The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) has been recognised for its outstanding support of its Armed Forces staff by receiving the prestigious Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award 2018 from the Ministry of Defence. The organisation is one of just 50 winners this year to receive the award, given to organisations who have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and have demonstrated…
Britain’s top supporters of the armed forces have been revealed, with a record number of businesses, charities and public sector bodies winning awards. The MOD has announced ‘Gold Awards’ for 50 businesses and organisations who have shown outstanding support for the Armed Forces community. Employers have won awards for initiatives such as employing veterans, supporting individuals transitioning out of the armed forces into…
West Midland RFCA were not only sponsors of one of the awards at the Shropshire Chamber Business Awards 2018, but they also presented their own awards to Armed Forces personnel. The Shropshire Business Awards, in the 18th year, are open to all businesses in Shropshire and this year presented 17 awards. The finalists are all invited to the awards evening which was held…
Staffordshire and West Midlands Army Cadet Force Corps of Drums recently returned from a busy week in London where they took part in the prestigious Household Division Beating Retreat. The cadets and adults have been busy preparing for this prestigious event since September last year, focusing on the precision marches required for the show. Training weekly as well as performing at occasional weekend…
On Friday 8th June 2018 9 adults & 43 Army Cadet Force (ACF) cadets made their way across country for an overnight stay at Beckingham training camp in order to be refreshed for the National Athletics championships the following morning to be held in Grantham at the South Kesteven Sports Stadium. In true national event style adults were sat around plotting and re-plotting…
A Battery Sergeant Major (BSM) has been recognised by family, friends and colleagues for his above and beyond Service to the Army Reserve and Army Cadet Force. Warrant Officer Second Class (WO2) Paul Cook of 210 (Staffordshire) Battery, 103 Regiment Royal Artillery, has been awarded the Lord Lieutenant’s Certificate in recognition of his exemplary service in the Army Reserve and Army Cadet Force…
They say a picture paints a thousand words and this is the moment when Cadet Sergeant Chloe Edwards found out that not only had she been appointed as the Lord Lieutenant’s Cadet for Shropshire, but she would be representing the Army Cadet Force (ACF) in the VIP enclosure at Windsor Castle on the day of the Royal Wedding. A stunned Chloe was snapped…
Eleven cadets from TS Stirling in Birmingham embarked on a expedition to the United States to attend the Junior Cadet Leadership Challenge (JCLC), with a weekend in Boston beforehand. The challenge is run by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Army League (COMAL) for high school Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets from 19 schools across New England. Five of the cadets were from the Forward Division, based…
Leominster Town Council used the Herefordshire Armed Forces Week 2018 Flag Raising Event on 25th June 2018 as an opportunity to sign the Armed Forces Covenant on behalf of the town of Leominster, and in their own right as an employer, who can count a Cadet Force Adult Volunteer amongst their staff. The covenant was signed at a special ceremony which was attended…
Julie will not only be wearing her Cadet Force Adult Volunteer (CFAV) uniform on Reserves Day, but she will also be speaking at a Business Breakfast organised by West Midland RFCA. Julie has been a CFAV with Hereford & Worcester Army Cadet Force (ACF) for two and a half years and is a Probation Instructor (PI) for one of the ACF Company’s. As…
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