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Posted 28th June 2011

Funding Boost for Town's Armed Forces Day

BEVERLEY’S Armed Forces Day is gearing up to be bigger and better than ever before.

Plans for this year’s event, to be held in the town centre on Sunday July 3, are well under way and organisers received an extra boost this week in the form of a £4,000 donation.

The Defence School of Transport (DST) at Leconfield is unable to take part in this year’s Armed Forces Day due to increased operational training pressures.

However, the school has stepped in with Beverley-based educational charity The Deflog VQ Trust to provide £4,000 necessary to guarantee the event will go ahead.

DST Commandant, Colonel Paul Ash said: “Both the Defence School of Transport and Deflog VQ Trust are committed to supporting the Beverley Armed Forces Day and although the school is not in a position this year to provide practical support we wanted to ensure that the event, which is enjoyed by the local community, has the necessary funding to go ahead.”

Deflog VQ Trust, which has provided the funding, was created at the Defence School of Transport in 1996 as a military team providing NVQs and apprenticeships to soldiers passing through the school on driver training courses.

It became an educational charity in 2005 and has now grown to become a National Training Provider, delivering over 2000 qualifications a year to Royal Marines, Army and RAF Personnel in the UK and Germany.

In 2006 the organisation acquired local logistics training company TIR Training Services Ltd, which has agreed to provide their mobile training facility for Armed Forces Day, complete with two state of the art truck driving simulators.

Paul Downey, Deflog's Chief Executive said "Deflog is a successful local company and as an educational charity working closely with Colonel Paul Ash and his staff at DST we were happy to be able to give something back to the local community and support the Armed Forces at the same time.”

A cheque for £4,000 was this week presented to the local SAAFA representative, Bernadette Grimes MBE, by Paul Downey and Colonel Paul Ash. The presentation was also attended by Chairman of the Beverley Armed Forces Day organising committee, David Elvidge, and Deflog management Christine Wright and Neil Searle.

The Ceremonial Events and Commemorations Team at the MOD has previously granted Beverley Armed Forces Day £4,000.

As well as all the usual exhibits and activities on the day, this year’s event will feature a fly past from a Tiger Moth, subject to weather conditions. Another of the main contributors will be elements of A Company of 4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, which is based at Wolfe Armoury on Norwood Far Grove. The Battalion’s Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Ian Crowley MC, is a former pupil of St Nicholas Primary School and Beverley Grammar School.

Beverley Armed Forces Day will be held on Sunday, July 3 from 9am to 5pm.

Posted 19th May 2010.

Educational Bursary Application Deadline Extended

The DEFLOG Foundation is pleased to anounce the the deadline for submitting applications for educational bursaries has been extended until 30th June 2010. Only in very exceptional circumstances will applications be accepted after this date.

Posted 13th May 2010.

DEFLOG Foundation Sponsors Training for Ex-RLC Soldier

Ex-RLC Private James Cox has recently undertaken Cat C+E (artic) refresher training, Safe and Fuel Efficient Driving, Digital Tachograph, WTD and ADR training with TIR Training Services Ltd at their Beverley training centre. The two week training programme was funded by the DEFLOG Foundation after James was referred to them by RLC Regimental HQ and SAAFA. James who hails from Devon hopes that his successful completion of the training programme will act as a springboard to employment as a professional driver.

Posted 12th May 2010.  

New DST Commandant Visits DEFLOG VQ Trust

The new Commandant of DST Col Paul Ash and a group of his senior management and training team visited DEFLOG VQ Trust at their Beverley Head Office on Tuesday 11th May 2010. Col Ash and his team were briefed on the DEFLOG support infrastructure for Service Apprentices undertaking Phase 2 training at DST. During the visit a framed photograph of the DST Nordic Ski Team was presented to the DEFLOG Chief Executive Paul Downey by Maj John McBride, in recognition of the sponsorship the team had received from the DEFLOG Foundation. Paul Downey was delighted that the Trust was able to assist in the personal development of a group of soldiers on apprenticeships by enabling them to take part in two nordic ski events, during which they acquitted themselves extremely well.   

Posted 7th April 2010.

DEFLOG Learner Shortlisted for Workforce Development Awards 2010

Pte Kirsty Hamers of 6 Regiment RLC has been shortlisted for the Skills Funding Agency Workforce Development Awards 2010. The prestigious event will take place at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London on 25th May 2010.

Posted 3rd February 2010. 

DEFLOG Sponsor Skiing For Learners

The DEFLOG Foundation has sponsored a personal development programme enabling a number of learners to take part in the 2010 RLC Ski Championship. DEFLOG sponsored both the championship meeting and the Defence School of Transport Ski Team, who aquitted themselves well, with a number of learners having their first taste of competition.  

Posted 1st December 2009.

DEFLOG To Train Unfunded Learners

DEFLOG Chief Executive Paul Downey made a committment to unfunded learners during the Trust's recent Apprenticeship Awards, stating that the DEFLOG Foundation would meet the cost of training learners who would otherwise be disadvantaged due to funding cuts and restrictions.

Posted 17th June 2009.

13 AA Sp Regt RLC Lead the Way

13 Air Assault Support Regiment RLC has become the first RLC unit to officially sign a Work Based Learning Charter with DEFLOG VQ Trust. The charter which outlines the responsibilities of both organisations in supporting the unit’s learners was a joint effort by Barbara Huston and Capt Arry Renton and was signed by Paul Downey and the Regiment’s Commanding Officer Lt Col Rufus McNeill OBE on 17^th June 2009.

The charter will facilitate a better level of support for Regiment’s soldiers undergoing Apprenticeships and NVQs and should result in a much higher level of achievement and progression to higher qualifications.

The Chief Executive Paul Downey praised the Regiment’s commitment to its learners and said “13 AA Sp Regt RLC would be the example for other units to follow”.