Kill with kindness? Helping military veterans risks creating ‘culture of entitlement,’ report says

‘The proliferation of military charities in the UK risks creating a culture of ‘entitlement’ in armed forces veterans, one such charity has warned.
The Care After Combat initiative, which is fronted by comedian Jim Davidson, has released a report detailing its efforts to support veterans who have fallen on hard times.
Commenting in the report’s foreword, Davidson said: “There are so many charities and I’m just worried that the veteran will sit on his backside and say ‘OK, come and sort me out,’ which is not what we want.”
Davidson insisted his charity wants ex-servicemen and women “to get a life back and not just sit there and say ‘gimme, gimme, gimme.’ Not that they do that, but there is a danger of that happening.’
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