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MainpointThe Official Magazine of RAF Halton Summer 2018

AWARDED to the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath in the Queen’s New Year Honour’s List, one of our parents commented ‘…it is tremendously helpful to have the support of a school that understands and is sympathetic to the demands of Service Life’.

Certainly Gordon’s proximity to a number of military bases as well as Heathrow Airport and major routes across the country have contributed to the current roll where over 50 per cent of our students are from military families. But an understanding of life in the Services is something that has been running through the fabric of the School since its inception over a century ago.

Military families have priority over others applying for a place at Gordon’s. The School also employs counsellors for them and tutors to plug any gaps in their education.

The success of these measures is illustrated by the statistics - Gordon’s is in the top one per cent nationally for achievement at GCSE and A2 Levels over the last three years (90 per cent achieve A*-C Grades at A2 and 92 per cent more than five GCSEs between A*-C including English and Maths).

However it’s not just in the classrooms where students excel, successes are achieved in drama and the arts; debating and public speaking; dance and sport. The school has an enviable record in the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme - this year 21 students will be going to Buckingham Palace to receive their Gold Award.

Set in over 50 acres of beautiful Surrey countryside, the School is home to some 800 students and offers Residential (weekly and termly) Boarding from only £5,378 per term.

Originally built in 1885 by public subscription as a national memorial to General Charles Gordon on the insistence of Queen Victoria, the School was opened as a home for ‘necessitous’ boys. The idea behind it being that the boys would be trained for civil and military life.

Today the School continues the ceremonial aspect and to have the reigning sovereign as its patron. However, while the individual is celebrated, the whole school unites for parades. Since its inception, students have marched and there has always been a Pipes and Drums band.

Dressed in their Blues uniform the students parade eight times a year and the School is the only one permitted to march along Whitehall – an annual tradition in remembrance of General Gordon.

All Year 10 students join the CCF (Navy, Army and Air Force) which is often continued into the Sixth Form.

For many of the children from families in the services, Gordon’s has been their first ‘constant’ after a life of moving schools and homes in line with their parents’ postings around the world. It is also a haven from the worry of a parent involved in action.

For Tracey Phillips, a military wife, who had moved house with her children nine times before they returned to England, the decision on where her children should be educated came down to where they felt at home. Her daughters had notched up five different schools – three in one academic year – across the globe, priory to boarding at Gordon’s.“The homely feel really stood out for us” recalled Tracey. “We felt a strong sense of family and the fact that the pastoral and teaching staff were used to working with military families so understood the special nature of where the kids are coming from and that they have had to move frequently.”

“House parents are also aware that they [children from a service family] are under extra pressure because their parents may have been posted to a war zone”.

Marching has added benefits for her children too: “We can see how it instils discipline and pride, and is part of what makes the school so unique.”

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One Team, Training People for Defence

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Station Commander’s Foreword

06 Ceremonial Events on 1st April

08 Fire Section09 Gift of Blankets From Royal Air Force Association09 Royal Air Force

Association Lunch For Local Veterans

10 WO's & Sgts' Mess Functions 2018 12 Commemorate, Celebrate, Inspire13 New Play Park 16 Coaching Network17 Coastal Command Veteran17 RAF Regiment Band Support RAF Halton18 Campion Champions19 Church Of Scotland

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SPORTS

34 London Marathon 201835 Portsmouth Students Visit RAF Halton

Summer 2018Contents

20 Celebrating RAF 10022 Pearson Graduation Parade23 Freedom Of Aylesbury Parade24 RAF Halton Centenary Dinner25 Honours & Awards At RAF Halton25 RAFBF Collection25 RAF Halton Annual Reception

27 Halton On The Way To 1000 For RAF 10028 RAF Halton Community Police29 RAF Halton Supports RAF 100 Centenary Church Service32 Contact/Welfare House Refurbishment Project33 RAF Halton Supports RAF 100 Centenary Church Service

COMMUNITY & CHARITY

26 Halton Nursery Has It's Own Royal Wedding26 Child Minding Training27 Dragon's Den War In Wendover School27 School History Visit To RAF Halton

T his edition brings together a wide variety of activities and

events that highlight the achievements of our people and the additional voluntary, community based or sporting activities that constantly take place at Halton. Indeed the content of this magazine demonstrates but just a flavour of the breadth of activity across the Station and is certainly not exclusive of everything that has and is going on.

We are of course well into the RAF Centenary year of celebration and are part of huge array of activities across the country to inspire the next generation of the Air Force. As a seminal part of these celebrations, our main effort has been to provide

support to events on 1 April and act as the mounting base for the RAF100 Parade and activities in London on 10 July. This task has required a colossal amount of additional work to plan, prepare and deliver for which I am hugely grateful to all those that are making it happen. Internally, as a Station, we have a host of activities and events still to be enjoyed, which I would encourage all and families to continue to get involved, including our new Community Centre Play Park, kindly funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund. Across the Station we continue to successfully achieve our training mission and it is inspiring to see the energy being expended in looking for new ways to improve our training and educational outcomes.

Be it through seeking to innovate and exploit technology enhanced learning to work which is seeing more Specialist courses being delivered on

line rather than residentially based. This is a testament to the hard work and commitment to continuously pursue excellence in all we do; reassuringly, there it is also evident that the important element of having fun at work is alive and well. As an aside I overheard a conversation about my revised, less formal, photograph (above) recently which made me smile, it went something like... ‘Hasn’t he got intelligent looking eyes’, followed by a short pause and... ‘Yes Collies are known to be intelligent ’. Of course I always knew they were going to refer to the dog.

Finally, please remember we will always continue to be busy and, whilst we should find time to recognise and thank our teams for how hard they work, it is equally important that we all find the space to take a proper break. So please enjoy the summer. Thank you and enjoy the read.

Welcome to the Summer 2018 edition of Mainpoint and thankfully the weather reflects the season, unlike Spring which could have quite reasonably been renamed to the ‘Extended Winter’ edition.

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Editor's ForewordWelcome to the summer issue of Mainpoint.

I have been both surprised and delighted with the response to my recent pleas for assistance and articles; I have been inundated and as you will see we have a bumper issue for you this time around.

Thank you to those of you that have spoken to me regarding volunteering some of your time, the eagle eyed among you will have noticed that I have two new deputy

editors Chris Connolly from Policy and Plans and Conor Maguire, one of our holding officers.

I very much hope that you enjoy all of the articles in the magazine, especially the number of RAF100 related articles that are just a taste of what is to come as 2018 progresses. Please continue to send in your articles and photos to [email protected] or [email protected].

Ed.

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A Royal Air Force airman from Aylesbury played a major role in

ceremonial events on 1 April celebrating the RAF’s 100th Anniversary. Aircraftman Adam Wood, a 16-year-old trainee airman based at RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire, had the extraordinary honour of launching the RAF100 Baton Relay through London on the 100th birthday of the Service. He also read out a letter from Her Majesty The Queen commending the RAF for its century of service to a VIP reception marking the historic anniversary.

