Events

“Be inspired” Service awareness day

Villa Park Trinity Road, Birmingham

West Midland RFCA are working with the Association of Jamaican Nations (Birmingham) UK, the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force to highlight the benefits of  being part of the Uniformed Services. If you are 15 – 35 and looking for an exciting and rewarding career the Services Awareness Day has been designed to highlight the range of excellent and diverse career opportunities in...

Birmingham Troop Insight Night

Army Reserve Centre, Golden Hillock Road

Are you interested in finding out more about the Army Reserve and the opportunities with 48 Signal Squadron? Visit them during their drill night on Tuesday 31st July at Golden Hillock Road Army Reserve Centre. This evening is for applicants and potential applicants to find out more about the Army Reserve and in particular 48 Signal Squadron. It will cover the opportunities available...

Meet the Marines

HMS Forward, Birmingham

The Royal Marines Reserve Birmingham are hosting a 'Meet the Marines' event on the first Tuesday of every month. The events are an ideal opportunity to find out more about the Royal Marines Reserve, meet members of the detachment and have a look at the excellent training facilities on offer to you. The next event takes place on the 7th August - please visit their...

485 Harborne & Quinton Air Training Corps Open Evening

Tennal Grange, Tennal Road, Harborne, B32 2HX

An excellent opportunity for youngsters around the Quinton, Harborne and surrounding areas of Birmingham to find out more about their local Air Cadets 485 Harborne & Quinton Air Training Corps. Pop along to their open evening on the 11th September to find out more about the brilliant activities they offer, what new skills you could learn and meet their friendly cadets and staff. Examples...

Exercise Reserve Challenge

RAF Cosford Albrighton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Running in partnership with the Army, Royal Air Force, local businesses and employers from the West Midlands, the exercise focuses on leadership development and confidence training. Participants will also gain valuable insight into the Reserve Forces and see how the skills you can learn as a Reservist can be utilised in your civilian workplace. Why not get together a team from your business...

Concert by the Band of the Grenadier Guards

Worcester Cathedral

The Band of the Grenadier Guards will be performing at Worcester Cathedral on September 14th 2018 at 7.30pm. This year marks 100 years since the end of World War One. To commemorate this occasion the world acclaimed Band of the Grenadier Guards will be performing a concert on Friday 14th September at 7.30pm, followed by a Drumhead service at Gheluvelt Park, Worcester on Saturday...

Gheluvelt Park Drumhead Service

Gheluvelt Park

Join the Worcestershire Lord Lieutenant at Gheluvelt Park for an outdoor service of remembrance, music, parade of standards and an Act of Commemoration. The final part of the ceremony will be to create a spectacle of ceramic poppies, purchased by people across the county after the Tower of London art installation in 2014, and brought to Ghleuvelt Park for this day. Everyone who...

Mancetter Big Day Out

Mancetter Recreation Ground

North Warwickshire Borough Council is holding a World War I themed celebration event to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the end of the war. The event will take place at Mancetter Recreation Ground off Brook Walk on Sunday 23 September from 11:00 to 15:00. The family event is being organised by the Council in partnership with Veterans Contact Point and is supported by...

Gaydon Military Show

British Motor Museum

The British Motor Museum is hosting a special military show to explore military history through the decades. There will be a huge range of activities to enjoy including military vehicle displays, Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) activities for children, live music and classic wartime hits, re-enactment history displays and a performance by the Warwickshire and West Midlands Army Cadet Force Corps of...

Unspoken

Birmingham Hippodrome

“Unspoken”, a production based on the real-life stories of the Bravo 22 Company, will be performed at Birmingham Hippodrome on the 8th and 9th October. The play, performed by ex-Service personnel, brings to light the lives interrupted and changed forever by war, in a heart-wrenching and hilarious story of love, loss, loneliness and hope. Alongside the performances, Bravo 22 Company is also running...