Angelina Jolie: I'm backing the Standard's appeal, we owe our freedom to veterans

 
Support: Angelina Jolie is backing the Standard's new campaign

Angelina Jolie today backed the Standard’s Christmas campaign for homeless veterans, saying we owe our freedom to the men and women who serve in the armed forces.

The actress and humanitarian activist made an undisclosed donation to the appeal on behalf of herself, husband Brad Pitt and their six children. She said: “As we spend the holidays with our families in our homes, and are able to give presents to our children, we should remember we owe this experience to the freedoms we enjoy, and to the men and women who served to protect us and secure our way of life.

“This holiday season many of them will be without a home, without food on the table, unable to buy toys for their children. We should do everything we can to show them our respect and gratitude.”

The Standard’s campaign aims to improve life for all veterans, from those destitute and sleeping rough, to those at risk of falling into homelessness, to the elderly who fought in the Second World War yet find themselves in uninhabitable homes or struggling with bills. Our biggest Christmas appeal, it includes the Independent, i, Independent on Sunday and London Live, and will benefit ABF The Soldiers’ Charity and Veterans Aid.

The campaign and the charities are on the front line in helping those who fall through the cracks and end up bereft and penniless.

But they also battle the myriad causes of homelessness, including life changing experiences such as relationship breakdowns, debt, mental health problems, addictions, poverty and isolation.

For more information on our Christmas appeal please visit www.homelessveterans.co.uk.

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