AC Wood, a former Cottesloe School pupil, represented the youngest personnel in the RAF when he received the symbolic RAF100 Baton from Air Commodore Charles Clarke – a Great Escape veteran – and the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, the professional head of the RAF on the steps of the Royal Court of Justice. AC Wood – a keen athlete and former Luton Town Juniors FC player - ran with the Baton to the site of the RAF’s first headquarters on The Strand.

AC Wood said: “My grandfather was in the RAF; I never knew him but my Nan says he would be very proud of what I am doing. I’m really proud to have been chosen to read out the message from the Queen and then, as one of the youngest airmen in the RAF, to receive the baton from Air Commodore Clarke.”

AC Wood is currently based at RAF Halton, where he is training to work in RAF logistics, and expects to graduate from his professional training on 13 April. He said: “ The training has really stretched me. I’ve discovered that attention to detail in all things is really important and I have started to push myself hard rather than settling for a mere pass in things.

So far it ’s been hard work, a big change from school and having Mum doing stuff like making the bed – but now I’m much more independent and a lot better at ironing than my Mum!”

On 1 April the Royal Air Force launched RAF100, a national campaign to mark its 100th year. The centenary itself will feature events, activities and other initiatives running nationwide from April to the end of September 2018. The RAF100 Baton Relay will take the campaign to communities in every region of the UK, carried by 20 RAF sports associations, serving RAF personnel, reservists, RAF Air Cadets and veterans. Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, Chief of the Air Staff,

said: “In our 100th year we want to showcase the vital role the RAF continues to play in defending the British people and protecting our nation’s interests. Launched on 1 April, the celebrations are a fitting recognition and thank you to the exceptional

dedication, spirit and achievements of our men and women. They also encourage us to look to the future: the greatest legacy of RAF100 will be its ability to inspire a whole new generation so that together we can help shape our next century.

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Jason Bridge (SFO) and his small team carry out fire inspections of all buildings across the site, service and maintain all fire extinguishers and hose reels. They conduct weekly tests of fire alarm systems, provide annual fire training, building custodian training as well as conducting fire evacuation drills and responding to fire alarm activations. For now let’s concentrate on the fire training.

Fire TrainingEnsure that annually, all personnel both service and civilians attend a fire safety brief, conducted by the Station Fire Service. Are you in date with your fire training?

Fire training on Mondays 10:30hrs and 13:30hrs and lasts an hour. Bookings can be made on Ext 6388. There are 20 slots available for each session.

• Bespoke training can be arranged for departments if required.

• Steve Gardner and the team provide the fire training not only for the station personnel but also

• Recruits on day 22 as part of their phase one training.

• Scouts and Brownies to assist with their fire safety badges.

• Station youth groups to provide some fire safety awareness.

• Fire safety visits to Halton Primary school curriculum topics which include. The Great Fire of London and Guy Fawkes bonfire night.

Recently during the Air Cadets Easter camp, FW Alan Giddens assisted Steve in providing both an educational and fun fire training session aimed at the air cadets.

This lasted almost 2 hours and culminated in two teams running out fire hoses followed by knocking down targets on the fire ground, using water extinguisher jets. Sounds straight forward but the cadets using the extinguishers were wearing blanked out BA masks and the only way they could aim at targets was by listening to the remaining team shout out directions, very noisy finish to the training (nothing a couple of headache tablets would not cure).

We have also provided training for HAC and other airfield users at weekends. ( This is very much dependant on the football fixture list)The airfield users complete annual training of 7x modules, to remain compliant and be able to carry out the role of duty pilot. Module 7 fire training was last carried out on 10 Mar 18 at the fire section which incorporated the discharge of a 90Ltr

foam extinguisher, delivery of training was assisted by FW Phil Watts. A big effort is made to try and change the fire brief every 12 – 13

months, to be fresh for the recipient and deal with any hot topics of the day. Look forward to seeing you at your training soon.

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Royal Air Force Association Lunch For Local Veterans

C hairman of the Royal Air Force Association (RAFA) Club, Derf

Mockford and RAFA charity worker, Kev O’Neil initiated a monthly lunch for local veterans. They came up with the idea to get some of the elderly out to socialise with others during the cold weather. The lunch this month had a St George’s theme and so the food was good old British bangers and mash with onion gravy and desserts to follow.

A number of personnel from RAF Halton also went along to chat to the veterans and help serve the meal, one of them, Warrant Officer Clark Coghill, himself a member of RAFA for 25 years, said: “An email was

circulated for volunteers to take part in the lunches so being a long time member I decided to give it a go. It ’s been a successful afternoon.”

Councillor Steve Worth said: “I have been to all of the lunches and they are an amazing way of getting veterans to socialise through the cold months. This is what RAFA is all about and it ’s been a success.”

Derf said: “The kitchen isn’t very big but our volunteers manage well to cook for up to 45, today we are serving 39. Kev and I thought that we would see how it went, and after the first three were so successful, it has gone from strength to strength with a lot of extremely good feedback.”

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Gift Of Blankets From Royal Air Force Association

A ir Vice-Marshal (Retd) John Cliffe OBE RAF, has presented

a number of blankets to Recruit Training Squadron’s Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader Jules Sampson, in his role as Chairman of The Royal Air Force Association. This was the first time AVM Cliffe, who was supported by Sqn Ldr Dean ‘Gibbo’ Gibson, a

Trustee of the Association, had the opportunity to present them whilst he was acting as Reviewing Officer at the Graduation Parade of Pearson Intake. They will be used for families and friends of Recruits on Graduation days to keep them warm during chilly conditions and is another example of how the Association supports the RAF Family.



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Relationship breakdown often leads to the division of one home into two and the relocation of either, or both parents, to a new home environment. As such, it is important for separating or divorcing couples to ensure that the arrangements for their children are agreed so that each child has 1) a stable home environment and 2) is aware of the amount of time that they are to spend with each parent once the family is no longer living together.

Some couples find it easy to agree the arrangements for their children and are able to put their differences aside to effectively co-parent their children. Other couples, however, are not so fortunate and disputes can sometimes arise as to what each parent feels is in the “best interests” of their child. For example, both parents may want the children to live with them, but to see the other parent, and they disagree about how this can work in the future.

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Upon receipt of an application, the court must decide what it believes is in the “best interests” of the child in question and what the arrangements should be moving forward. The court has a duty to deal with applications promptly and will only make a Child Arrangements Order if it believes it is necessary to do so.

When determining a child’s “best interest” the court must apply the following factors as set out in The Children Act 1989.These factors are commonly known as the “Welfare Checklist”:

(a) the ascertainable wishes and feelings of the child concerned (considered in the light of his age and understanding);

(b) the child’s physical, emotional and educational needs;(c) the likely effect on the child of any change in his circumstances;(d) the child’s age, sex, background and any characteristics which the court

considers relevant;(e) any harm which the child has suffered or is at risk of suffering;(f) how capable each of the child’s parents, and any other person in relation

to whom the court considers the question to be relevant, is of meeting the child’s needs;

(g) the range of powers available to the court under this Act in the proceedings in question.

These factors are applied to each child in question, taking into account all of the circumstances of the case, and each parent has the opportunity to explain to the court what they feel the arrangements should be, before the court makes a final decision.

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S qn Ldr George ‘Johnny’ Johnson , the last Dambuster, was invited

to conduct a Q&A with Airmen’s Development Flight. Syndicates took some time to ask questions and hear of some of the fascinating stories from the raid and Johnny’s time in the RAF.

