MoneyForce is a program that aims to improve the financial capability of the UK Armed Forces by providing guidance related to all those serving in the military and their families.
60-694: The ethos and branding is built around the concept of getting 'MoneyFit' with MoneyForce and the MoneyForce website is fronted by former Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes . Comprising online resources and briefings at military bases across the UK, the program is delivered for the Ministry of Defence by the Royal British Legion . Funding comes from the Standard Life Charitable Trust, and some of
120-405: A 3,000 metres and a relay race in a single day. She also won the heptathlon. Holmes watched the 1992 Summer Olympics on television, and on seeing Lisa York in the heats of the 3,000 metres – an athlete whom she had competed against, and beaten – she decided to return to athletics. For several years she combined athletics with employment in the army, until increased funding allowed her to become
180-673: A Class 2 PTI. Although militarily quite young, Holmes's athletic prowess was impressive and she was encouraged to attend the course selection for full-time transfer to the Royal Army Physical Training Corps (RAPTC) at Aldershot . Holmes eventually qualified as a class 1 PTI, although she remained in the Adjutant General's Corps after the disbandment of the WRAC in 1992. She also became British Army judo champion and at an athletics event, she competed in and won an 800 metres,
240-541: A dispensary. The practice has over 16000 patients, with branch surgeries in the villages of Leigh and Weald, as well as the Trenchwood Medical Centre in north Tonbridge. The Raphael Medical Centre in Coldharbour Lane offers Speech Therapy, Art & Music Therapy to help patients regain mental and physical abilities lost through serious illness or accidents. In 2014 Dame Kelly Holmes opened Cafe 1809 on
300-683: A full-time athlete in 1997. Highlights of her early and pre-Athens career included gold medals at the Commonwealth Games and silvers at the World and European Championships. In 2000 she also took a bronze at the Sydney Olympics. In 2017, Holmes revealed that after training in 2003 for the 2004 Summer Olympics at a French training camp where she suffered leg injuries and became depressed, she began cutting herself . "I made one cut for every day that I had been injured", Holmes stated in an interview with
360-569: A hill'. By 1349 the name had become Hildenborough, since Hilden was one of the boroughs of the Lowy of Tunbridge. At the outbreak of World War II in September 1939 Hildenborough was considered a quiet safe location, and children from London schools were evacuated to the Village School. In October 1939 there were 250 evacuees on the school roll. In the absence of air raids on London during this period of
420-518: A memorial headstone in Hildenborough churchyard. Andy Titterrell , England and British Lions rugby player lived in Hildenborough. At the 2001 UK census, the Hildenborough electoral ward had a population of 4,588. The ethnicity was 98.7% white, 0.6% mixed race, 0.4% Asian, 0.1% black and 0.2% other. The place of birth of residents was 94.3% United Kingdom, 0.6% Republic of Ireland , 1.7% other Western European countries, and 3.4% elsewhere. Religion
480-433: A mile from the village centre and at Penshurst Airfield, Charcotte only 3 miles away. Most of the evacuees had left the village before the bombs started to fall. On 6 September a Hurricane piloted by Flying Officer Bowring attacked a Junkers Ju 88 Bomber and the pilot of the crippled plane ordered his radio operator to bail out. This was Corporal Heinrich Agel and he landed on the roof of the "Boiling Kettle" tea rooms. He
540-597: A number of successful British middle-distance runners in the early 1980s, Holmes began competing in middle-distance events in her youth. She joined the British Army , but continued to compete at the organisation's athletics events. She turned to the professional athletics circuit in 1993 and in 1994 she won the 1,500 m at the Commonwealth Games and took silver at the European Championships . She won
600-699: A number of television appearances. Holmes was born in Pembury , near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, the daughter of Derrick Holmes, a Jamaican -born car mechanic, and an English mother, Pam Norman. Her mother was 17 at the time of her birth, and seven years later married painter and decorator Michael Norris, whom Holmes regards as her father. Holmes grew up in Hildenborough , Kent, where she attended Hildenborough CEP School, and then Hugh Christie Comprehensive School in Tonbridge from
660-405: A number of the other competitors, and moved into the lead ahead of Mutola on the final bend, taking the gold on the line ahead of Hasna Benhassi and Čeplak, with Mutola in fourth. Holmes became the seventh British woman to win an athletics gold, and the second after Ann Packer in 1964 to win the 800 metres. In the final of the 1,500 m, again running from the rear of the field, she took
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#1732848116425720-487: A professional athlete is an extremely difficult thing to do and places the athlete under tremendous amounts of stress. Holmes's honesty quickly won her praise from people on Twitter. 2004 saw Holmes arrive at a major competition, the Athens Olympics , with no injury worries for just about the first time in her career. She had originally planned to compete in just the 1,500 m but a victory over Jolanda Čeplak before
