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Champion Cadets

We support more than 21,00025,000 cadets and over 4,0004,200 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.

Respect, Courage and Discipline

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Respect, haveCourage learnt so many life skills, survival skills, working together – there is a real push to understand the core values such as respect, courage and discipline, the cadets teaches you these and shows you how you can put them to practice in everyday life.

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.

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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

The SERFCA engagement team had the pleasure of working with McLaren Racing and Automotive to complete the signing of their Armed Forces CovenantCovenant.

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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.

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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

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.

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