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Valentines Day Boxes for BFPO addresses

Boxhappy have added their range of gift boxes for St Valentines Day 2010 to their website here.

The boxes contain a range of sweet treats securely packaged in sturdy cartons which they hand deliver to RAF Northolt for forwarding to BFPO address worldwide.  Items include Roses Chocolates, Marshmallow Hearts, Jelly Hearts, Love Hearts and more.

The Soldiers - Coming Home Album

Many of you may have seen 'The Soliders' on Sky News, GMTV or elsewhere in recent weeks.

The-Soldiers are Sergeant Major Gary Chilton, Sergeant Richie Maddocks and Lance Corporal Ryan Idzi and they are releasing their debut album ‘Coming Home’ on 26th October 2009.

Part of the album’s proceeds are planned to go directly to charities including Help For Heroes, the British Legion and the Army Benevolent Fund. More details on this excellent project here.

Donate a Box to a serving soldier at a BFPO address

Even if you do not know anyone serving in Iraq or Afghanistan you can now send a box of goodies to someone serving out there.

Boxhappy.com, who have been sending boxes to troops at BFPO addresses for almost 7 years, have a database of serving personnel at BFPO addresses.  Anyone can order a box to be sent to one of the soldiers.

For further information on how to add a service person to the list of future recipients click here.

If you wish to send a box to an unknown soldier at a BFPO address (you do have the opportunity to add your personal message of thanks too) there are details here.

Sending letters to soldiers; get a forces penpal with Forcespenpals.co.uk

The excellent Forcespenpals.co.uk have dropped us a line and we are glad to give them a plug.

Forces Penpals is the top military dating, penpals and social networking website for the UK armed forces. Forcespenpals.co.uk is a unique social networking site for members of the UK armed forces, friends, family or just people who want to talk to, meet up with or show their support for the military.

In addition the site has now become the premier dating site for members of the armed forces and people with similar interests and outlook on life. Take a look at their website here, or simply click on the banner below.

Sportsshoes.com delivering their huge range of sports gear to BFPO addresses

The excellent Sportsshoes website are delivering to BFPO addresses at a cost of just £4.99 including insurance.  Full details on BFPO delivery are here.

Established in 1982, Sportsshoes offer the widest range of sports gear on the web with over 3,000 products currently online. Whether it’s running, football, gym, walking, golf or leisure, Sportsshoes offer all and are one of the top sports e-commerce sites in Europe.

£5 off at Toffs.com for Forces families

TOFFS, through their website toffs.co.uk, are the largest manufacturer and retailer of authentic retro football shirts. Their range includes shirts from teams from all around the world.

Visit their website by clicking on the link here or the banner below so that they know you have come from SendingtoSoldiers.  Then simply enter the code april5 at the checkout to receive £5 off your order (min order £25).  This code is valid until 30th April 2009 and can be used multiple times.

Top board games available from our BFPO Store

Travel Scrabble and many more traditional games are available to order in our Amazon powered BFPO shop here.

In this set there is a moulded plastic travel case which features a built-in playing board with a non-slip surface uniquely designed to hold the special tiles which fit securely on the board.
 
There is no need for paper and pencil to score as there is an integral scoring device on the edge of the board for each player. All the contents can be safely and tidily stored away inside the moulded case.

10% off at Green & Blacks Direct for SendingtoSoldiers users

Green and Blacks Direct sell a wide range of great Green and Blacks organic chocolate products, including some cracking chocolate themed hampers.  They are also currently delivering to BFPO addresses.  Visit their website here and enter our discount code GBVAL09 at their checkout to get 10% off your order.  This offer expires 28/02/09.

Get 10% off at Cadburys Gifts Direct with our new voucher code

The Cadbury Gifts Direct website offers a simple, convenient way to gift Cadbury chocolate.

You can choose from a wide range of delicious Cadbury products including many not available in shops or supermarkets. The site also features a 'pick and mix' section to create your own unique Cadbury hamper. They also deliver to BFPO addresses!

Even better, if you enter our new discount code CGDVAL09 when prompted at their checkout you will receive 10% off your order.  This offer is valid until 28/02/09.  Simply click the link here or the banner below to be taken to their website in a new window.

Discount Vouchers and Voucher Codes for British Forces Personnel (and anyone else!)

We are pleased to announce that our discount code site, welovediscounts.com, now has discount codes for 330 leading online retailers and new codes and vouchers are being added daily.

 There are currently valid discount codes for the likes of  New Look, Littlewoods Direct, Mothercare, Figleaves, Boden, Getting Personal, Firebox and many more.  The site is updated daily and in the run up to Christmas hundreds of great new discounts will be added.  So be sure do do your shopping in the most efficient way possible and save yourself and your friends a small fortune!

