BFBSVimy Barracks in Catterick is at the heart of the British Army’s Infantry Training Centre. In one corner of the camp is Scotton Hall, a former annexe for the Officers’ Mess, which was remodelled to become the home of the Army School of Ceremonial in 2005. Mikaela Roche has two reports about the School and the soldiers who are trained there. For Part One, she’s been finding out how the troops become musicians...
BFBSA team from Catterick’s Army Welfare Service has been working on a project to improve one of the parks in the centre of the garrison. Families gathered in Coronation Park on 3rd August for the official opening of a new play area. Mikaela Roche went along…
BFBSOn Wednesday 3rd of August, families in Catterick Garrison are invited to enjoy National Play Day and the re-opening of Coronation Park. The park was identified as an ideal location for a naturalistic play area, and thanks to a grant of £49,000 from the North Yorkshire Play Partnership, new play equipment is transforming the space. Mikaela Roche reports…
BFBSThe units within 4th Mechanized Brigade are currently engaged in a period of training. Regional Reporter Mikaela Roche has been following the Black Rats as they progress through the year and prepare for exercises in Canada and Kenya. For her latest report she joined Ripon-based 21 Engineer Regiment as they were training in Catterick.
BFBSSix members of staff from the Infantry Training Centre in Catterick are making their final preparations for the three-day Costa Brava Extreme Running Event being held in Spain from the 13th to the 15th of May. Mikaela Roche reports…
BFBSNext Thursday an event called ‘Funny Money’ will be held at Catterick Garrison Leisure Centre. The day will include workshops, presentations and a drama performance to help highlight ‘Financial Capability’, a new service provided by the Hambleton and Richmondshire Citizens Advice Bureaus, which aims to help people who are having difficulties with their finances. It will be run in partnership with the Army Welfare Service, so representatives from Forces agencies and unit welfare staff are being invited to the launch to raise awareness of debt management amongst personnel and their families. Mikaela Roche has been to find out more…
BFBSIn January of this year members of the Armed Forces with a child attending a state school in England were asked to register them as a ’Service Child’ in the school’s annual census. The Pupil Premium Registration meant that the school would receive an additional £200 for each pupil from a service family.
The funds are now being transferred into school budgets and to find out how the money will be spent, Mikaela Roche spoke to the Headmaster of Le Cateau Primary School in Catterick Garrison, which has more pupils from service families than any other school in North Yorkshire…
BFBSThis year’s National Volunteers’ Week runs until the 7th of June. Mikaela Roche has been to the launch of a fundraising committee for St John’s Community Centre in Catterick Garrison, which needs volunteers to help with refurbishments and sit-in services…
