Bridgend Military Preparation College (MPC) won the Bridge FM Young Fundraiser Award at the special awards ceremony held on Friday 24th November at the Heronston Hotel & Spa. The Bridge FM awards recognise and celebrate the amazing achievements of local young people. The awards are given to those who have made excellent progress in school

Teenage girls at Military Preparation College’s across England and Wales are eager to join the British Armed Forces. They are taking part in physical training every day alongside young men. They are developing their fitness and their military knowledge. They aren’t your average teenage girls but they are growing in number. Every year, more women

For the second year in a row, the Army School of Physical Training (ASPT) worked in partnership with MPCT by providing a venue for the annual Aldershot Awards Ceremony that took place on Friday 10th November. MPCT staff and students were also invited to the Service of Remembrance at Fox Gym for a poignant tribute

London Military Preparation College students tonight had the honour of forming part of the flag parade in the opening ceremony at Wembley Stadium for the England vs Germany game, as England continue their preparations for their 2018 World Cup campaign. On the eve of Armistice Day, tonight’s fixture sees both teams wearing poppies on their

Cardiff Military Preparation College students were given the honour of attending and performing a log display drill at Women’s XV Remembrance Match – which raises money for the Royal British Legion. The match was played at Cardiff Arms Park where the UK Armed Forces Women took on the Wales Women’s national side this evening. 12

A 17-year-old student, Bradley Hulme, who attends MPCT Sports Academy in Cardiff, has been voluntarily running circuit training sessions every Sunday from 5pm – 6pm for young people who live in the same hostel as he does in Maesteg. Nobody asked him to run the sessions but as a young lad who looks after his

Over 30 students attending Hastings Military Preparation College took part in a tough challenge flipping a whopping 500lb tyre for 12 hours on Thursday 12th October to raise money for the Motivation and Learning Trust (MLT). The charity supports 16-19-year-old students at Military Preparation Colleges across the UK who need extra financial support and assistance to

At 16 years old, Huw Lewis wanted to join the Royal Marines. Focused on his mission, he set off from his parents’ house in North Wales for his army medical examination in Liverpool. Within 30 seconds of meeting the doctor, his dream was over, his application rejected because he had hay fever. Unshaken, he got

Over 150 students from the Military Preparation College visited Cardiff Castle on Friday 22nd September to take part in an action-packed insight day with the Royal Marines The ‘Meet the Marines’ day took place in the grounds of Cardiff Castle, it gave those students attending the College a unique opportunity to gain practical experience of what a career