The welfare Team
Our Visitors:
The welfare team are a new initiative brought in to support the wellbeing of everyone in the County. They have listened, supported and cared for the members of the County throughout camp as well as organising and leading excellent activities during downtime, including archery, zorb football, wide games and more. Co-ordinated by our Assistant Commandant, Major Tom Nugent, the team have made the difference for more than one individual and benefited the wider team in general. Capt Debbie Chivers, Lt Pat Hope, SI Natasha Taylor and our Padre Rev Major Nick Leggett deserve a hearty round of applause! The team will continue its work during the ongoing training season and will be out and about at detachments as part of their general duties.
We were privileged this year, as in previous years, to have several distinguished visitors during our week on camp. This included Colonel Ashley Fulford OBE (National Col of Cadets) @ColCadetsACF who joined us to discuss the state of play and act as a supportive and critical friend to hear our voice and encourage us to fulfil our role to the best of our ability.
Further visitors from the West Midlands RFCA, the Citizens Trust, the Fusiliers and the West Midlands Lord Lieutenancy came to hear a presentation on our progress since last year and to get out on the ground talking to our young people about their experiences. It's always great to see the Cadets share their experiences and talk about the difference Cadets makes to their lives as a result of the support we receive from these great organisations. Our final visitor was our Honourary Colonel, Col Denny, went out with our Commandant, Col Tucker, visiting the young people in the field. As usual our cadets were bright, interested in our visitor and keen to share their successes and highlights with him. Col Denny, as well as being our Honourary Colonel, is the Regimental Secretary for the Fusiliers and his ‘ day job ’ sees him work out of the Tower of London. We will certainly have to take a group of Cadets there to visit and ask their own questions in turn. Having the Cadets meet our visitors is about more than just Public relations. It is about connecting our History to our future. The organisations who support us, the people who raise money for the cadets, get to meet them, to see their faces and hear about their lives, hopes and aspirations. It is moving and quite possibly the best bit of camp for those involved. We are grateful to all those who came!
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