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All CCF units will now benefit from an additional £2.3m being made available by the Government. Planned cuts to non-state CCF units have now been reversed as the existing funding model is extended to all. Find out more here...

Cadet Harry Hayes, a new recruit to the Combined Cadet Force at Reading’s Blue Coat School CCF placed poppy number 888,246 into the soil at the Tower of London. Dressed smartly in his MTP PCS uniform, Harry's poppy commemorated his great great great uncle - Private Patrick Kelly of the Irish Guards, who was killed in 1918. Read more of the...

If any of our bloggers out there would like to help raise funds for the Royal British Legion and Poppy Scotland Poppy Appeal why not have a go at running a 5K? Fun Run With the emphasis on fun you don’t need to be super fit to take part in the 5k runs; whether you run it, jog it, walk...

A new waxwork of Prince Harry has been unveiled to celebrate the royal’s 30th birthday. Harry’s waxwork, which has gone on show at Madame Tussauds in London, shows off his time as a helicopter pilot in Afghanistan. Cadet Direct supplied the belt, webbing and flashes. The figure is unveiled just in time for Harry’s 30th, next Monday. It’s also in...