780-452: A silver and a bronze medal at the 1995 Gothenburg World Championships , but suffered from various injuries over the following years, failing to gain a medal at her first Olympics in Atlanta 1996 when running with a stress fracture. She won silver in the 1,500 m at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and bronze in the 800 m at the 2000 Sydney Olympics , her first Olympic medal. Holmes won
840-522: Is a retired British middle distance athlete , TV presenter and television personality. Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1,500 metres events and won gold medals for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens . She set British records in numerous events and still holds the records over the 600 , and 1,000 metre distances. She held the British 800 metre record until 2021. Inspired by
900-522: Is located 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of Tonbridge and 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Sevenoaks . The village lies in the River Medway valley, near the North Downs , in an area known as The Weald . Hildenborough was originally just Hilden – or, in its 13th-century form, Hyldenn. The elements here are Old English hyll 'hill' and denn 'woodland pasture', so the sense is of a 'pasture on or by
960-530: Is primarily based on small businesses. Fidelity Investments has been a major local employer, with its UK headquarters based in Hildenborough, however in 2017 the company announced that the site would be closing in 2020. GlaxoSmithKline was formerly a significant local employer, with a research factory at the Old Powder Mills , until the site was closed in 2010. Hildenborough is very much a commuter village with its good transport links with London. One of
1020-633: The Sunday Mirror , adding that she felt "finally free". She said that she had known she was a lesbian since 1988, when she was in the army; she could not come out then as it was illegal at the time to be gay in the military. After winning two Olympic gold medals at Athens in 2004 and becoming a public figure, she feared there may still be consequences from the army if she came out after leaving, and that she may be shunned within athletics as there were no openly gay sportspeople she knew of. LGBT campaigners celebrated Holmes coming out, saying that it sheds light on
1080-652: The Athens Olympics , finishing as the 800 m and 1,500 m Olympic Champion . For her achievements she won numerous awards and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2005. She retired from athletics in 2005 and has since been made an honorary colonel with the Royal Armoured Corps Training Regiment (RACTR). She has become a global motivational speaker, published five books, her latest being Running Life , and made
1140-549: The British Army at the age of 18, having left school two years earlier to work first as an assistant in a sweet shop and later as a nursing assistant for disabled patients. In the army, she became a HGV driver in the Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC), later becoming a basic physical training instructor (PTI). Holmes then elected in June 1990 to attend the first course to be run under the army's new physical training syllabus, and passed out as
1200-468: The News of the World newspaper. At least once, she considered suicide, but she eventually sought help from a doctor and was diagnosed with clinical depression . While she could not use anti-depressants because it would affect her performance, she began using herbal serotonin tablets. In 2005, after her achievements at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Holmes chose to talk about her self-harm to show others that being
1260-530: The South Eastern Railway did not open its direct line from London until 1 May 1868. The six-mile (ten-kilometre) gradient up to Sevenoaks takes its name from the village. The railway station was situated close to the existing houses at the time, which is now about one mile (one and a half kilometres) from the village centre. There are regular direct routes to London Bridge, London Waterloo East and London Charing Cross, taking approximately 30–45 minutes. In
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#17328481164251320-709: The " phoney war " many of these children returned home. The quiet was not to last. In July 1940, the Battle of Britain got underway in the skies above Kent and the village became anything but quiet. Hildenborough is only ten miles from RAF Biggin Hill , an important airfield and a Sector headquarters co-ordinating airfields in Kent. Other airfields under Biggin Hill were at Gravesend some fifteen miles away and night fighters were at West Malling ten miles away. There were emergency landing strips in Stocks Green Road, Hildenborough less than
1380-626: The 1,500 m at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and the 800 m bronze at the Munich European Championships that year. The 2003 track season saw her take silver in the 1,500 m at the World Indoor Championships and the 800 m silver medals at the World Championships and first World Athletics Final . She took part in her final major championship in 2004, with a double gold medal-winning performance at
1440-490: The 1,500m final set a new British record for the distance. Subsequently, Holmes was given the honour of carrying the British flag at the closing ceremony of the games, on 29 August, the day after her second victory. A homecoming parade was held in her honour through the streets of Hildenborough and Tonbridge on 1 September, which was attended by approximately 40,000 people. Holmes won the BBC Sports Personality of
