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Wales National Armed Forces Day 2023

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Wales National Armed Forces Day 2023

June 2023

Millie and Emilee had a great day at Wales' National Armed Forces Day, hosted by Newport City Council.

On 24th June 2023, the SSCE Cymru Programme Manager, Millie and East Wales RSLO, Emilee attended Wales' National Armed Forces Day that was hosted by Newport City Council. It was great to be able to catch up with the charities and organisations that we work closely with and to meet lots of families about the work that SSCE Cymru do. We were able to observe the red Arrows fly over the city during the day and were lucky enough to see the winners of the Armed Forces in Wales Awards in the evening at Rodney Parade, accompanied by some fantastic musical talent from the Military Wives Choir, The Royal British Legion Band of Wales and The Regimental Band and Corps of Drums of the Royal Welsh. It was lovely to see art work created by Service children in East Wales for a competition that was being held displayed in the River Front Art Theatre. A very enjoyable day with lovely, warm weather to go with it.

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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