Talking about the raid, he said: ‘It was a job, yes it was a special one – but a job. When you have a job to do you get onto it and you do it to the best of your ability.’

The audience was captivated by him as he described his confidence in the pilot and as he told of how he had the best spot on the Lancaster, which he described as: ‘the finest WWII bomber, including

the Americans’, including the Americans’. He went on to tell of the 8 aircraft that were lost, the 58 men that were sadly killed and the three that were captured in one night and what impact that had on No. 617 Squadron.

To finish, Johnny was asked what advice he would give to the next generation of the RAF. ‘Get a job you wanted, always do your job to the best of your ability and work hard at it. You will get satisfaction out of achieving something you wanted to do and you will be happy.’

In this, our 100th year, it is important we take the opportunities to commemorate the past in order to inspire the future.


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A round 18 months ago I introduced my daughter Megan

to the Trinity Community Centre ( TCC) for the first time and she expressed that the Play Park was lacking the appropriate equipment that children wanted, in fact if I was honest, as a 6 year old, she probably said “Mummy, this is rubbish!” I had to agree. The soft play facilities within the TCC are brilliant, some of the best I have seen in my time on various units, but the external area was letting it down so as the lead for Community Support at RAF Halton at the time, I had to do something about it, plus my daughter had told me so.

As the best Subject Matter Expert in her field, I sat her down and asked her exactly what was needed and she came up with a

design including swings, slide, roundabout and even a rollercoaster, optimistic but adventurous. Following a brief exploratory search of Play Park providers, I was quickly educated on the expense of good quality equipment and realised I was not going to achieve this project with unit funding alone, so approached the RAF Benevolent Fund for help. a lot of help. Projects such as this take a lot of planning, but here we are, glazed in glorious sunshine, the final result for all to enjoy.

On 22 May 18, the new Play Park was officially opened with Megan proudly cutting the ribbon joined by the

Station Commander, Group Captain James Brayshaw and Benelephant. A combined event to also showcase a recently refurbished TCC to

highlight all the facilities available to the serving community. Organised by the rest of the Community Support Team, a packed programme of horse riding provided by the RAF Halton Saddle Club, various activities hosted by Ben Fund and Airplay staff, balloon modelling and face painting, bouncy castle and bucking bronco, BBQ and ice creams and of course, a comprehensive testing of the new park equipment, which I am glad to say passed with flying colours. A real community spirit. None of this would have been possible without the support of the RAF Benevolent Fund, the RAF’s leading welfare charity with a proud tradition of meeting the needs of the RAF Family, which it has certainly achieved at RAF Halton.

The wider RAF Halton family came out in their numbers, keeping the BBQ with a constant demand. The smiles on the children’s faces was magical and overhearing one parent have the confidence to instruct their children to go and explore shows we have managed to create a

space that is safe and secure, with something for everyone, even witnessing Benelephant testing out the swings.

My tour at RAF Halton is coming to an end, but I hope the community spirit produced by the TCC and specifically the external play area continues, despite the lack of a rollercoaster.

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S tation Commander, Group Captain James Brayshaw, has launched

the RAF Halton Coaching Network along with the Head of the Technical School, Defence Academy, Dr Matt Chinn. Staff from the Defence Centre of Training Support (DCTS) spoke to a large number of personnel who showed a great interest in the scheme.

The Halton Coaching Network was initially set up in 2017 with the aim of providing RAF Halton and Lodger Units with practicing and qualified coaches, who can in turn give free coaching services to the Whole Force at RAF Halton. It aims to develop the coaches in the Network as well through CPD and giving opportunities they might not otherwise have in their day job.

The Network was established by Mandy Clay (who has now left the Civil Service) who, as part of the Defence Centre of Training Support, was a Defence Academy civil servant. She recognised there were a number of qualified and experienced coaches working at RAF Halton and in Lodger Units but they were not utilised appropriately by the whole Station. In addition to this, a large percentage of the work force were unaware of the benefits of coaching and how to access it.

Coaching is a way of enabling individuals to develop their

skills and behaviours and thus help them to achieve their goals. It can help an individual feel more valued by the time and resources being invested in them and they will, in turn feel more motivated and positive. For organisations, this can lead to a reduction in staff leaving and an increase in collaborative working, staff motivation and team efficiency.

Karen Anderson, Franchise Development Quality Assurance in the Defence Centre of Training Support explained more saying: “The Network provides qualified and practicing coaches who can offer free, one-to-one coaching sessions, based on the needs of the individual being coached. The Network also provides the necessary induction, mentoring and continued support to all the coaches within, so individuals we help can be assured their coach has the right support network behind them. We also deliver regular workshops across station and are looking to deliver more bespoke workshops to teams or organisations based on their needs. Overall, our ‘big picture’ aim is to establish and cultivate a coaching culture at RAF Halton to support the Whole Force here.

“At the launch we had maybe 40-50 people turn up and I’ve had 15 registrations, 13 want to become coaches,

5 want to be coached and a few want to get more information, including about the workshops we deliver. I was surprised so many

wanted to become a coach as I had thought we’d get more requests for workshops. All in all a very positive start though.”

Coaching Network Launch

A Coastal Command veteran has visited RAF Halton House

Officers’ Mess for lunch with OC Ops and Plans, Wing Commander Karen Moran, to mark his 90th birthday.Mr Bryan Jones served at HQ Coastal Command,

Northwood Eastbury Park, Middlesex. He was under the command of Air Commodore Stroud and worked in operational requirements typing the history of Coastal Command under Flt Lt Ringnose and Neville Stacks.


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Coastal Command VeteranVisited Halton House Officers’ Mess

RAF Regiment Band Support RAF Halton

T he Band Of The Royal Air Force Regiment, supported RAF Halton

personnel as they provided a Guard of Honour for the RAF100 Commemoration Church Service in the nearby town of Chesham.

They are pictured here at RAF Halton as the first RAF Band to wear the new ceremonial uniforms for the Royal Air Force Music Services, before going on to support the Graduation of Pearson Intake.


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highest overall standard of effort, determination and achievement in physical education. Aircraftman Jade Bolton.

THE ROTHSCHILD TROPHY Awarded to the recruit who achieves the highest overall standard in Initial Force Protection Training. Aircraftman Samuel Fitzgibbons.

THE HALTON AIRCRAFT APPRENTICE TROPHY Awarded to the recruit who achieves the highest overall standard in drill and deportment. Aircraftman Maynard

THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND TROPHY Awarded for displaying the greatest effort and determination on No 5 Flight. Aircraftman Citten.

THE STATION COMMANDER’S CUP Awarded for displaying the greatest effort and determination on No 6 Flight.Aircraftman Connor Lewis

THE DUSTY MILLER MEMORIAL TROPHY Awarded to the recruit who has shown the greatest

willingness to help others as voted by their fellow recruits on the Intake. Aircraftman Alan Hayward.

THE MAYOR OF AYLESBURY TROPHY Awarded for the best overall performance in all aspects of training on No 5 Flight. Aircraftman Charlotte Elson.

THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE’S TROPHY Awarded for the best overall performance in all aspects of training on No 6 Flight. Aircraftman Craig Pitches.

