Reserves Day Business Breakfast success
During Armed Forces week our Association held a Business Breakfast event in partnership with the Black Country Chamber of Commerce to celebrate Reserves Day on the 26th June. The event…
Black Country Army Reserve unit to receive Freedom of Dudley Borough
A Stourbridge based military intelligence unit will be officially granted freedom of the Borough of Dudley at Himley Hall and Park during the council run Armed Forces Day on Sunday…
Police Inspector leads the way with role in Army Reserve
A serving Police Inspector from Warwickshire is championing the benefits of a different uniformed service as part of the upcoming Reserves Day and Armed Forces Day celebrations. Lucy Sewell is…
Halfords sail ahead for supporting Reserve Forces
A Birmingham-based Royal Naval Reservist will be one of many to celebrate Reserves Day with her employers this week. Charlotte Kertrestel, 28, works full-time as a Digital Product Owner for…
Volunteers celebrated during Armed Forces Week
A volunteer with the Army Cadets in Worcester is hoping to raise awareness of volunteering opportunities with the cadet forces during Armed Forces Week. Daniel Gale, 30, works as a…
The Courtyard sign Armed Forces Covenant
The Courtyard pledged its support for military personnel and families by signing the Armed Forces Covenant. The Courtyard became the 46th organisation in Herefordshire to pledge its support and signed…
Association sponsors gala dinner
On 21st June 2019 the West Midland RFCA sponsored the Birmingham Youth Sports Academy’s (BYSA) Annual Gala Charity dinner at Villa Park. The evening was to celebrate its seventeenth year…
Commissions and Awards aplenty for Sea Cadets
In 2017 Her Majesty approved the adoption of a single bespoke Commission for Officers of the Cadet Forces of the United Kingdom, the first of its kind for 155 years. The…
Employers fly high at Cosford Air Show
Following on from a successful visit to Horseguard’s Parade for Trooping the Colour, our Association took a group of employers to watch the spectacular 2019 RAF Cosford Air Show on…
Trooping the Colour 2019
On Saturday 8th June our Association took a group of our region’s most Armed Forces-friendly and supportive employers to witness the spectacle that is the Trooping of the Colour for…