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AGC JOURNAL 2016
Corps
Engagement Team
By Captain Graham Coulson and Captain Hannah Lackenby
The Corps Engagement
Team is part of Personnel
Branch within Regimental
Headquarters and is
responsible for raising
national awareness of
soldiering opportunities
in the Corps (Staff and
Personnel Support and Royal
Military Police).
The past year has seen us
attend 11 national careers
events and 35 public military
engagement events including
air shows in Durham,
Fairford and Eastbourne as
well as the Royal Air Tattoo.
Members of the team have
been active in community
engagement events such as
Royal County shows which
serve to raise the public
profile of the Corps and
secure new applicants.
Army in Education
The team continues to be at the
forefront of the Army in Education
initiative, which sees soldiers
supporting the national curriculum
by delivering developmental
activities in schools and colleges. The
team piloted the scheme, producing
a crime scene investigation activity,
which helps build a student’s forensic
awareness. Following its success,
the activity went into development
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Social Media
The Corps now has a range of official
Facebook pages which serve to advertise
the excellent work taking place across the
Corps. Corporals Jemma Rosier and Ash
Richardson led on the Corps and Staff and
Personnel pages with their social media
expertise to compliment the Educational
Captain Marcus Worthington with members of the and Training Services and Royal Military
Police pages. The team members now
Gymnasium staff during the Late Entry Commissioning ‘check in’ when they attend events to
Assessment Board
encourage people to pay them a visit.
with an external education agency which
refined the product in line with national Nurturing
curriculum standards. Training has been
conducted to allow Army recruiters to Given the many career avenues young
deliver it across the country. Instrumental people are faced with, reaching a decision
in this success were Corporals Ash Potter
about their futures can be extremely
and Chris Davidson who devised the difficult. The decision to join the Army
concept. The team hopes to recreate it with is a big step and young people
a financial management
need the correct information
activity to target and guidance to help them
mathematics and make the right choice. When
individuals express an interest
business courses. in becoming soldiers in the
Corps, the team provides that
guidance as well as the all
important welcome, to
future members of
the Corps.
Sergeant Michelle Polak with Major Jed McInally during the Late Entry Commissioning Assessment Board
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