.uk\/cymru\/our-work\/project-360\/about-project-360\/\"> Project 360\u00b0<\/a> alongside Age Cymru and Age Alliance Wales.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Project 360\u00b0 is a nationwide partnership project that aims to improve services for older military veterans across Wales.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">For Sian, working for the charity is the perfect way to spend her time: \u201cYou know all our branding is about Paul, so I get to see him and talk about him every day.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;It means to me and his family that he didn\u2019t die in vain.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nIf you, or anyone you know is affected by this issue you can contact Woody&#8217;s lodge on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodyslodge.org\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAUL \u201cWoody\u201d Woodland was killed in a training exercise shortly after achieving his long-term dream of joining the Special Boat Service; his other dream had been to build a log cabin for his family.\u00a0\u00a0 When Paul died, aged 32 in a boating accident, he left behind his fianc\u00e9e Sian Woodland.\u00a0 Sian, aged 34, from Penarth, served in the Royal Navy herself, but it was while working as an air hostess\u00a0that she met first Paul.\u00a0 \u201cWhen I got the knock at 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