Forces Fitness – News, Press and Media Coverage! 2020 – 2023

Our highly qualified team at Forces Fitness do a fantastic job and have been lucky enough to have been covered by the below, Press, News and Media outlets with regards to our amazing work we are doing within the community across England and Wales,  this includes our award winning Health, Well-being and building resilience program that is delivered in places of Education. This program has now been delivered to over 650 places of education and 45,000+ learners for more into please CLICK HERE

Crawley Observer / Sussex World  (School Sessions in Crawley) August 2023 –  CLICK HERE

 

West Wales Chronicle (Service Children sessions, All Wales, Service children program) August 2023  –CLICK HERE

West Wales Chronicle (Winter of Well-being Program) March 2022  –CLICK HERE

The Leader (Service children sessions All Wales, Service children program) August 2023 –  CLICK HERE

The Leader (School sessions Flint High) August 2023 –  CLICK HERE

The Leader (School sessions Flintshire) February 2022 –  CLICK HERE

The Leader (Service Children Cluster days Flintshire) March 2023 – CLICK HERE

 

Barry and District News (Primary School Sessions)  November 2020–  CLICK HERE

 

South Wales Argus (School Sessions) November 2020 –  CLICK HERE

South Wales Argus (School Sessions) April 2021 – CLICK HERE

South Wales Argus (Summer of Fun Article) September 2021 – CLICK HERE

South Wales Argus (FF/SSCE Cymru School Children Residential) May 2022 – CLICK HERE

 

Western Telegraph (Service children Fun Day Pembrokeshire) July 2021 –  CLICK HERE

Western Telegraph (School sessions Pembrokeshire) November 2021  –CLICK HERE

Western Telegraph (Winter of Well-being Program Pembrokeshire) March 2022  –CLICK HERE

 

Pathfinder International Magazine (Winner at National Fitness Awards) December 2021–  CLICK HERE

 

Wales 247 (Bridgend Military Festival Days) August 2023–  CLICK HERE

 

Deeside.com (School Sessions Flintshire) February 2022 –  CLICK HERE

 

Barry Nub News (School sessions Vale of Glamorgan) November 2020 –  CLICK HERE

 

UK Independent Schools Directory (School Health and Well-being day) July 2021 – CLICK HERE

 

Rhondda Cynon Taff Council (Council Armed Forces Family day) June 2021– CLICK HERE

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Forces Fitness SSCE Cymru sessions end of Year Report 2022 – 2023!

            

 

Huge thanks to all the schools, pupils, teachers, Local Authorities, AFLO’S, Armed Forces personnel, Your North and the brilliant team at SSCE Cymru who we have worked with on our Health, Well-being and building resilience sessions supported by the Welsh Government.

Our sessions have been delivered to service children and their class friends across multiple schools within Wales this year in Bridgend, Cardiff, Gwynedd, Ceredigion, Newport, Caerphilly, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Blaenau Gwent, Flintshire, Monmouthshire, Wrexham & Merthyr.

Local Authorities: 13 ✅
Sessions Delivered = 210 ✅
Children Engaged = 2964 ✅
Service Children Engaged: 451 ✅
Children who want to do similar activities again: 99.60%✅
Children who said they had fun: 98.73% ✅
The overall pupil / Learner feedback score is 4.86 sitting between Very good and Excellent. ✅

 

There are some fantastic comments on the Individual reports sent to each Regional School Liaison Officer and Local Authority lead but we have included some below, overall a great success!

 

“Just wanted to say a HUGE thank you for today! Rosie says it was really good, a lot of fun & had a lot of laughter. We really appreciate that you took the time to offer this precious bunch of kids something special! Liz ”

 

“Thank you so much for today’s event, Sophie and Lauren came away full of stories and said they really enjoyed it, the fact they said they would definitely do it again shows it was a success. I didn’t realise we had so many service families in the area. Thanks once again.”

