On Saturday 6th of July, thousands of people flocked to Aldershot to celebrate its 50 year connection with our Airborne Forces. The service was held in Princes Gardens, and a giant bronze statue was unveiled to mark this anniversary. Our Learners of Military Preparation College Aldershot were there to give a supportive hand with the
Last weekend, Military Preparation Colleges South Shields and Bishop Auckland joined forces and competed in The Cleveland Hike. The event takes place over two days and teams can either enter for either 1 day, or take on the full two day challenge, camping overnight. Obviously, our Learners took on the full two day challenge! The
A Learner from Military Preparation College Newcastle (St. George’s) came back to visit her old college on a period of leave from ATR Winchester. Pte Ellie Riley joing MPCT toward the end of 2018 and was a face everyone remembered as she took a leading role in Launch and Award Ceremonies. Pte Riley spoke
Check out the new British Army advert which features an Ex- Learner of ours, Elwyn. He is now a Guardsmen, and he talks about joining the Military Preparation College before joining the Army. Amazing!
We are so proud of all of our England based colleges who took part in the first ever “Enterprise Week” last week. The Enterprise Initiative involved Learners developing their social mobility through a local college based initiative which saw our Learners take to their local communities and spread the word of MPCT. The college who showed
Below is a write up of a recent cycling challenge that some of the Staff of MPCT took on in a couple of weeks ago; Staff Richards of MPCT Cardiff, Gary West (Head Office) and Gareth Athur (Head Office). Staff Richards wrote; At the start of the year I received an email from Gary asking
Armed Forces Day is a hugely important date in the MPCT Calendar, and every year our Learners impress the thousands that turn out for the event. On 28th June, many of our Learners from both our English and Welsh Colleges went to the School Engagement day hosted in Salisbury (pictures below) which they thoroughly enjoyed.
On Wednesday 26th June, our Managing Director Huw Lewis MBE together with Steve Tallis, Phil Jones, their partners and representatives from our Head Office attended the Welsh Veterans Awards in support of the ABF the Soldiers’ Charity and sponsored by TASC Holdings Ltd. What a great night with so many positive stories and the highlight
MPCT Learners had the privilege of attending a bespoke Look @ Life Course last week with The Royal Marine Commandos. Take a look at the video below of some of the many highlights of the week. Enjoy! Photos from the week can also be found by clicking HERE
Military Preparation College Bristol held their Awards Ceremony last night and it was a huge success. Cabinet Members and Military VIP’s took to their Social Media accounts to express their amazement in our Learners, as can be seen below. Helen Holland, Hartcliffe & Withywood Labour Cllr said it was “Fantastic to see the growth and