THE LORD TRENCHARD TROPHY Awarded to No 5 Flight, whose performance has been the best overall in general service training and general service knowledge. Collected on their behalf by:Aircraftman Walton.

Campion Intake takes the name from LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN MICHAEL PATRICK CAMPION GC RAFWho was awarded The Medal of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, for Gallantry.

(Later commuted for the George Cross)

Born: 8 May 1916 Died: 4 December 1943Age when awarded: 24Two airmen displayed great courage in effecting the rescue of an unconscious pilot

from a burning aircraft which resulted from a collision in which two Blenheim aircraft were involved while taking off. Aircraftmen Campion and Frost were among the first to arrive on the scene. Not knowing that the pilot was the sole occupant, Aircraftman Frost promptly entered the rear cockpit, which was full of smoke and fumes, in search of the wireless operator. Satisfying himself that no one was there, he climbed out and, nearly exhausted, ran to the front cockpit where Leading Aircraftman Campion was trying to rescue the pilot.

Working heroically both men, with great risk to themselves, due to the imminent danger of the petrol tanks exploding, extricated the pilot from the burning wreckage. Shortly afterwards the tanks exploded and the whole aircraft was rapidly burned out. Unfortunately the pilot died later.

London Gazette - (5 July 1940)

C ampion Intake, Flights five and six have graduated from 10

weeks Basic Recruit Training at Recruit Training Squadron at RAF Halton. On a blustery cold but sunny day they marched out in front of family and friends on to the Henderson Parade Square led by Flight Commander Andy Furlong.

The Reviewing Officer for the day was Air Commodore Mark Gilligan, Air Officer A4 and A4 Force Commander, musical accompaniment was from the Band of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell and the fly past was by a Tucano based at 72 Squadron, RAF Linton-On-Ouse.

Colour bearer for the Parade was Flying Officer Georgie Snowdon-Brett who is holding at RAF Halton awaiting pilot training. Colour Warrant Officer was WO L Caldwell and Colour Escorts were Sergeant Hayden McEwen and Sergeant Daniel Martin.

Air Commodore Gilligan presented trophies and awards to the following:

THE HALTON AIRCRAFT APPRENTICE SHIELD Awarded to the recruit who has displayed the

Campion Champions Make The Grade


Station SnippetsChurch Of Scotland Moderator Visits RAF Halton

T he Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has

paid a visit to RAF Halton. He presides at the Annual Meeting of the Church of Scotland, where representatives make decisions about the life and work of the Church. Thereafter, during their year-long appointment, they are tasked with visiting various areas of the country and world, including one of the military services. The current Moderator, The Right Reverend Dr Derek Browning, visited four RAF Stations, starting with a visit to RAF Benson then on to RAF Halton, RAF High Wycombe and finally to RAF Brize Norton.

Dr Browing’s visit focused on the pastoral care and welfare support available to service personnel. A report of the visit as well as anecdotal accounts will then be delivered to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, an organisation

that according to the latest census, represents 32% of the Scottish population.

Dr Browning arrived at Halton’s airfield in a Puma from RAF Benson where he was met by Reverend (Wg Cdr) David Richardson, Reverend (Sqn Ldr) David Skillen and Chaplaincy Clerk, Mrs Joss Westwood, who began by taking him for a tour of the new Chaplaincy Centre.

The remainder of his visit was taken up by a visit to The Trenchard Museum and Recruit Training Squadron. Next to Trinity Community Centre to speak with Welfare and Community Support teams, finding out about life for families as well as single serving personnel before taking lunch in Halton House. Later in the day he visited Servicemen Awaiting Trade Training before time for personal reflection with the Station Padres before leaving for RAF High Wycombe.

Padre Dave Skillen said: “Dr Browning said he had enjoyed his visit immensely and that he felt the civilian church communities could gain so much from the experience of Chaplaincy within the RAF community. He said he had learnt a great deal in a short period of time about the Royal Air Force about the training processes of content and delivery at Phase 1 and beyond. He said it had been a huge privilege and an honour to visit the Station and had much to take away and reflect upon.”


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On 10 July, one hundred days after our official 100th birthday, join us in London for our centrepiece event, the RAF100 parade and flypast.

RAF100 Parade and Flypast

T he day began with a breakfast reception on the site of the former

Hotel Cecil at 80 The Strand – the first headquarters of the newly-formed RAF in 1918. Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hiller, Chief of the Air Staff, and Air Marshal Sir Baz North (RAFA President) gave opening addresses. Then, 16-year-old Aircraftsman Adam Wood, the youngest serving member of the RAF, had the honour of reading out a special centenary message from Her Majesty the Queen to the assembled guests.This was followed by the traditional Founders’ Day Service at St Clement Danes, the Central Church of the Royal Air Force, where the Royal Air Forces' Association Standards were led in procession from Lincoln’s Inn Fields by a band from the Royal Air Force Pipes and Drums. The service provided an opportunity for quiet reflection and commemoration of those who have served over the past 100 years.

Following the service, assembled guests enjoyed a reception at the Royal Courts of Justice, which concluded with the launch of the RAF 100 Baton Relay. The baton, designed by RAF apprentices to represent the RAF’s century of service to the Nation, will visit every region of the UK and several overseas locations from 1 April to 10 July 2018.

The RAF100 Baton Relay was launched by Air Commodore (ret'd) Charles Clarke OBE, a Long March veteran, who emerged onto the steps of the Royal Courts of Justice and symbolically handed the baton to 16-year-old Aircraftsman Adam Wood.

Flanked by members of the Air Cadets and joined by fellow relay runners, AC Wood set off to the ringing of an original RAF scramble bell, launching the RAF100 programme of events to commemorate and celebrate the past 100 years and inspire the next generation of the RAF.

To mark its centenary, former and serving members of the Royal Air Force took part in events in London to commemorate 100 years of astonishing service and dedication to the Nation’s defence.


F or almost 100 years, the Royal Air Force has been a leading force in

technological advancement and innovation. Our centenary year gives us the opportunity to inspire future generations by telling the unique story of our Service.

Through actively engaging with schools and our expanded youth engagement programme, we expect to reach up to two million 9-15 year old students. We want to build interest in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) careers.

The programme includes 1,000 STEM boxes distributed to school in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering. Our youth engagement team will also be going into schools to hold activity days and hosting residential courses at RAF stations. Online resources, including an interactive map, have been developed by the Historical Association and Institute of Physics and are available at:http://raf100schools.org.uk/

The RAF is also supporting a number of initiatives organised by external partners.

From Rolls Royce’s StaRRship project conducting a virtual mission to Mars through to the final of the 2017/2018 Robotics Challenge at Big Bang Science Fair 2018 organised by Tomorrow’s Engineers. These partners will help us reach a whole generation of young people.

The focus on STEM is intended to benefit the wider UK economy by highlighting the importance of science and engineering skills against the background of a serious skills shortage at the national level.

This will help open the door for a whole new generation of young people and highlight the diverse opportunities that lay ahead for them.

We are looking to the next generation for innovative ideas to shape our second century and ensure that the RAF will always be first to the future.

