News & Events

Back in July 2017, The Mayor of Bridgend County Borough asked local residents to put forward their nominations of individuals, groups or businesses who are worthy of recognition in the Mayor’s Citizenship Awards 2018. On Friday 23rd March, a group of truly motivational learners from MPCT Bridgend and their Lead Instructor Steve Tallis were honoured...

32 excited learners were kitted out ready for the week at Lympstone to participate in a gruelling five-day ‘Look at Life’ Royal Marine course. Learners prepared for their first taste of the challenging week, the Endurance course by eating everything other than the kitchen sink. The Endurance Course, takes you across the rough moorland and...

No parent sets out on that journey wanting or believing their child will be excluded from school. Yet in 2015/16 the parents of 6,685 children in England faced that realisation. Why? So, if you are one of those parents, teachers, social workers, health professionals, school leaders or learner with an experience of exclusion you want...

  So this time last Saturday Stacey Hudd, out HR Manager was being  towed in and out of an event field by 20 tonne tractors and up to her knees in floodwater and mud BUT she and every other competitor embraced every single minute of it! Read her story here: #BeINVCBL That’s a big hashtag...

Steve Tallis, our Lead Instructor at MPCT Bridgend will be taking part in a charity event on the 28th April for Dreams & Wishes  The charity is close to Steve’s heart as it has helped his daughter through her illness.   Steve will be joined by seven others and together they are Tabbing from Newport to...

Over Sunday dinner sometime in early October 2017 with my wife Claire and son Michael, Michael had a light bulb moment and said that we should all do INVNCBL at Merthyr Mawr at 1000 hrs 10th March 2018. With the seed firmly planted in my mind, later that evening I signed the 3 of us up to do the...

Continuing our spotlight on the wonderful work and activities that happen every day in our colleges, we turn our attention to MPCT Bridgend. They welcomed an MPCT ex student and Trainee Welsh Guards Guardsman Lewis Gronow who took great pleasure in pushing the next generation on and in particular Tyler Freeman who has his application...

The learners at  Military Preparation College Wolverhampton took part in an orienteering exercise this week, navigating from one location to another using patrolling skills. Once they found the correct grid reference they had to answer Military questions as part of a competition! There were great skills and knowledge on show from all involved. Teamwork and leadership skills...

Billy Coates joined MPCT Portsmouth in July 2017 with a goal of joining the army in the Royal Military Police. During his research into this career path he discovered that he would have to wait until he was 17 and a half before starting his training. Such was Coates’ desire to start a military career...