Archives: September 2016


Reserves Day: Tax Specialist and part-time Soldier from Manchester
08.09.2016

Today is Reserves Day, and employers across the country are celebrating the valuable contribution many of their employees make as Reservists with the ...

Reserves Day: professional dog walker and part-time soldier from Carlisle
08.09.2016

A professional dog walker and Army Reservist from Carlisle is spending Reserves Day training for a forthcoming peacekeeping tour in Cyprus. Each ...

Volunteer 106: Autumn 2016, now available to read online!
06.09.2016

The latest issue of the Volunteer magazine is now available to read online!This issue includes: recipients of Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant’s Awar...

City of Liverpool Somme Commemoration
25.08.2016

‘He was the bravest officer I ever served under…’As an 18 year old, Georges Gabriel Coury from Croxteth, Liverpool, volunteered with 2/6th King�...

The Value of University Service Units
16.08.2016

By Paul Redmond, the University of ManchesterHow do graduate recruiters view the experiences and skills gained by students from university Army, Navy ...

Military personnel celebrate Hindu festival of Raksha
10.08.2016

Armed Forces personnel were presented with “mutual protection” bracelets during a special event marking the Hindu festival of Raksha Bandh...

Captain Cook hangs up her boots
09.08.2016

Capt Julie Cook, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Nursing Army Corps (QARANC), supported by her colleagues at Army Training Unit North West (ATU NW) hangs up...

EMPLOYERS GET GOLD FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE ARMED FORCES
04.08.2016

Twenty-two employers from all parts of the UK have struck Gold in this year’s Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS), Defence Secretary Michael Fallon ha...

Reddish Cadets Adopt a Cemetery
27.07.2016

By Major Peter Hilton, Media Ops Team, GMACFThe Friends of Stockport Cemeteries had for some time hoped to clean up the site and recently enlisted the...


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