We are pleased to announce that our discount code site, welovediscounts.com, now has discount codes for 330 leading online retailers and new codes and vouchers are being added daily.

 There are currently valid discount codes for the likes of  New Look, Littlewoods Direct, Mothercare, Figleaves, Boden, Getting Personal, Firebox and many more.  The site is updated daily and in the run up to Christmas hundreds of great new discounts will be added.  So be sure do do your shopping in the most efficient way possible and save yourself and your friends a small fortune!

X Factor Finalists Help For Heroes Charity Single - not the greatest of songs...but who cares!

Unless you have been living on the Moon for the last week or so you will be aware that The X Factor has done something rather surprising and rather good.  They have released a single with ALL (my understanding) profits going to a very worthy charity.

The single has been recorded for Help for Heroes, a charity that provides support for wounded servicemen and women.  You should be able to buy the single through our Sending to Soldiers Shop here (it is coming in and out of stock all the time).  Buy it there...buy it anywhere....but buy one or several!

New Boxes for Christmas 2008 to send to BFPO now added to Boxhappy website

 Boxhappy provide ready-made boxes of goodies to send to BFPO addresses worldwide.  You simply order a box through their website and they swiftly pack and despatch it to your chosen BFPO address.

They have just added several Christmas boxes to send to BFPO addresses including the 'Christmas Blow Out' gift box (pictured) here.  The box includes Christmas themed goodies as well as traditional sweets and confectionary.

MoD urges end to surprise gifts - it clogs up the supply chain!

The BBC website reports here that

"The Ministry of Defence is asking the public to donate to military charities instead of sending surprise Christmas parcels to troops they do not know."

We do recall that in the run up to Christmas last year, letters and parcels were taking quite a long time to arrive.  When we queried this the staff at BFPO reported that they were having to deal with a large volume of unsolicited mail to unnamed individuals.

Thus, the request from the MOD is not a big surprise; and if it ensures that post sent from friends and families gets to their recipients in a more timely manner, it is probably for the best.

The Stylophone - a sort of synthesizer for the tone deaf

This is the first of what we hope will be many gift suggestions for Christmas 2009.

This product was a big hit for Christmas 2008 and the re-released Styophone now has a headphones output, allowing users to experiment and create music without driving everyone around them potty.

This little musical device has been used by the likes of David Bowie in "Space Oddity" and also made an appearance on Doctor Who.

Very retro and quite a bit of fun, Stylophones are available to send to BFPO (or UK) addresses here.

Boots new website delivering to BFPO addresses

Boot.com have just launched a new website and the good news is that they are still delivering to BFPO addresses.

There is a BFPO delivery charge of £6.50; full details of their BFPO delivery service are available here.

You can check out the new Boots website by clicking the banner below or the link here.

Introducing our new BFPO friendly shop selling everything from DVD's and books to mobile phones, PC's, furniture and anything else!

We are pleased to announce that in association with Amazon UK we have launched our own SendingtoSoldiers online shop, bringing forces personnel and their families the full range of products across all categories at the best available online prices. Product categories include DVDs, books, electronics, toys, games, gifts, computers, video games, clothes, jewellery and just about anything else.

Whether you are looking to purchase something to be delivered in the UK, or to have it sent to a BFPO address, check out the shop here. 

If you are unsure how to fill in BFPO address details when it comes to providing your recipients delivery address details; have a look at our information page here.

Plop Trumps - because sometimes life is ****!

We saw these Plop Trumps here and thought they would be perfect to while away the hours between patrols or shifts.

Basically, they are Top Trumps, based on the 'poop' of various creatures.Great fun and available here for £5.95.

A message on a t-shirt for your soldier

Thanks to the tip from Jenny who saw this t-shirt and though it perfect to send out to her hubby.

This and many more fun t-shirts and hoodies are available here.  They also deliver directly to BFPO addresses if required.

Remember that Amazon sell almost anything nowadays; which means there is very little you can't send to a BFPO address!

Just a reminder that Amazon deliver to BFPO addresses and do have a specific format for you to use when ordering something for BFPO delivery.  BFPO addresses must be entered into the fields in their online order form in a specific format, as shown below, ensuring that the BFPO number is entered into the postcode field:

Full name: Service Number, Rank, Name

Address line 1: Company

Address line 2: leave field blank

Town/City: Regiment

County: leave field blank

Postcode: BFPO ### (eg: BFPO 123)

Country: United Kingdom

Phone number: enter a contact number, either your own or the recipient's

Use the search box below to search for any item on the amazon website.

UK Soccershop sending football shirts to BFPO addresses at standard UK deliver charge

UK Soccershop are now offering delivery to BFPO addresses.  As the new Football season approaches you may want to send your soldier the latest offering from their club.

Visit their website here.