1500-594: The ITV Loose Women talk show. In 2014 Holmes opened a cafe and community hub in Hildenborough named Cafe 1809 after her 2004 Olympics bib number. She opened a sister branch of the cafe in Gravesend in 2017, but this closed after a few months. In October 2018 Holmes announced the cafe would close the following month, before re-opening as The 1809 Hub: "a space for events, pop-ups, and community gatherings". In June 2022, Holmes came out as gay in an interview with
1560-494: The ITV game show The Cube . In October 2011, she appeared live on Dubai One lifestyle show Studio One where she talked about her life and career after athletics. In 2013 Holmes became the face of MoneyForce , a programme run by the Royal British Legion to deliver money advice to the UK armed forces . In early 2015, she took part in the ITV series Bear Grylls: Mission Survive and
1620-493: The Kent County Division One league as of 2011–2012 season. Riding Farm Equestrian Centre on Riding Lane offers horse riding lessons, livery facilities and school holiday activities. Action Medical Research have a regular charity cycling event, the 'Castle 100' every year that runs through Riding Lane and Shipbourne http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/explore-kent/cycling/Tonbridge-Castle-charity-ride.htm On
1680-622: The LGBTQ+ world." In 2012, Holmes was one of five Olympians chosen for a series of body-casting artworks by Louise Giblin , exhibited in London with copies being sold in aid of the charity Headfirst. In 2017 a statue of Holmes by sculptor Guy Portelli was erected in Tonbridge. Hildenborough Hildenborough is a village and rural parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England . It
1740-687: The P&;O Cruise ship MS Arcadia . On 21 August, she competed in her final race in the UK, the 800 m at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix meeting in Sheffield . Her training schedule during the summer of 2005 had been disrupted by a recurrent Achilles tendon injury, and she finished the race in eighth place, limping across the finish line and completing a lap of honour on a buggy. On 6 December 2005, Holmes announced her retirement from athletics, saying she had reassessed her future after
1800-602: The UK. As part of her pledge to the charity, she participated in the Powerman UK duathlon in 2014, one of several fundraising events she took part in. Since 2004, Holmes has taken part in "On Camp with Kelly" athletics camps which train junior athletes, sponsored by insurance company Aviva (formerly Norwich Union). In 2005, she won the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year . The same year, she named
1860-586: The Year in 2004, saying she achieved her goals after "20 years of dreaming". She also asserted the award was "the biggest sporting honour your country can give you". The tributes to her at the BBC awards ceremony were led by the six British female athletes who had previously won gold at the Olympic Games in a " Magnificent Seven "-style feature – those six being Mary Rand , Ann Packer , Mary Peters , Tessa Sanderson , Sally Gunnell and Denise Lewis . In 2007, she
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1920-467: The age of 12. She started training for athletics at the age of 12, joining Tonbridge Athletics Club, where she was coached by David Arnold and went on to win the English Schools 1,500 metres in her second season in 1983. Her hero was British middle-distance runner Steve Ovett , and she was inspired by his success at the 1980 Summer Olympics . However, Holmes later turned away from athletics, joining
1980-565: The airstrip behind the Old Barn in Stocks Green Road. The Hurricanes circled to watch as the crew of five walked away from the wreckage and were captured by a group of soldiers. 27 October, a Sunday, started with a Spitfire Mk 11 (P7539) diving to earth behind the Half Moon pub killing the Pilot John R.Mather. (Investigations of the crash site in the 1972 did not reveal any battle damage. The cause of
2040-505: The crash was probably mechanical failure). Later that same day a Messerschmitt Bf 109 was shot and forced to land on Penshurst airfield, a temporary air-strip near Penshurst. The pilot of the Spitfire was flying officer Peter Chesters. After this busy spell the village did not suffer from the war until one day in 1942 bombs fell on the "Grenadier Pub" in Riding Lane. There were no injuries;
2100-416: The death of a friend, as well as citing a lack of motivation to continue. In May 2009, Holmes was named as the president of Commonwealth Games England , succeeding Sir Chris Chataway , who had held the post since 1994. The organisation's chairman Sir Andrew Foster said: "Dame Kelly has been an outstanding athlete both for Team England and Great Britain. She is a truly inspirational and respected figure in
2160-691: The first bank holiday Monday in May the Hildenborough Sports Association organises the Hildenborough Road Races Hildenborough Road Races. 2015 marks the 30th time the races have taken place. Campaigners called for Hildenborough to have an outdoor gym in the Recreation Ground to encourage inexpensive exercise for adults including older and disabled people. It was opened by Dame Kelly Holmes on 31 October 2016. It