 

“The more I play with children the happier I am and it helps my confidence , I enjoyed myself it’s better than being on my computer”

 

“I had lots of fun because there were lots of competitive games and I am a competitive person sometimes, I really enjoyed tug of war especially”

 

“Thank you for coming to school and can you come again”

 

“I’ve had amazing fun today thank you for visiting us at Ysgol Heulfan”

 

“Thank you for learning us about how much we should drink and how much we should eat veg and fruit”

 

“The instructor was absolutely amazing he was really fun to work with and I learnt a lot off him”

 

It’s been a fantastic program to work on, huge thanks to our team of Instructors who continue to make memorable experiences for our future generation! The children, teachers and schools have really enjoyed us delivering and we hope to work with them again during 2022 – 2023

 

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Flintshire schoolchildren take on Forces Fitness challenges

Service children and their schools team up with Forces Fitness,  Flintshire County Council and SSCE Cymru for a fantastic day of  funactivities  to improve their  Health, Well-being and Building Resilience in Flintshire!!

The event took place over two days the first day was held at the amazing location of Ty Calon, Flintshire and saw schools from Sandycroft County Primary School, Ysgol Ty Ffynnon, Mountain Lane C.P. School, Sealand Primary School, Ysgol Bryn Gwalia, Rhos Helyg County Primary School, Queensferry & Ysgol Merllyn.  With the second day engaging with Gwenymynydd, Ysgol Y Waun, Ysgol Maes glas and Maes Y Felin take part in some amazing fun activities team building activities.

It’s fantastic to see our children outside in the great outdoors having fun, with so many smiles. the event was supported by Flintshire County Council and SSCE Cymru.

The days consisted of  a team of highly qualified Military veterans delivering inspiring fun sessions based around health, well-being and building resilience, giving the pupils taking part something to really smile about! We all know that being active with physical activity boosts our health and ability to resist and overcome illness. This day cemented that along with some fantastic tips on diet and nutrition. 

The challenges all contained elements of fitness, mental and team building challenges that promote communication skills whilst working together to overcome problems. Almost 300 learners took part over the two days and  It was great see from the learner feedback forms that  100% of all the attendees would like to do similar activities again and 99.66% of the attendees said they had fun!


Forces Fitness is a multi-award winning company including GOLD ERS Awards holders from the MOD, Education Provider of the year at the National Fitness Awards and Children Activity Awards Wales business of the of the year.  We provide a number services from, Employability retreats, Health and Well-Being workshops and Full Board Residential Boot camps. They also work closely with many businesses, organisations, sports clubs, schools, colleges and universities. All their sessions are instructed by either ex or serving members of the armed forces. They have appeared on multiple TV programmes on BBC1, BBC1 Wales and also Cardiff TV, including Alfie’s Army with Gareth ‘Alfie’ Thomas and Lets get a good thing with Kevin Duala.

A statement from Sean Molino BCA Managing Director of Forces Fitness Ltd

‘All our team are so pleased to see the smiles on the children’s faces whilst coming together, sharing stories and and meeting other service children in the area. The pupils had so much fun during the day whilst learning some really valuable life lessons around health and well-being’ and it was great to see them working together to overcome challenges with huge smiles on their faces.’

Cara LLoyd Roberts – SSCE Cymru, Regional School Liaison Officer – Service Children (North Wales)

I’d like to say a huge thank you to Sean and his team for coming up to Flintshire and bringing our service children and their peers together for a fantastic day of fun activities. It has been brilliant to see those Service children come together and really get stuck in and enjoying themselves. The feedback from all has been fantastic!

Jane Borthwick, B.Ed  ( Learning Advisor Flintshire County Council)

We had a fantastic two days with Forces Fitness which developed our pupils confidence , resilience and engagement. All  pupils left the days smiling and empowered to do more than they believed they could . The team are excellent role models and we are all looking forward to a follow up day in the summer for more of our forces pupils .

For more information on our school sessions click here: SCHOOLS & COLLEGES – Forces Fitness

Check out the Press Release from the Leader: Flintshire schoolchildren take on Forces Fitness challenges | The Leader (leaderlive.co.uk)

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Three National Awards for team Forces Fitness!!

         

 

Huge well done to all our team at FORCES FITNESS we took home three awards tonight at the Wales Children’s and Services Activity Awards!