The Autumn of 2017 saw the launch of the STEM programme in Scotland and England, and the Wales launch will took place in February 2018.The programme of events is funded by the Chancellor using LIBOR funds.

RAF100 INSPIRE: Our Youth and Education Programme

Every year the Royal Air Force celebrates the skill and technical work of its professional and amateur photographers, and in its 100th year it will also have special amateur category, open to everyone.

T raditionally there has always been an amateur category but this year

it will be open to the general public, service dependants, families and cadets.

Since the start of the Royal Air Force, photography has played an important role within the service. What started off as a method of intelligence gathering has grown into a wide-ranging trade responsible for a number of activities, from use in engineering and flight safety through to helping inform people about what the RAF is doing today.

The theme of this year ’s competition will be around RAF100, which the entrants should use for inspiration. The imagery submitted should look to commemorate the history of the RAF, celebrate the RAF of today or inspire future generations. Judges will be looking for a high quality photograph or short

video, of no more than one minute, that can be used to promote across traditional and social media channels.

• All photographs or videos must have been taken between 18 July 2017 and 16 July 2018.

• Entries must arrive no later than 31 July, no entries will be accepted after this date.

• All images must be high-resolution.

• Please include information about the image such as where it was taken, what it is, who is in the image.

• No watermarks, credit will be given where it is due Please consider the theme and be imaginative with your subject matter, remember the Royal Air Force is more than just aircraft.

Please send entries to [email protected]


Station Snippets Pearson Graduation ParadeP earson Intake Number

610, Flights 11 and 12 Graduated from Recruit

Training Squadron this week, marching out on to the Henderson Parade Square in front of proud family and friends. Flt Lt Ashley David, Flight Commander, led the Parade on a bright but chilly day, before a fly past by a Hawk T1 from 100 Squadron based at RAF Leeming. Musical accompaniment was from The Band Of The RAF Regiment under the direction of Flt Lt Rodda. The Queen’s Colour was borne by Recruit Training Squadron Deputy Squadron Commander, Flt Lt Scott Ripley - Jones, with Colour Warrant Officer, Barry Johnson and escorts Sgt Williams and Sgt Martin.

Reviewing Officer for the day was Air Vice-Marshal John Cliffe OBE, Chairman of the Royal Air Force Association, who praised the graduating recruits for the standard of their drill and deportment, and wished them well in their chosen career path. He presented trophies and awards to the recipients who were:

AC Nathan Lant who was awarded The Halton Aircraft Apprentice Shield. Awarded to the recruit who has displayed the highest overall standard of effort, determination and achievement in physical education.

AC Kane Copeland-Trenwith The Halton Aircraft Apprentice Trophy, awarded to the recruit who achieves the highest overall standard in drill and deportment.

AC Andre Newton Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund Trophy, awarded for displaying the greatest effort and determination on Number 11 Flight.

AC Katie Copeland The Station Commander ’s Cup, awarded for displaying the greatest effort and determination on Number 12 Flight.

AC Joseph Collins Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire’s Trophy awarded for the best overall performance on Number 12 Flight.

AC Evie Porch The Rothschild Trophy, awarded to the recruit who achieves the highest overall standard in Initial Force Protection Training and The Mayor of Aylesbury Trophy, for the best overall performance on Number 11 Flight.

AC Christopher Harrington The Dusty Miller Trophy, for the recruit who has shown the greatest willingness to help others as voted by their fellow recruits on the Intake.

Finally The Lord Trenchard Trophy awarded to the Flight whose performance has been the best overall in general service training and general service knowledge was awarded to No. 12 Flight and collected on their behalf by AC Copley.

Pearson Flight is named after:

CORPORAL JOAN DAPHNE MARY PEARSON GC WAAF880538 Corporal (now Assistant Section Officer) Women's Auxiliary Air Force

The Medal of the Military Division of the Most Excellent

Order of the British Empire, for Gallantry (Later commuted for the George Cross)

Born: 26 May 1911 Died: 25 July 2000 Age when awarded: 29 Trade: Med Asst

On the 31st May, 1940, at 0100 hours an aircraft crashed near the Women's Auxiliary Air Force quarters, the pilot being seriously injured, another officer killed outright and two airmen slightly injured. Upon hearing the crash Corporal Pearson rushed out to it and, although the aircraft was burning and

she knew that there were bombs aboard, she stood on the wreckage, roused the pilot, who was stunned, and assisted him in getting clear, releasing his parachute harness in doing so. When he was on the ground about 30 yards away, a 120Ib bomb went off. Corporal Pearson at once threw herself on top of the pilot to protect him from blast and splinters. Her prompt and courageous action undoubtedly helped to save the pilot's life.

(London Gazette – 5 July 1940)


Station Snippets

T he sight of marching airmen and women brought Aylesbury to

a standstill as the town paid tribute to personnel from RAF Halton at a special parade to mark the Freedom of the Vale.

In 1956, the Freedom of Aylesbury was bestowed upon RAF Halton. The honour and distinction of marching through the streets of Aylesbury with a full ceremonial parade, bayonets fixed, Queen’s Colour flying, drums beating and band playing solidifies the important relationship that the Station has with the town.

Group Captain James Brayshaw, Station Commander, addressed the attendees, saying: “I am immensely proud that we are able to recognise today our unique relationship, our close bonds and our enduring friendships.” He went on to tell of the role that RAF Halton plays in today’s Air Force and of its incredibly rich history and on-going relationship with the Vale. “It was over 70 years ago, that Lord Trenchard, the founder of the Royal Air Force, observed that ‘Halton and the Halton spirit has been a pillar of strength all over the world’. That spirit and strength is embodied in those who serve today, those who march today, and those who call the Vale of Aylesbury their home.”

The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment led the parade through the streets followed by Parade Commander, Wing Commander Karen Moran, who led the two flights and the Queen’s Colour of RAF Halton to the Freedom Ceremony.

The beautiful blue sunny skies were the backdrop to a Dakota flypast from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.

A spokesperson from Aylesbury Town Council said: “This year it is the Royal Air Force’s Centenary year. Marking 100 years that dedicated, brave and honourable servicemen and women have gallantly served in the name of our country. Right on our doorstep is RAF Halton, one of the largest RAF stations in the UK, whose primary role is to train military and civilian personnel to perform to the highest standard for military operations and we welcome them here today.”

Freedom Of Aylesbury Parade


Station Snippets RAF Halton Centenary DinnerM embers of the

Officers’ Mess and Warrant Officers’

and Sergeants’ Mess at RAF Halton came together to #Commemorate and #Celebrate the Centenary year of the inception of the Royal Air Force with a formal Dining In Night in Halton House Officers’ Mess.

Over 130 personnel, veterans and civilian mess members gathered on the patio prior to the meal for a Sunset

Ceremony with musical accompaniment from the Halton band.

Honoured guests at the dinner included Squadron Leader (Retd) George ‘Johnny’ Johnson MBE DFM, Mr Peter Magill and Mrs Pam Magill, Master and Mistress of the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Air Marshal Greg Bagwell CB CBE also attended and addressed the gathered diners with a speech to #Inspire the next generation of the RAF.