2220-510: The first road in Kent to be turnpiked in 1710: the highway from Sevenoaks through Tonbridge to Tunbridge Wells ; carrying much traffic en route to "the Wells". A number of inns sprang up to service this traffic, including the Hilden Manor and the Half Moon. Today the village, along with Tonbridge and Sevenoaks, is by-passed by the modern A21 road . The railway was late coming to Hildenborough:
2280-413: The games had many saying she should take her chance in the 800 m as well. Holmes did not announce her decision to race in both events until five days before the 800 m finals. Along with three time World Champion Maria de Lurdes Mutola and Čeplak, Holmes was considered one of the favourites for the gold medal in the 800 m. In the final, Holmes ran a well-paced race, ignoring a fast start by
2340-432: The historic homophobia that can still serve as a barrier to older people coming out. Later that month, on 26 June, ITV broadcast a 55-minute documentary Kelly Holmes: Being Me in which she describes her fears of her sexuality being exposed, and meets two people who were discharged from the military for being gay. Holmes wrote: "The documentary taught me so much about generational and social advancements when it comes to
2400-423: The landlord was safe in his cellar tapping a new barrel. The village and surrounding area played host to American troops who all left the area in the follow-up from D-Day . The war returned in June 1944 with the first of the flying bombs . On 29 June a flying bomb damaged School House and there are numerous records of the disturbance caused by the flying bombs. The window in the north transept of St John's Church
2460-475: The lead in the final straight, holding off World Champion Tatyana Tomashova of Russia. She thus became only the third woman in history to do the 800 m and 1,500 m double (after Tatyana Kazankina of the Soviet Union in 1976 and Svetlana Masterkova of Russia in 1996 ), and Britain's first double gold medallist at the same games since Albert Hill in 1920 . Her time of 3 minutes 57.90 seconds in
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2520-610: The main road through Hildenborough. In 2018 she closed the cafe and reopened it as The 1809 Hub space for community events. Hildenborough has a weekly farmers' market which is held every Tuesday morning from 8:30am - 11am at the Hildenborough Village Hall in Riding Lane. The farmers' market opened in 2008 and as of 2024 hosts around 20 stalls each week. There is one private primary school, Fosse Bank, one private secondary, Sackville, and two state primaries, Stocks Green school and Hildenborough CEP school. Hildenborough primary
2580-684: The online content is provided by the Money Advice Service . The program was officially launched in March 2013 by Mark Francois , the Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans , at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich. Development of the MoneyForce program was overseen by Lieutenant-General Sir Bill Rollo . Dame Kelly Holmes Dame Kelly Holmes (born 19 April 1970)
2640-489: The opposite direction, direct trains go to Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Hastings. By the 1840s, the Parish of Tonbridge was approximately 10 miles (16 km) long and 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4.0 km) wide. A circular letter dated 26 September 1842 explained that, "as the Parish was so large, a great many people were unable to attend the church [in nearby Tonbridge]." It was proposed that, "a new church should be built for
2700-623: The people living in the Hildenborough district." Dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, the church was consecrated on 9 July 1844. In 1992 a "church plant" was established by St John's at Stocks Green School, to serve the southern part of the village, initially meeting monthly until 1994 when weekly services started. The congregation moved back to the Church Centre (hall) at St John's in 2008. Hildenborough Gospel Hall, located in Mount Pleasant,
2760-538: The sporting world and will be a wonderful ambassador for Commonwealth Games England." On 18 March 2019, Holmes, along with Paula Radcliffe and Sharron Davies , announced they would be writing a letter to the International Olympic Committee targeting trans women who compete in women's sports categories. Holmes is known for her advocacy on various health-related topics, particularly mental health and menopause. In November 2010, Holmes took part in
2820-510: The village's oldest buildings, the Hilden Manor restaurant owned by Whitbread , was burnt down by a fire caused by an electrical fault, and has now been restored and rebuilt by Oaklands. It was officially re-opened in 2006 with a Premier Inn hotel newly built next to it. The village's GP practice can be traced back to 1879. The Hildenborough and Tonbridge Medical Group now has a large, purpose-built medical centre in Westwood which also houses
2880-414: The village. In 2021, 21 motorists received speeding tickets. A Wanted male was caught by Foxbush. There are several activities for children and teenagers, including those run by Hildenborough Church, and a Scout troop (8th Tonbridge). There are two football teams associated with Hildenborough Athletic FC, the reserves play in the local Sevenoaks & District League and the first team playing football in
2940-492: Was 13.4% retail, 9.3% manufacturing, 7.2% construction, 17.6% real estate, 9.2% health and social work, 10.2% education, 5.5% transport and communications, 3.9% public administration, 3.2% hotels and restaurants, 12.5% finance, 1.5% agriculture and 6.5% other. Compared with national figures, the ward had a relatively high proportion of workers in education, finance and real estate. There were a relatively low proportion in manufacturing, public administration, hotels and restaurants. Of
