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Council of RFCAs newsletter for April 2025

3 April, 2025 | CRFCA, Members, national, NDPB | 1 minute of reading

The Council of RFCAs’ newsletter for April 2025 is now available for Members and the public to read. The Council is a joint committee of all the […]

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Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk the Lady Dannatt MBE stands in the centre of a group of uniformed cadets from all three armed services' cadet forces whom she chose to support her work during 2025, together with the cadet force adult volunteers she presented with Certificates of Meritorious Service. Cadet Force banners are in the background of the drill hall where they are standing.

Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk’s cadets announced

1 April, 2025 | cadets, lord lieutenant, reserve forces, volunteers | 2 minutes of reading

The Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk‘s cadets for the year ahead were announced at a ceremony last month, confirming the young people who will support her during special occasions

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Witham and Rivenall Air cadets group photo in front of the op varsity memorial

Memorial to Essex casualties of airborne assault

27 March, 2025 | cadets, Essex, lord-lieutenant | 2 minutes of reading

The Lord-Lieutenant of Essex unveiled a memorial last weekend to local casualties of the Second World War’s largest airborne assault. Operation Varsity was the biggest aerial operation

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Cadet Cpl Thurtle stands in combat fatigues with her award, a framed certificate, between two of her fellow each cadets bearing the Army Cadet Force standard, as other cadets behind them celebrate

Meritorious Action Award for Suffolk cadet

26 March, 2025 | cadets, suffolk | 2 minutes of reading

Lifesaving help for a collapsed passer-by yielded a Meritorious Action Award for Suffolk cadet Imogen Thurtle. Cadet Cpl Thurtle’s quick thinking and first aid skills potentially prevented

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Five teenagers from Essex Army Cadet Force holding King's Nursing Cadet certificates stand with an RCN nurse and their ACF Commandant, Honourary Colonel and instructor during the King's visit to the RCN scheme

King congratulates Essex cadet on nursing course milestone

12 March, 2025 | cadets, HM King Charles III | 3 minutes of reading

His Majesty King Charles III congratulated an Essex teenager recently on becoming the thousandth young person to qualify under his Royal College of Nursing (RCN) cadet programme.

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Two cadets wearing Army fatigues sit together at a desk, heads down as they study for their BTEC

Suffolk cadets earn BTEC qualifications

10 March, 2025 | cadets, regional | 2 minutes of reading

Adventurous activities with friends are an essential element of being an armed forces cadet. And young people from East Anglia have shown another aspect of the experience

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EARFCA's Regional Employer Engagement Director, Kristina Carrington, stands in Army Cadet camouflage fatigues with her granddaughter within a wood-panelled room at Ingatestone Hall, holding a Certificate of Meritorious Service, presented by the Lord-Lieutenant of Essex in 2021

On International Women’s Day, cadet volunteer Lt Col Kristina shares experiences

7 March, 2025 | cadets, international women's day, volunteers | 3 minutes of reading

This International Women’s Day, in 2025, we are proud to celebrate the contributions of women who serve as cadet force adult volunteers (CFAVs), guiding and mentoring our

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Association staff pictured from the back of a meeting room, sitting in a theatre-style audience as a presentation is given at the 2024 staff conference

Association Board approves staff choices for organisational values and behaviours

10 February, 2025 | Members, staff | 2 minutes of reading

At their most recent meeting, East Anglia RFCA’s executive board endorsed a new set of organisational values and behaviours chosen for the Association by its workforce. These

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Four Essex Army Cadets kneel at a dummy to practise applying tourniquets with support from an adult cadet instructor

Cadets support casualty in their first aid course lunch break

3 February, 2025 | cadets | 2 minutes of reading

The final weekend of January saw older members of the Essex Army Cadet Force (ACF) study for a First Aid at Work course—and some of the cadets

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A black-and-white image of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps taken through one of its barbed wire fences, showing the brick buildings beyond

Sobering visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau for air squadron students

27 January, 2025 | national | 2 minutes of reading

Today, the world is marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camps. Some of the region’s students have very recent experiences of

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