Honours and Awards At RAF Halton

S urrounded by family and colleagues, 12 Station personnel were

presented with Honours and Awards in a ceremony at Halton House. Station Commander, Group Captain James Brayshaw, praised the recipients and presented the following:

Cpl James ‘Barnie’ Barnett, Drill and Ceremonial, RTS, received the AOC 22 Group Commendation.WO Steve King, SIB, received the Royal Warrant.

Flt Sgt Dave Nutt, CTS, was presented with the Clasp, as was Flt Sgt Andi Goodall, ACS.

Flt Sgt John Mills, RRU, Sgt Paul Duke, MPGS, Sgt Gavin Stevens, L&STW and Sgt Hayden McEwen, RTS, all received the Long Service & Good Conduct Medal.

After the presentations a reception was held and photos taken by the Station Photographers to mark the occasion.


RAF Halton Annual Reception

T his year ’s Annual Reception fell on a cool but bright

evening where many of our neighbours and supporters were hosted by a wide range of Station personnel to continue to build the strong relationships that we have with our local community.

Within our Centenary year there was the opportunity to give guests a different experience to what they have had previously. Some of the Servicemen Awaiting Trade Training were given the opportunity to research and present topics to the guests, notably that of #RAF100 and RAF Halton Heritage. This addition was appreciated by all those in attendance and formed a talking point for the evening.

In his speech to the guests, Group Captain James Brayshaw, Station

Commander said: “I am fortunate to have a strong vibrant team that is highly motivated to continue to play its part in the community. Equally, we are all hugely grateful for your support and hope that this much appreciated patronage endures.”

The annual event is an excellent opportunity for the Station to thank all the key people from across the wider community for their continued support and for enabling RAF Halton to carry out its important role of training for Defence.

Local counsellor Patricia Birchley, who has attended the event previously said: “It was, as always, a wonderful occasion to meet members of the Armed Forces.”

Station Snippets

O n Thursday 1 March Team RAFBF Halton were all set to brave

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Our mission was to raise awareness of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund by undertaking a mammoth 12 hour bucket collection in central London. Our fabulous hosts South Eastern Railway ensured we were well fed & coffee to keep us warm and energised.

The day was spent chatting with the locals and the commuters whilst they busied in and out of both Cannon Street Tube & Train Station. Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund by

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Halton Nursery Has Its Own Royal Wedding

Community and Charity

R AF Halton has celebrated their very own Royal event when

Harry and Meghan, (Lola and Oliver) were ‘married’ at the Spring Nursery. It was officiated over by the nursery’s very own Archbishop, Holly Jones, and attended by all the children and parents. After the short Service celebrations continued in the form of a street party, making the most of the lovely weather.

The children thoroughly enjoyed the day and although a bit nervous beforehand their practice paid off, and the event went off without a hitch. The Spring Nursery manager, Melanie Jones, said: “I would

like to thank all the staff for their help, the parents for taking time out to be a part of the event and the settings resident chef Marie for making all the food and cakes.”

Child Minding Training

T hinking about returning to work when you have two

young children can be daunting for any parent however when you are a military spouse there are even more issues to consider; child care costs, having no family nearby to help out with the children, the serving family member regularly being away from home, deployments overseas and being posted somewhere new quite regularly. So when I heard that RAFA were funding RAF spouses to train as Child minders I jumped at the chance. Being a Child minder allows you to earn money whilst looking after your own children at the same time but, more importantly, it ’s a job which you can take with you wherever you move to.

The course I had to complete was delivered over three Saturdays at RAF Benson by an Early Years training company called Prospects. The course group was made up entirely of RAF wives and our Course Leader had previously worked as an Ofsted Inspector so we were in good hands!

The course content included; key legislation, the areas of learning and development, diversity and inclusion as well as promoting positive behaviour. We also needed to complete an online Child Protection course which we could do at home in our own time. After the main course had finished we attended a paediatric first aid course over one weekend. The first aid course provider, SK First Aid Training, is also a RAF wife who was very excited to be involved in the child minding training scheme funded by RAFA.

In addition to the cost of the course, RAFA also paid for my Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) background check as well as the first year of my Public Liability Insurance. This fantastic opportunity has helped me to secure a career which is flexible enough to meet the needs of my family wherever the future takes us. I am happy to report that every member of the course has successfully passed their Ofsted registration visit and is now running their own child minding businesses.


A s part of RAF Halton’s commitment to engage with local

schools, the Trenchard Museum hosted a visit from Aston Clinton School. Based on a similar concept of our Cool Aeronautics event, the children were taken through a set of activities.

The purpose was to assist the 60 children with understanding the history of WWII and the way of life by showing them artefacts from the 1940s, explaining their use and enabling them to handle and use the items.

Volunteers from the Trenchard Museum, assisted by the Station Youth Activities Liaison Officer, Sgt Greg Daly and Servicemen Awaiting Trade Training, split the children into five group exercises, three in the museum and two in the James McCudden Flight Heritage Centre.

The activities they experienced were: taking part in Operation Control Room, handling weapons used in WWII, seeing how servicemen lived, including making a bed-pack, operating a Link

Trainer and finally, using the Chipmunk Flight Simulator to understand the controls of a Spitfire or Hurricane.

Curator and organiser, Mr Francis Hanford, said: “The children were animated and interested to learn throughout the day. They showed an interest in everything they saw and did.”

In the 100th year of the RAF Halton personnel are keen to teach and inspire children and remember historic events such as the Battle of Britain.

School History VisitTo RAF Halton


In Wendover School

W endover School pupils have held another ‘Dragon’s

Den’ style competition. They were asked to make a business, school, holiday home, venue or any other business they could sell by ‘pitching’ it to school governors and other invited judges, one being Flt Lt Sarah Hindley, OC Operations from Halton’s Airfield. All the exhibits were made by the children themselves out of papermache, empty food containers and painted to look the part.

The afternoon started with the pupils showing their creations to the judges, explaining how they intended to make money from them. Next the judges sat as a panel while they were persuaded group by group which creation to invest in.

Runner up was the Super Mall, a massive shopping complex with numerous leisure facilities, including a Dog Training and Dancing centre, but the winner, as agreed by the judges panel, was The Dragons Tail, a historical building in which they would build a leisure and shopping complex, sited in Wales in a village called Llanfairpwllgwngyllgogerych wyrndropwillantysiliogo gogoch, It was chosen due to the details the group had worked on to make it sound plausible and their enthusiasm to ‘sell’ it to the judges.

Flt Lt Hindley said: “All of the exhibits were well thought out and appealed for different reasons but the Dragon’s Tail had a lot of thought put in to it with costings etc and information about how they would repay the Dragons back for their investment."

Dragon's Den War


S taff at RAF Halton are well on the way to achieving their target

of putting 1000 or more local school children through the Cool Aeronautics activity day as part of the Station’s RAF100 events. Sponsored by the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, STEM, event, was held at the Trenchard Museum, the James McCudden Flight Heritage Centre, JMFHC, Henderson

Mess and the Halton Aero Club at the Airfield.

Children from Years 5 and 6 arrived from Waddesdon Primary School and after being split into four groups, supervised by Station staff, museum volunteers and the Station Youth Activities Liaison Officer, YALO, they were taken through morning and afternoon activities, including a woodwork exercise where they made a model aerodynamic racing car, tackling the flight simulators and learning principles of flight, making a model aircraft, an aerojet and the electronic flying disc project.

