News & Events

Gloucester MPC was privileged to be visited by The Mayor and the High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in early December. They watched the Learners perform a round-robin of displays which included IMF, drill, and icebreakers. Both dignitaries were extremely impressed with learner attitude, bearing, and turnout. The High Sheriff quoted “I cannot impress on you enough...

Yesterday saw our Midlands learners take part in the Commonwealth Service held at St Philip’s Cathedral in the City of Birmingham. The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of fifty four independent and equal sovereign states. It is home to 2.4 billion citizens, and includes some of the world’s largest, smallest, richest, and poorest countries, spanning...

This week we welcomed Damian Riley, CEO at CAPITA, to MPCT head office. Mr. Riley attended in order to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding between MPCT and the British Army. Although we first cemented our partnership in this way back in 2018, this updated MoU is significant for a number of reasons. Not least...

Last Thursday, 10th March we celebrated the achievements of learners at our Birmingham, Walsall and Wolverhampton colleges at the MPCT Midlands Awards Ceremony. This was our first major awards event since 2019, with all events since put on hold thanks to the pandemic. I am pleased to say that our learners put on a fantastic...

As you may or may not know the event was developed by myself and Brian Millard (Teaching assistant in Portfield School) after completing, at the time 25 push ups for one month. This generated the idea to do try this on a bigger scale. During the start of the event Covid came into play and...

This month MPCT Sunderland teamed up with Sunderland AFC to help with the Covid passport checks for entry to the stadium. Excellent to see learners helping the community whilst being rewarded for their efforts. MPCT took part in some Christmas charity activities to raise money for our very own charity the Motivation & Learning Trust....

This term saw MPCT Sports Academy walk from Channel View leisure centre, Cardiff to Pontypridd via the Taff Trail which was 15 miles which was completed in one day by the learners. Days prior to the event learners walked 6 miles around Cardiff as a warm up walk ready for the big day. Learners walked...

On Thursday 2nd December learners from MPC Edgware took part in a tree planting scheme at Mill Hill Park. The scheme which is run by Barnet Council aims, through the help of volunteers like our Learners, to create a memorial woodland where the local community can reflect upon the many lives lost since the start...

Congratulations to Mr. Alex Anderson, who has gone from strength to strength since MPCT, having recently been awarded a Diana Legacy Award in recognition of his voluntary work and services to Autism. This award recognises 20 young people, each making the world a better place across the globe, every two years. Alex, a former learner...