The Army kindly invited me to a presentation and evening. Sadly I can’t attend but it did lead to a dialogue about how Southwark Council and other local businesses and non profit organisations can support our armed forced.

It seems clear that Southwark should commit and sign up to the Armed Force Covenant – where the council commits tangible support to the armed forces
But that it should also encourage employees to join the territorial and reserve forces. Apart from supporting our nations defence it can help employees develop their skills more quickly than just through regular day time job training.

its clear from my communications that Southwark hasn’t yet made these commitments – I’ll plug away at both parties to make this happen.