The fundraising target was surpassed after two years, while monthly calls to the Combat Stress helpline tripled and visits to Combat Stress’ website increased by 60%.

The average length of time Veterans wait before seeking help was reduced by 10%.

For the 95th anniversary campaign, we achieved:

• Negotiated a front page exclusive with the Guardian;
• Placed Combat Stress spokespeople on Radio 4’s Today Programme, BBC Breakfast, Good Morning Britain (ITV), and Sky News. Overall, interviews with Combat Stress featured on every major British broadcast outlet across both radio and TV;
• On social media, tweets mentioning @CombatStress reached 19 million people;
• In total, more than 980 pieces of media coverage mentioning Combat Stress appeared on one day – the equivalent of £1.5 million of advertising.

The Enemy Within Appeal saw PLMR:

• Negotiate a media partnership with The Daily Telegraph group, the benefits of which included guaranteed editorial content, a week long readers appeal, and £100,000 of free advertising;
• Secure opinion pieces in support of the Appeal by HRH The Prince of Wales, the Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher, the Prime Minister David Cameron and former Army Chief of Staff Lord Dannatt;
• More than 9,000 pieces of media coverage mentioning Combat Stress – the equivalent of £18 million of advertising.

PLMR’s work for Combat Stress was Highly Commended in the ‘Best Not-For-Profit Communications’ category at the CorpComms Magazine Awards 2013. Our work was also shortlisted at the Public Affairs News Awards for ‘Best Voluntary Sector’ Campaign in 2012.