 

🏆🏅 Health and Well-being program of the year
🏆🏅 Business of the year
🏆🥈 Independent of the Year

 

We are so proud of our amazing team, it definitely wouldn’t happen without all the hard work you put in Inspiring our younger generation!

 

Thanks to all the schools, colleges, places of education and Local Authorities that work with us and our partners including the Army in Wales who have assisted our team of military veterans with our programs across the UK.

 

For more info on services please go to: www.forcesfitness.co.uk

 

Thanks to all the organisers and well done to all the finalists, a great night!
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Forces Fitness SSCE Cymru sessions end of Year Report!

Huge thanks to all the schools, pupils, teachers, Local Authorities, AFLO’S, Armed Forces personnel and the brilliant team at SSCE Cymru who we have worked with on our Health, Well-being and building resilience program supported by the Welsh Government. This specifically designed program has been delivered to Service Children and their class mates across multiple schools within Wales this year in Bridgend, Cardiff, Anglesey, Gwynedd, Ceredigion, Newport, Caerphilly, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot & Merthyr.

Local Authorities: 14 ✅
Schools Visited = 170✅
Sessions Delivered = 467✅
Children Engaged = 11533✅
Service Children Engaged: 668✅
Children who want to do similar activities again: 99.12%✅
Children who said they had fun: 99.22%✅

 

The overall pupil feedback score is 4.95 sitting between Very good and Excellent. ✅

 

There are some fantastic comments on the Individual reports sent to each Regional School Liaison Officer and Local Authority lead but we have also included some below, overall a great success!

 

” Really good session, the children enjoyed working as a team and the discipline was good, it really made the children listen, especially the energetic ones. The activities were inclusive and provided an opportunity for everybody to take part.”

 

“I really wanna do it again, it was so much fun.”

 

“Having Fun because you get to work as a team against the other team and you get to use your strength and it was really fun.”

 

It’s been a fantastic program to work on, huge thanks to our team of Instructors who continue to make memorable experiences for our future generation! The children, teachers and schools have really enjoyed us delivering and we hope to work with them again during 2022 – 2023

 

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Service children Health and Well-being residential retreat!

Service children from across Wales have been taking part in a Health and well-being activity residential retreat with Forces Fitness and SSCE Cymru! 

The program brought together service children from Newport, Monmouthshire, Blaenau Gwent, Powys and Caerphilly, it was funded by Welsh Government funding to Support Service children in Education.

The residential three-day retreat was a huge success it was the first retreat of its kind for Service children residing in Wales. The Three-day program focused on team building, communication, Improving their Health and Well-being, making new friendships and sharing experiences whilst embracing the great doors.  Held at Amelia Trust Farm in the Vale of Glamorgan and supported by Welsh Guards, Woodys Lodge and Leigh Gwyther.  We were very privileged to have Captain Ian Moore of the Royal Welsh and the Armed Forces Champion Cllr Lisa Dymock from Monmouthshire County Council attend to present the attendees with awards at the end!  

 

Below is snapshot of some of the feedback and stats from the retreat!

 

Attendees who wanted to come back – 100%

Attendees who would recommend this to their friends – 100%

All rated the instructor team as Good to Excellent!

All Attendees rated the activities Good to Excellent!

 

“I enjoyed making friends and having a chance to do fun activities. I also enjoyed the movie night and water fight because it was fun to do with other people.”

“I liked it a lot and it was lovely opportunity to meet children just like me!”

“I enjoyed everything. I liked the animal trip and den building”

” Thanks very much to the team who put this three day retreat for the kids. Elinor has had an amazing time and has not stopped talking about her adventure at Woodys lodge since she git home”

“Thank you to everyone involved in the Activity Retreat. To see Jake smiling and being confident enough to talk to you for an interview is amazing, Jake’s feedback was ” it was awesome and better than what I thought it would be. It was so nice talking to other children who understand the armed forces and being able to talk about their experiences”

 

Sean Molino BCA (Managing Director Forces Fitness Ltd) ”  This was such a fantastic activity retreat for some truly amazing children, I honestly loved hearing all their stories and about their life experiences and to see them all getting on so well was absolutely brilliant!! I would like to personally thank everyone involved in making this happen for our service children in Wales, thanks to the Welsh Government and the Councils who we have worked with on making this happen, but most importantly thanks to the amazing children who took part on this activity retreat, they were brilliant!  Lets hope that this is the first of many that can have a positive effect on our children’s health and well-being!

