29 - Rob Dennison - How to survive leaving the military, a British veterans story of business & community leadership

Rob Dennison is an absolute gem of a human being. I was lucky enough to catch up with him shortly after he completed an epic bike ride raising money and creating a fantastic social community for veterans.

When Rob left his army career behind he noticed that it was harder to describe to people who he was and what he did, essentially he had lost a key part of his identity. 

When his partner noticed that he wasn't as happy as she felt he could be she confronted him about which led him to the set up his own business, 50 Cal Coffee. The ball had started rolling.

Rob notice that there was a lack of community support for veterans in the same position as him, he heard stories of how some charities were not able to help those suffering with PTSD and other military veteran issues. To raise awareness and to bring veterans together via social media he and a couple of friends set off on an epic bike ride with no proper planning and no training.

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https://www.50calcoffeecompany.com

https://m.facebook.com/groups/2153671224675023

https://www.facebook.com/veteranshubweymouth/

https://www.facebook.com/The-Tommy-Atkins-Centre-1535377716540882/

http://who-dares-cares.com/

The BeGlad Movement is aiming to collect 100 stories of good coming out of bad and reasons to be glad by the end of 2018 to help support each other with our experiences and to raise money for the Samaritans and Action for Happiness. If you would like to donate it would be so greatly appreciated. Thank you!
 
https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/beglad