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East Wales Forces Festival

November 2023

The second of SSCE Cymru’s Armed Forces Festivals took place on 8th November 2023 at Raglan Barracks for Service children across East Wales.

SSCE Cymru were joined by Forces Fitness, Never Such Innocence and YourNorth for our Forces Festival to deliver some great workshops to Service children from different local authorities across East Wales. From team building challenges, relay races, song writing and mindfulness activities to poppy wreath making and learning about Remembrance, it was a fun filled day and a great opportunity to bring Service children together and learn more about their individual experiences.

We thank all organisations involved for giving up their time and delivering some great workshops to the children, and an extra thanks to Raglan Barracks for allowing us to host this fabulous event at their base, a venue that the children thoroughly enjoyed being at, providing plenty of great photo opportunities!

Thank you to the school staff who attended and supervised the children, the day wouldn’t have been able to happen without your support also!

It was an extremely enjoyable day, and one that we hope we can host again in the future!

 

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Service children’s quotes

"As soon as we get used to a house, you get moved - I’ve been to four schools and moved six times."

Aiden

"I lived in Nepal, then we went to Brunei, then Malaysia."

Ashim

"In my eyes, you have hundreds of friends in different places."

Chloe

"I’m used to moving now and mixing with the children... I’ve done it so many times, it’s just a normal thing now."

Chloe

"It's ok talking over skype and that, but sometimes you just want a hug when Dad is away."

Georgia

"I’ve enjoyed going around to lots of places around the world, it's adventurous and exciting."

Harry

"In my eyes, you have hundreds of friends in different places."

Ieuan

"My mum got a chalk board and it says how many sleeps on it with chalk, every minute it’s getting closer for him coming home."

Mia

"I don’t want him to get promoted... I want him to get promoted but I don’t want to leave."

Oliver

"I might be going to boarding school so that I don’t change schools every few years."

Ryan

"I've been to seven different schools; I’ve not stayed put in one school long enough."

Shana

"He has been away for six months and he is back for two weeks, then he goes away again."

Sianed

"My parents were in the Army. My mum is a like a nurse and my dad went to the war in Afghanistan. I actually didn’t really know what he was doing so I was like, ‘Cool Dad, go there,’ but then I found out and thought, 'Thank God he came back alive.'"

Sanjog

"He signed off last week, so he will be done by the end of this year. He’s done 24 years. I find that better because he will be around a lot. He likes watching us playing rugby, so he will get to see us more."

Lewis

"I’m going to a new place entirely. They don’t know anything about me and that’s a big restart and that’s really good for me."

Piaras

"I moved to Wales because my dad was posted in the Army. I thought I would get bullied and I was shy when you meet new people, but I made some friends."

Dan