ONE Member and Defence Force Veteran Jimmy Fullam is undertaking another Camino Walk in support of Homeless Veterans. This year’s event is the Portuguese Camino. Jimmy will commence his walk at Baiona and catch up with his group as they move up the coast. Starting on the 19 August and finishing his walk in Santiago on the 25 August.

On the 15 August, Jimmy is attending the inaugural “Blue Light Awards” for Front Line Service Members where he is a nominee for an award.

“You don’t do Camino Walks with your body, you do them with your mind,”

Jimmy says. “It will always get you where you need to be, stage by stage, just like life. You don’t need to be a super fit, just some fitness and inspiration.”

I get my inspiration from the knowledge that, whatever funds I raise go to helping my comrades who find themselves Homeless or in need of the professional services of the Organisation of National Ex-Service Personnel ONE.

Jimmy has undertaken a huge number of Walks for charities including Focus Ireland, the Organisation of National Ex-Service Personnel (ONE), his own ex-unit the 5th Infantry Battalion Veteran’s Association, LauraLynn, Simon Community, and most recently in September 2025 for the Coolmine Therapeutic Community.

His personal motto of “Always think of others” has seen him cover more than 8,000 kms across six full Caminos, two Ignatian Ways (Camino Ignaciano), two Famine Trails and Dolomite Trails. For Jimmy, it’s not just a physical journey, but a spiritual one that has sent him on his own road to recovery, spreading a message of hope for people who feel they have none left.

LEAVE NO IRISH VETERAN BEHIND