3000-565: Was an athlete in the 1924 Paris Olympics and represented Great Britain in the 800 and 1500m. He hurt his foot in one of the races but he picked himself up and carried on running. An actor played him in film Chariots of Fire . He became a pioneering eye surgeon at St Barts Hospital and Moorfields. He later moved with his wife Gywnneth to Forest Row in Sussex but used to spend Christmas in Hildenborough with his relatives. World War I Victoria Cross recipient, William Allison White (1894–1974) has
3060-531: Was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Loughborough University . In 2010, Holmes was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame . In 2018, she was made honorary colonel of the Royal Armoured Corps Training Regiment. In 2008, Holmes founded the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust, a registered charity , to support young athletes and help the lives of young people facing disadvantage across
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#17328481164253120-664: Was blown out at this time. It became so dangerous in the village that in July children were evacuated in what was now called "Buzz Bomb Alley". There were other V-1 and V-2 events in the village but these are not well documented as many of these fell in fields. Ref.1 Hildenborough School Log book. Ref.2 Blazing Bomber to Boiling Kettle by Gordon Church. Bygone Kent Vol. II No. 5. Ref.3 Courier Newspaper 1972 Ref.4 "The Airmen's Stories – P/O P Chesters". Battle of Britain Museum. Retrieved 14 January 2010. Ref. 5 Courier Newspaper. Hildenborough stood on
3180-524: Was established some time around 1850. The Soka Gakkai International and SGI-UK– a Buddhist group, meet in the Village Hall. Sackville School , a private educational establishment, now occupies Foxbush House, built in 1866 for Charles Fitch Kemp, a London chartered accountant , who had an "ambition to be a country landowner". The house was subsequently sold twice before the Second World War, when it
3240-399: Was occupied by the military. It was used by various educational establishments from 1949; Sackville School was established in 1987 and its grounds are a Registered Historic Park . Another private school, Fosse Bank , occupies a Grade II listed Victorian building known as Mountains Country House . The building and estate are also used as a wedding and event venue. Commerce in the village
3300-603: Was recorded as 78.8% Christian, 0.1% Buddhist , 0.2% Hindu , 0% Sikh , 0.1% Jewish , and 0.2% Muslim . 12.6% were recorded as having no religion, 0.4% had an alternative religion and 7.6% did not state their religion. The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 39.1% in full-time employment, 13.5% in part-time employment, 10.9% self-employed, 1.5% unemployed, 2.4% students with jobs, 3.2% students without jobs, 17.1% retired, 7.8% looking after home or family, 2.8% permanently sick or disabled and 1.7% economically inactive for other reasons. The industry of employment of residents
3360-485: Was reduced from 60mph to 40. There were also traffic calming alterations along Leigh Road by Stocks Green School. Hildenborough Community Speedwatch, part of Kent Community Speedwatch, started by road safety activists in 2016 after concern for speeding in the village. Volunteers run regular speed checks in the village and in particular speeding hotspots. Their purpose is to educate motorists not to enforce. Kent Police operate various road safety checks every so often in
3420-654: Was supported by local residents in a survey and funded by a Tesco grant and some local businesses and the Kent Police Property Fund. Extra equipment for the children's playground was also funded including the zip wire that local children from the Cubs asked for. Hildenborough is the family home of Olympic double-gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes . Other famous residents included the late Sir Henry Cooper . Henry (real name Hyla) Stallard MBE (1901–73) lived in Mill Lane, he
3480-505: Was taken in by the owners and given tea and cakes while they waited for the Police to arrive. The plane went on to crash-land at Tanyard Farm in Hadlow Road, Tonbridge . The crew of five were reunited at Tonbridge Police station before being taken to a POW camp for the duration of the war. On 11 September a twin-engine Heinkel He 111 bomber was shot down by two Hurricanes and crash-landed on
3540-405: Was the first school in the village, and is over 150 years old. In 2015, after various anti speeding campaigns and to reduce fatalities and casualties in the village, the speed limit of the B245 Tonbridge Road and from Foxbush to the Hilden Manor' was reduced from 40 to 30mph. It was an historic moment as the speed limit had not been changed for 85 years The speed limit on parts of Stocks Green Road
3600-413: Was the runner-up after a 12-day survival mission. In 2017, Holmes presented episode five of the BBC One television series Women at War: 100 Years of Service . In December 2017, Holmes spoke about her 2003 mental health issues in an episode of All in the Mind on BBC Radio 4 and in 2018 was one of the judges of the programme's awards. Since September 2022, Holmes has been a regular panelist on
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