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What's new
- National Armed Forces Day 2018
Wiltshire Council in conjunction with Salisbury City and Swindon Borough Councils bid to host the 2018 National Armed Forces day in Salisbury. The strength of the bid was acknowledged by the MOD as 'an excellent bid' and it reached the final short-list of applications to host the event. Our congratulations go to Conwy County Borough Council who were selected to hold the event in Llandudno. We intend to apply again next year to host the 2019 National event, which coincides with the return of nearly 4,000 army personnel plus their families in the summer of 2019.
- Wiltshire's close partnership with the Army recognised in national report (last update June 2017)
- Wiltshire Council flies the Armed Forces flag at County Hall (last update June 2017)
- Tidworth Armed Forces 'life skills' fair 24 May 2017
- Wiltshire Armed Forces Covenant (last updated 30 March 2017)
- Army Basing Praised in independent report - see below for full report (last update 17 March 2017)
- Army pensions (last updated 14 March 2017)
- Wiltshire Jobs Fair (last updated 13 March 2017)
What was new
- Baroness Scott of Bybrook spoke in the House of Lords about the Armed Forces Covenant
- Wiltshire groups successfully bid for £88,000 worth of funding for military civilian projects
- Army basing programme moves forward
- 5,000 years of history unearthed at site for new Army homes
Regular publications
- Veterans World magazine
- Our community matters - local interactive notice boards to highlight and discuss local news, events and ideas
- Army news - general updates from the MOD and Army
- Salisbury Plain training newsletters - Salisbury Plain updates on training activities and access