Bill McGrath, STEM co-ordinator, said: “Yet again another big thank you for your professional and enthusiastic input to the various STEM activities at our latest Cool Aeronautics event. In addition to the valued support from

all our Trenchard Museum and James McCudden Flight Heritage Centre volunteers and those Halton Aircraft Club members involved, I continue to be impressed with the significant support provided by the Station.

"The output is, I believe, very much reflected in the email I received yesterday afternoon from Michelle Swanson, the lead teacher from Waddesdon Village Primary School."

Mrs Swanson said: “I just wanted to pass on thanks on behalf of myself and the other teachers for such a wonderfully engaging day last week. Your morning sessions were well planned and allowed the children to challenge themselves whilst working practically ; this clearly helped with their ability to absorb new information as back at school they were keen to share information about the forces linked to

aircraft flight and racing car effectiveness! Many of the children told me that this was the best trip they had ever been on which is praise indeed! Every child regardless of ability, was motivated and enthusiastic about each task. In the afternoon, the children relished the opportunity to be so close, even inside, the aircraft we visited in the hangars.

There has been much conversation about future jobs in the RAF. As a school, this trip coincided brilliantly with ‘National Science Week’, so the children have been hearing about careers linked to science in a broad range of areas.”


For RAF100Halton On The Way To 1000



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RAF Halton Community Police

Going on Holiday? Have you thought about the security of your valuables?Are you going on holiday this year? You should be aware that the hotel room safe may not be fully secure. Some hotel safes can be broken into using a simple code.

The problem arises in the override code supplied by the manufacturers, which enables hotel staff to open the safe in case a guest forgets their own code.

A criminal could enter a generic four digit code to unlock a safe. This four digit code is the code set by the factory and is required to be changed when the safe is installed in the hotel.

It is a known problem in hotels since the installation of in-room safes. This is not necessarily a problem in just low cost hotels as default code settings can be found also in four and five-star hotels around the world.

There are a few easy guess default codes that are used. Some safe manufacturers configure their products differently and have a unique code for each safe.

How to keep your belongings safe in hotels:

- Check for default code settings before putting anything into the safe.

- Check if the safe is actually mounted to the wall and not just the furniture.

- Do not use birth dates, room number or check-in date as the pin code.

- If you find that your hotel safe does open using generic code, then request the hotel staff change the administrator code.

- Always keep your hotel room door shut and report anything suspicious to the hotel, the local civilian Police and upon your return to the RAF Police Community Policing team …if you feel this would be necessary.

Useful Numbers...MPGS (24hr) 01296 656211

RAF Police 01296 656514

RAFP CommunityPolicing Team 0777 395 9954

The RAF Police Community Policing Team are available at the TCC every

Wednesday 1330-1430hrsFriday 1030-1130hrs

During office hours they are available at the RAF Police Flight and on 01296 656514

They are contactable 24/7 on 07773959954

Community Police Surgery

Thames Valley Police: 101

(for routine enquires)

Anti-Terrorist Hotline

0800 789321

999For life-

threatening emergencies

Don't Suffer in SilenceHere is a few numbers and websites which may help if you need someone to talk to.

Childline: www.childline.org.uk - 0800 1111Samaritans: www.samaritans.org - 116 123Mind: www.mind.org.uk - 0300 123 3393 or text 86463Age UK: www.ageuk.org.uk - 0800 055 6112Rethink: www.rethink.org - 0300 5000 927Switchboard: www.switchboard.igbt - 0300 330 0630

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So whether you have a niggling injury or pain, have long term condition or are just looking to make healthy lifestyles changes, we have service that will encourage, support and empower you.

Through our team of highly skilled and qualified staff we are able to support people with short term musculoskeletal injuries as well as those with complexed and progressive neurological conditions. Our Exercise Referral scheme also allows us to support those with long term health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and COPD, while also those that have suffered an acute event such as a heart attack or stroke. The MS Centre and Oakwood Wellbeing share an ethos of understanding the needs of people, and having a true impact of peoples lives. To find out more please visit our website on www.oakwood.org.uk or call us 01296 823 044.

Contact/Welfare House Refurbishment Project

O ver the last two years I have been working extremely hard to

bring our contact/welfare houses up to an extremely high standard. The main and priority goal was to ensure the Tedder Road houses had a home from home feel and that they were decorated pretty much identically to ensure that children who come on Contact Visits have continuity and are not confused if they are not in the same house each time. I have ensured that these homes are furnished in such a way that they feel like a true home and not a “hotel”, accessorising in a simplistic but generic way for example making sure the pictures were appropriate. I even took the time to make sure that the rug in the lounge was the same in each house, We moved away from the box of dolls and prams and general toys to board games to encourage family time. Many hours have been spent putting a lot of thought in to these houses to reach the main aim of the project.

At the very beginning of the project I took on our fourth Contact House, no 47 Tedder Road and I was delighted that RAFA very kindly, funded the refurbishment programme and Air Commodore Dusty Miller came to cut the ribbon and bring the house on line. This was the very start of our refurbishment project. If you take a look in the hall way of this property you will see that we have placed a plaque acknowledging RAFA and Air Commodore Dusty Miller ’s grand opening.

This project on Tedder Road could not have been achieved without the continued support of the National Housing Prime element of Carillion Amey team and have always been there to help me when things have gone wrong. They have ensured that any work services were completed and efficiently helping me achieve my deadlines.

They took the time to re-decorate all the properties before the furniture arrived and also in one property they managed to arrange for the carpets to be replaced. This kind of support doesn’t go unnoticed and the Community Support Team are eternally grateful to every single member of the Carillion Amey team.

The funding for 41 and 53 Tedder Road and the Post Office House came from a successful Central Funds bid with extra funding support from Station.

Pics – Tedder Road

We also have The Post Office House, this property is a Station Asset and little more tricky due to its lay out. However, after an awful lot of work with re-decoration, which thanks can only go to Yvonne McCredie and her team, for re-painting all the whole of the inside and outside of the property with paint that they kindly donated free of charge and all of this on a volunteer/charity basis. Without people like this project would never have succeeded.

In this property we have tried to keep the décor as similar as possible to the Tedder Road houses again for the sole benefit of our children visiting on Contact Visits.

Pics - Post Office House

All our houses have RAFA Free WiFi and again this is completely funded by RAFA and this has made a huge difference to our regular users. Our houses are cleaned fortnightly, windows are cleaned monthly, cookers bi-annually and myself and FS Dave Holdsworth do a maintenance check every week, replenishing cleaning equipment, changing bulbs and batteries in clocks and checking all the comments sheets and fixing ourselves any minor works or reporting them to Carillion Amey.As you can see there is a lot of up keep to ensure our houses stay to the highest of standards and I am really proud of what we have achieved with them.

All our houses sleep 5 adults and have a travel cot for our little tiny visitors. We provide everything you require for a pleasant stay. The only thing we do ask you to provide is a duvet cover, sheets and pillow cases, travel cot bedding, towels and your own toiletries.Although the main refurbishment project is complete there is always more to do. I am now in the process of re-vamping and improving the garden of the Post Office House in liaison with RAFA.

