72 - Sharon Bristow - Founding member of Gareth Malones Military Wives Choir & Strength Behind the Strong

​As a working mum living close to the base where her husband was stationed Sharon found it hard to make other military friends to begin with as invariably coffee mornings would happen while she was at work etc. 

When her husband was due to be deployed to Afghanistan Sharon went to the predeployment families day in the hope of 

making new friends, people she could connect with and who would understand what it was like to have a partner serving.

Little did she know at the time that she would become one of the founding members of the Military Wives Choir. 

Watch to hear Sharon's story on what it was like to experience that journey and how the original choir evolved into a massive network and a charity. And what it is that she is doing now with her new venture 'Strength Behind the Strong' bringing women together to support each other and help each other in their times of need. This group is about empowering each other to live again on their own terms and not just wear the 'dependent' label.

www.thestrengthbehindthestrong.com
http://www.militarywiveschoirs.org/

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