South East Reserves Forces' and Cadets' Association
The South East Reserves Forces' and Cadets' Association (SE RFCA) provides support to the three services in the South East of England by maintaining the estate, connecting defence with society and providing the framework to deliver the cadet experience.
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Champion Cadets
We support more than 25,000 cadets and over 4,200 cadet force adult volunteers within the south-east of England. As champions of the cadet movement we promote the benefits of the cadet experience to young people lives.
Cadets enjoy water sports at their Summer camp.
The annual Summer camps are undoubtedly the highlight of the Cadet year.
Read the full story about Cadet Summer camps.
Respect, Courage and Discipline
Find out more about becoming a Cadet or a Cadet Force Adult Volunteer.
Promote the Reserve forces
We work closely with the 40 Reserve units (Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force) based in the south-east of England to support recruitment and promote their role in delivering the UK’s Defence capability.
Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Reserves
Reservists from 4626 Aeromedical Evacuation take part in training.
During a recent training weekend, 4626 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron held a mass casualty exercise at RAF Brize Norton. The aim was to develop and master the skills and competencies of managing and treating a large number of casualties following an aircraft crash. The exercise was designed and run by the Medical Reserves themselves with support from the HQ’s Training Team.
4626 AE Sqn has recently been financially supported by South East Reserves Forces’ and Cadets’ Association who provided funding to procure a complete moulage (casualty fake wounds) training system. This was put to excellent use, which made the scenarios extremely realistic!
Engage with the local community and employers on behalf of defence
We work with local employers to encourage support of the UK Armed Forces community and recognise the valuable skill set members of the Armed Forces community bring to the workplace. Our enduring relationships with local communities continue to encourage support for reserves, cadets and the wider military family across the south-east.
McLaren Racing sign Armed Forces Covenant
Piers Thynne and Dai Powell from McLaren and the Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Andrew Burns CB OBE sign the Covenant.
The SERFCA engagement team had the pleasure of working with McLaren Racing and Automotive to complete the signing of their Armed Forces Covenant.
Piers Thynne, Chief Operating Officer, McLaren F1, said:
To sign the covenant and align thinking between our organisations is inspiring and sets a good pathway for our teams and people for the future.
The signing was conducted by Piers Thynne and Dai Powell from McLaren and supported by the Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Andrew Burns CB OBE.
Read the full story about McLaren Racing sign Armed Forces Covenant.
Provide the best places to work and train
We manage and maintain the 300 buildings that are home to local cadet and reserve units as well as provide home adaptations for injured service people living in the south-east area.
The official South East Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) handover
South East RFCA Chief Executive, Col (Retd) Patrick Crowley MBE DL and David Harris, VINCI Facilities Customer Director, mark the commencement of Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS).
The MOD’s existing Built Estate contracts, which provide HFM services to Defence sites across the UK, were amended to add the additional sites into their scope. The Built Estate contracts were awarded to Mitie Defence, VIVO Defence Services and VINCI Facilities Defence by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) in 2021.
The amendment sees 1,622 sites, which are supported by the Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations (RFCA) and are known as the Volunteer Estate, receive key maintenance work, repairs, servicing and hard facilities management through the existing MOD Built Estate contracts.
Read the full story about The official South East Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) handover.
Contact Information
SERFCA
Seely House
Shoe Lane
Aldershot
Hampshire
GU11 2HJ
Phone: 01252 357606
Email: se-info@rfca.mod.uk
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Published 12 October 2020Last updated 20 August 2024 + show all updates
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