Each year, 100+ Nuclear Test Veterans and their families attend a week long annual reunion at Pontins, Sand Bay, Weston-Super-Mare. This important reunion allows the veterans to meet old colleagues, and aims to reduce loneliness and improve the mental health of the veterans. 2027 is the 75th anniversary of the first atomic bomb test in the Montebello Islands and we want to make it special. The last two years have been paid for by the viewers of GB News, 2025 in full and partially in 2026, but sadly we do not have a sponsor for 2027, so we need your help.

The average age of a British Nuclear Veteran is now 88 and for many this is their only holiday. They look forward to it each year. We provide entertainment and traditional dancers as well as updates from around the world.

This reunion is desperately important, many of our veterans now live alone and to relive old memories, discuss their time at the tests and look at old photos and videos is incredibly important. Friendships are made which last forever and many keep in contact throughout the year.

In 2025, we hosted over 100 veterans and their families with kind donations from the viewers of GB News and it was completely free for all attendees, In 2026 we used the excess funding to provide partial sponsorship, reducing the fee by £50.00 per person. Unfortunately, we have been unable to secure a sponsor for 2026 and we need £25,000 to make this week free for the veterans.

The week costs £152.00 per person for basic accommodation, which includes 4 nights stay, breakfast and evening meal as well as all of the entertainment.

You can see pictures from the 2025 reunion on our website www.labrats.international/atr.

Please help if you can, the cost of living crisis has hit these veterans and their families hard, if we can provide this reunion at a lower cost or give them free places, it would enable them to enjoy the reunion.

We host an Hawaiian night, where everyone dresses up and we have traditional dances from the KTA Association. Their smiles and laughter is what makes the reunion.

Please help us to deliver this reunion to these brave servicemen who have gone through so much, with many of the colleagues now passed away, we need to encourage as many people as possible to attend.

On behalf of the Nuclear Test Veterans and their families, thank you for your help

Alan Owen is a Director of LABRATS (Legacy of the Atomic Bomb Recognition for Atomic Test Survivors) CIC. Registered at Companies House - 12874772.

Alan is a descendant of Nuclear Test Veteran James Ronald Owen and is part of the LABRATS Team which has administered the Reunion for the last 7 years.

These funds will be used to pay for standard accommodation for the veterans, entertainment and administration of the event. Monies will be paid direct to Pontins for accommodation, entertainment to entertainers and to LABRATS for administrative costs. (Lanyards / Badges / Printing / Paper / Toner / Presentations etc.)

All bookings are being administered by LABRATS as in previous years under a group booking.