Profiles
Albert Thomson - Managing Director
Albert is married with one son, Luke aged 5. Whilst serving in action in March 2003, Albert was shot several times by a Warrior-mounted Machine Gun, resulting in the loss of his left leg above knee, along with various other injuries. He left the Army as a Colour Sergeant in October 2005 having served 18 years.
Since losing his leg, Albert has raised money for the Not Forgotten Association by doing a sponsored parachute jump in August 2004 and went on to participate in the ARC Challenge 2005 with the BLESMA team, consisting of 13 other legless amputees. Sailing from the Canaries to St Lucia in 19 days, encountering high winds and tropical storms and 19 days of sea sickness! Albert has given presentations to The Royal College of Nursing Annual Conference, 3 Close Support RAMC Officers Mess and participated in a number of TV Documentaries, carried out “Extra” roles in TV programmes and Films such as Casualty, Mile High, These Foolish Things and the BBC “Shakespeare” series in 2005.
Ben Elton - Director of Development
Married with two children, Ben left the Army as a Warrant Officer Class 1 (Regimental Sergeant Major) in August 2005 having served 22 years Colour Service. During his time with the Army Ben became a qualified instructor in Weapon Handling, Battlefield First Aid, Chemical and Biological Warfare, Camouflage and Counter Surveillance, Map Reading, Field Firing and Battlefield Noise simulation using plastic explosives and pyrotechnics. He has deployed on a number of operational tours in Northern Ireland and Iraq and has designed training and evaluation packages for Medical Units prior to their deployment. Ben now runs an organisation that trains the unemployed in Motivation, Confidence and Self Esteem, often taking his clients away from their comfort zone and testing them under difficult conditions in the Lake District.
He has been invited on a number of occasions to the RCDM Selly Oak hospital where he provides advice and guidance to evacuated casualties and their relatives. Being from a training background he is in his element when providing information relating to his disability and injuries, this includes: phantom limb pain, sporting activities after amputation, prosthetics, rehabilitation and Physiotherapy. Ben is a motivational speaker who is comfortable to discuss psychological and physical aspects of his disability with a range of audiences including high-ranking officials.
Ben recently appeared as a stunt extra in the newly released movie "Children of Men" starring Clive Owen were he simulated a traumatic above knee amputation as a result of a terrorist bomb in a public bar in London.
