Just the job

The importance of high ground in military strategy has been a given for millennia. Those who control it normally have the advantage, be it for defensive or offensive purposes. Gaining or holding it in the crucible of battle most often determines the outcome of an engagement; the way forward.

The charity HighGround also points the way forward for members of the Armed Forces, be they injured serving personnel, or veterans and service leavers. Many are in the midst of their own very personal battles and this is where Anna Baker Cresswell and the charity she founded in 2012 comes in.

Seed of an idea

She describes it as the child of Gardening Leave, HighGround’s forerunner, which was set up in 2007 with the aim of using horticultural therapy to help military personnel overcome their injuries, both physical and mental. She had a friend who returned from the Falklands