There are over 230 groups (branches) of HCPT. Most are around the UK but some are based around the world! Use the feature above to find local groups nearest your UK postcode or town / city.

Whatever your age, health or location, there might be an HCPT group for you, including groups serving Royal Navy, Army, and Royal Air Force communities. See below the listing for more information about them and HCPT's international family.

HCPT Group 186

Serving active and retired naval personnel and their families from the East of England and elsewhere

Region: Armed Forces

Easter Group

We are a friendly and enthusiastic group dedicated to helping disabled children with naval connections enjoy and benefit from a pilgrimage to Lourdes with HCPT. As part of the HCPT Armed Forces Regionï our helpers include serving and retired naval personnel as well as a number associated with the Royal Navy, Royal Marines or the baseport and establishment communities. We are fortunate to have as regular travellers a number of dedicated nurses, often fresh from the front line at sea or ashore in the world's troublespots and some very experienced carers. Each year we welcome new helpers, of whatever age, who bring fresh ideas and fun to the pilgrimage. Why not join us?

Group Leader: Rachael

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The international HCPT family:

  • Belgium
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Croatia: DUH (Dječja Udruga Hrabrost)
  • Ireland: Rise and Shine, serving the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
  • Italy
  • Poland: centred around Krakow
  • Romania
  • Slovakia
  • Spain (students from Cambridge House College, Valencia)
  • Switzerland
  • USA: ASCPG (American Special Children's Pilgrimage Group)
  • West Indies

We also have HCPT groups serving:

  • Disabled and disadvantaged adults who wish to join HCPT's Easter pilgrimage ("Jet Set").
  • The Armed Forces communities: Royal Navy – Groups 150 and 186 (both Easter); Army – Group 182 (Easter); Royal Air Force – Group 187 (Easter), Joint Services Group 360 (Easter Jet Set) and Group 720 (Easter Service Support). There is also a Joint Armed Forces Summer group, 507, which joins the International Military Pilgrimage in May.
  • Lourdes "Hospitalité" volunteers from the UK.
  • Retired and able bodied adults who wish to join HCPT's Easter pilgrimage ("Old and Bold") – in Merseyside and Surrey.

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