Often people can go through life and not really know about local Miltary history, and the wider historical implications of armed forces involvement to keep them safe in their beds at night.  The involvement does not always lead to the use of force.  Further more we often forget the older veterans living within our communities.  Looking at the benefits to participants the following may apply:

• The Walk of Life promotes exercise and welbeing to all walks of life, including the less abled.
• It promotes family or organisational inclusive participation whilst promoting a healthy lifestyle.
• It promotes a community and individual feel good factor knowing that you have helped our veterans, their families and dependents.
• It educates communities about the armed forces and the jobs they do (not always pleasant), and the struggles that can be faced later.
• It can encourage healthly and copetative group participation from organisations (large or small).

It has long been known that in the United Kingdom there is a select few military charities that monopolise the money, the contact systems, and transparency (or lack of).  This system can deny smaller services from actively applying for applicable grants.  Forces Online has taken a good few years to become part of this establishment, yet we still find it difficult to be fully accepted as a ligitiment service.  Looking at the impact the Walk of Life can have on our veterans, this will include:

• Improve the speed that veterans, their families and dependants can be helped and reduce waiting times.
• Promotes transparentcy and can be directly accessed by the armed forces community.
• The funds generated will be used more effectivly, erradicating costly overheads,
• The currently time intensive system of help will be shortened by a more effective management of the funds generated.
• The support mechanism will be run by veterans themselves, who have often experienced the current support issues and timeframe.