OUR AMBASSADORS
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Believe in the aims of The Monty Project and motivate others to get involved
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Support our work and encourage people to raise valuable funds to help us achieve our aims.
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Generate awareness of our campaigns and achievements​
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We're aiming to bring on board even more people to support our work - so we'd love to hear from you if you could help!
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Ben Parkinson MBE
Ben Parkinson MBE is a former British paratrooper, veterans' campaigner and author. He is the most severely wounded soldier to survive the War in Afghanistan. Both his legs were amputated, he broke his back and suffered lasting brain damage when the Land Rover he was travelling in struck a landmine in 2006.
He defied his doctors' expectations by learning to walk and talk again and regularly raises money for veterans' charities. His case forced the Ministry of Defence to significantly increase compensation payouts to wounded British soldiers. He left the Army in 2019.
Ben was told he would never walk or talk as a result of his injuries, but he has repeatedly defied his doctors' expectations. In June 2012, he successfully carried the Olympic flame through his hometown of Doncaster and was cheered on by thousands of well-wishers as he walked on prosthetic legs. Ben is now associated with The Curtis Palmer Program which focusses on helping serving and retired Police Officers and Police staff by following the NHS 5 steps to better mental health wellbeing.
He volunteers as a Poppy Seller in Doncaster to raise money for the Royal British Legion and also supports Help For Heroes.
In 2021 he released an autobiography Losing the Battle, Winning the War: How we can all defy the odds we're given. It was described as a "reflection of what heroism really means". In 2008 he won The Sun newspaper's Overcoming Adversity award at its inaugural Millies ceremony in London. In 2013 he was appointed an MBE by Prince Charles in recognition of his charity work.
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Dominic Dyer
Dominic Dyer is a wildlife protection campaigner, writer and broadcaster.
He left school at 16 and joined the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food as a civil servant. Over the next 13 years in Whitehall and Brussels he worked on issues ranging from marine environment protection to organic agriculture. In 2000, he left the public sector for the Food and Drink Federation, where he became an expert on the environment and healthy eating trends. In 2008, he was appointed chief executive of the Crop Protection Association, the trade body for the UK plant science industry.
In 2012, he abandoned his career as an industry lobbyist and became a full-time wildlife protection campaigner with Care for the Wild.
Today, he is policy advisor for the Born Free Foundation and chief executive of the Badger Trust.
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