One person has been outstanding through-out this whole 2 year project and that is FS Dave Holdsworth. FS Holdsworth’s fastidious approach has been fundamental in ensuring this project completion was in the timeline. FS Holdsworth


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RAF Halton SupportsRAF100 Centenary Church Service

R oyal Air Force Halton have provided a Guard Of Honour

in the town of Chesham in support of Buckinghamshire County Council RAF100 Commemorative Church Service. The Service took place in St Mary’s Church where the Queen’s Colour was paraded and borne by the RAF100 RAF Halton Queen’s Colour party. Music was by the Royal Air Force Musical Services from the Band Of The RAF Regiment.

Wing Commander Karen Moran, Officer Commanding Operations and Plans Wing, who attended the Service, said: “It is a pleasure and honour to #commemorate and #celebrate the Royal Air Force Centenary with Buckinghamshire County Council. I would like to pay particular thanks to the Chesham community that has supported us today’’.


has been hands on and given up many hours of his own free time, hanging pictures, building flat pack furniture all of his own free will and not as a secondary duty. The reason he has done this is because he wanted to give back to our community and ensure we provide the best possible facilities we can.

As you can see projects like this aren’t easy to undertake and take up an awful lot of time and the work that goes on in the background by all these people voluntarily just shows the community spirit and the drive to make RAF Halton Welfare Houses an amazing facility. Since the completion of the project the positive feedback has been wonderful. The comments of how clean, well presented they are and the fact that there has been an eye for detail and they provide such a welcoming and homely feel is all down to every single person who helped. Credit where credit is due. THANK YOU everyone from the Community Support Team.

To book any of our houses please contact me directly, whatever the reason whether it be Welfare, Contact or Social visits. We only charge £15 per night for Contact Visits, £25 per night for a Social Visit plus a £50 security deposit. Welfare cases are dealt with on a case by case basis. I will always do my upmost to help facilitate your request.

Jan HoldsworthSCSC/Contact House Manager

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“I’m just quickly emailing to say how privileged the ****** family feel to have used the contact house this week. It is an amazing facility and so very well presented - thank you! Hopefully it will have persuaded the family that Bucks is a beautiful area to move to for the next couple of years.”

“Just a quick email to say thank you so much for sorting out my welfare house booking. The house is amazing – really clean and so well equipped - made for a really enjoyable stay.”

“My Mother-in-law asked me to send you this thank you note for the use of the families house. As I mentioned on Sun, she has stayed in a few, your homes are exceptional and a credit to all your hard work.”

“I would like to express again my gratitude for the week I spent in the welfare house. The house was fantastic and we were surprised at the eye for detail, especially the children’s games and Play Station, etc. We spent a really marvellous week in it.”

“I would just like to say that since the re-furb, the houses are more comfortable and have more of a homely feeling. I can definitely tell that **** loves them. He calls them Daddy’s special houses. It also definitely helps with the free WiFi as well.”

“Quite simply the reason why I have been able to maintain a healthy relationship with my two young children since separating from their mother. Expertly managed and allocated fairly and with empathy, they have been essential to providing an affordable, comfortable and accessible option which my young children describe as their holiday home. The standard of furnishings are modern, fresh and stylish, creating a set of houses that, although different, have a familiarity that breaks down barriers and offers a homely feel in each and every one.The inclusion of RAFA WiFi has added a 21 century bonus that also prevents the houses from feeling disconnected from the world, something that can be a factor in “contact” visits. With fully fitted kitchens, utensils and crockery mirrored in each house, you can plan exactly what you need to take when staying and not get caught out. An asset to the unit and a fine example of the rich rewards brought about by a dedicated Contact House Manager (Janice Holdsworth) who has always been proactive in assisting with my needs”.

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London Marathon 2018

S unday 22nd April saw over 40, 000 runners begin the London

Marathon. For Padre Dave Skillen this was his first marathon while Sgt Chris Lewis (RTS, Beckett Intake) was running his second London Marathon.

Padre Dave is Chaplain to an annual Easter pilgrimage holiday to Lourdes for Forces’ children with additional needs and so he was running to raise much needed funds for the RAF contingent. With a charity target of £1500 he has currently raised around £1700, which means he has fully funded two children to attend the trip in 2019. For more information about Dave’s chosen charity and how your family may benefit from the trip, or if you are serving how you might become involved as a helper, www.hcpt.org.uk. You can also contact Padre Dave at the Chaplaincy.

Dave said, “I have enjoyed running for several years and always wanted to complete a marathon distance, but never thought I would. I completed many hours of training to prepare for London, usually in the frost, snow, wind and rain, and with the physical niggles associated with such training, but nothing prepared me for the sudden hot temperatures we experienced on the day. This added to the challenge but also the sense of achievement as I crossed the line in 4 hours 38 minutes and 55 seconds.”

Two features of the day that got me through were: 1. Only 100 yards into the run I spotted an older gentlemen running with the sign on his back, “never again!”; then, 2. At 5km into the run there was a chap running in bare feet, wearing nothing but white cloth around his waist and a crown of thorns on his head, and carrying a huge cross on his back.

Being a padre, I thought well if Jesus is here running the course too I have nothing to fear! Amazing experience, can’t wait to run my second marathon.

Sgt Chris Lewis had already run two previous marathons in 2016, London and Berlin, and so he took on his second London Marathon challenge this year to raise funds for RAFA. With a charity target of £1700 Chris has secured around £1100. Completing the course in 5 Hours 55 minutes and 29 seconds Chris was pleased to have ticked off his third marathon event.

When speaking about the preparations he said, “To prepare thoroughly for a marathon is a huge commitment. This year it was an enormous challenge due to recovering from injury that meant I had to defer my entry from last year. Also, fitting longer sessions in around the intense working hours was problematic. To complete the course was a great achievement and what got me through was the crowd. Their support and enthusiasm made it better when the pain kicked in. Having completed three marathons I can now safely say, never again!” If you would like to donate to either Dave or Chris’ course please get in touch with them, they would be delighted to hear from you!

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Portsmouth Students Visit RAF Halton

U niformed Public Service Students from Portsmouth College

visited RAF Halton recently to gain an insight in to what Phase One Basic Military Training looks like in the Royal Air Force. The aim of the visit was to familiarise the students and give them a greater understanding of what to expect should they apply to join the RAF.

Aged between 17 and 19, 45 students came, spending the first half of the day at Initial Force Protection Training, IFPT, where they split into groups and got to grips with basic first aid training and CBRN, where they were able to try on the full dress category including respirators, and learn the rudiments of marching. After lunch they were put through their paces in circuit training at the Burnett Gym.

Finally they went to Recruit Training Squadron where they were given a brief and walk round to get a feeling for the life of a recruit.

The event was the idea of Cpl Perry Sturgess, whose partner is an administrator at the College. He discovered that the students were given a basic insight into Army and Naval training and decided to go one better and give them a hands on experience. He said: “With my partner, Danielle, working at the Portsmouth University, I saw a fantastic engagement opportunity and as we are approaching RAF100 any engagement will be positive. I decided that as they come from a naval town it would be good to put a Royal Air Force snapshot as a career option and a perfect opportunity to show what the Royal Air Force do.”

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