Contact: 01722 323 955 or info@gwt.org.uk Welfare Advice: 01722 343 111 or gurkhawelfare@gwt.org.uk
About the Charity
We enable Gurkha veterans, their families and their wider communities to live their lives with dignity in Nepal.
About the Gurkhas
Gurkhas are traditionally recruited from the hill people of Nepal, with roots right back to an 8th century Hindu warrior.
News
Watch: A rallying cry from Joanna Lumley OBE
Our Vice-Patron Joanna Lumley has issued a rallying cry to staff and supporters. Joanna is a huge supporter of our…
News
The Irishman who helped discover the Gurkhas
This St Patricks Day, we’re celebrating a connection with the Gurkhas thanks to a very special soldier from Ireland. “I went there one man and I came out three thousand.” -General Frederick Young
Challenges
Climb Everest at Home
In the spirit of keeping things moving this year we are encouraging our supporters to join us in setting themselves the challenge of scaling the largest mountain in the world – Beginning 1 May, over 12 weeks, and from their own homes.
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- 09:09 AM, 31 May 2020While we were all raising a glass to VE Day from our homes, Don Hyatt laced up his boots and began an epic walking… https://t.co/Yi7jaBZMc9