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If you ever think small acts of kindness go unrecognised then think again.

For two severely disabled veterans will be undertaking a mass gesture on Saturday as a way of acknowledging those whose everyday kindness makes their lives easier.

Tom Weaver, 52, a former corporal in the Royal Corps of Signals and Prince of Wales Own Regiment of Yorkshire, has joined with Philip Loveday, 62, who was also in the Army and has numerous long-term health issues.

The Bridgend pair, who both served in Northern Ireland, will be undertaking what they have dubbed a random act of kindness in Bridgend town centre.

At 11am at the bus station they will be handing out 1,000 Subway meal deals worth £3,000 and also £10,000 worth of trampoline tickets from Go Air.

'Show our appreciation'

“People do little kindnesses for me all the time and it’s one day a year that we can show our appreciation,” said Tom, a dad of one, who was completely paralysed down his left side and suffered some sight loss after suffering a severe brain haemorrhage in June 2012.

At that time he was working at the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet in Bridgend having left the Army some years earlier.

Tom undertook his first random act of kindness, handing out 100 boxes of chocolates, in Bridgend in 2013.

Spurred on by the smiles he received the following year, funded by his Army pension and donations from local stores, he bought even more boxes of chocolates – more than 180 – and handed them out at the bus station with the help of the local PCSOs.

Hundreds of meal deals

This year he’s joined with Phil to buy 500 Subway meal deals at a cost of £1,500 to them.

Subway in Caroline Street, Bridgend, has also donated 500 meals, so £3,000 worth of meals will be handed out at Bridgend Bus Station at 11am on Saturday.

Go Air has also donated 1,000 £10 tickets for the pair to hand out.

Wheelchair user Tom, who said he’s once again looking forward to seeing the smiles on people’s faces, said: “I am severely disabled. I am totally paralysed on the left side and blind in the left half of each eye so when I go out to try and have an independent life I still need people to pass things from shelves or move things out of the way or help me if my chair gets stuck.

“My father, who was a sergeant in the Royal Marines, taught me that you can’t put your hand out and take all the time – you have to pay back.

“If people do you a good turn you have to say thank you.”

Tom and Phil will also be joined by the local PCSOs, Bridgend Mayor Rob Morgan, and Bridgend MP Madeleine Moon.