 

Jody Lewis (SSCE Cymru) ” Having the opportunity to plan and support this weekend has been fantastic. The SSCE Cymru team thoroughly enjoyed being involved in discussions with the children and finding out what support they would like from us and their schools. As a military spouse, military mum and an ex primary school teacher, I have been blown away by the benefits and the positive impact that this weekend has had on all these children. We are hoping that these residentials will become an annual event that more Service children in Wales can take advantage of”

 

Armed Forces Champion Cllr Lisa Dymock (Monmouthshire County Council)   “When you you think about health and well-being this is perfect it really supports these children.  I am also an ex service child and it can be very lonely, most children don’t experience what we do when our parents are away for long periods of time in the Armed Forces, so I really support this program, its been a brilliant!”

Forces Fitness is a multi-award winning company including the Education Award at the National Fitness Awards and GOLD ERS Awards holder received from the MOD that provide a number services from Outdoor Boot camp sessions, Employability Bootcamps, Health and Well-Being workshops and Full Board Residential Boot camps. They also work closely with many businesses, organisations, sports clubs, schools, colleges and universities. All their sessions are instructed by either ex or serving members of the armed forces. www.forcesfitness.co.uk

Supporting Service Children in Education (SSCE) Cymru is a Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) programme. The SSCE Cymru mission is to provide the best possible educational support to Service children in Wales. www.SSCECymru.co.uk

 

 

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Anglesey Families enjoy a Winter of Well-being with Forces Fitness

Children and Families across Anglesey have been enjoying a Winter of Well-being with team Forces Fitness!

 

The Winter of well-being was funded by the Welsh Government and distributed between each Local Authority in Wales. Forces Fitness sessions have been hosted by Mon Actif  and taken place within the Leisure Centres across the island.

The  Winter of Well-being sessions consisted of a team of highly qualified Military veterans delivering inspiring fun sessions based around health, well-being, building resilience and most of all having fun, giving the families taking part something to really smile about! Long before this pandemic, we all knew that physical activity boosted our health and ability to resist and overcome illness. That conclusion hasn’t changed. In fact, it’s more relevant now than ever!

Below is snap shot of some of the feedback and stats from our Anglesey locations – 


Over 100 People Attended!
People who want to do similar activities again:  100%
People who said they had fun: 100%
All rated the Instructor team as Very good to Excellent!
All Attendees rated the activities Very Good to Excellent!


“This was absolutely brilliant, both kids and adults enjoyed themselves while getting some exercise. We need more of these programs running in our schools and communities.”


“Instructors were great, activities were great.  Lovely to do something together with my son.  He absolutely loved it thank you”


“Really well presented, informal and friendly whilst also structured and safe.”


“Great session be good to see more sessions like this”.


“Excellent session run by engaging and thoughtful staff. Their mindful approach with the children brought out their confidence and made the session fun.”


“A great way to for me and the kids to spend time together, exercise and have fun.”
“It was a really fun session, I hope to do something like this again soon with these instructors”

Sean Molino BCA (Managing Director Forces Fitness Ltd) ” This Program has been extremely well received by the community, I would like to thank the Welsh Government for enabling this happen along with all our delivery Partners, especially the Isle of Anglesey council and Mon Actif for being so supportive of this initiative, Huge thanks to all the Staff who made these sessions so memorable for so many, the parents, Guardians, family members and of course our amazing attendees! Lets hope this we can deliver something similar the summer months!

Forces Fitness is a multi-award winning company including the Education Awards at the National Fitness Awards and GOLD ERS Awards holder received from the MOD that provide a number services from Outdoor Boot camp sessions, Employability Bootcamps, Health and Well-Being workshops and Full Board Residential Boot camps. They also work closely with many businesses, organisations, sports clubs, schools, colleges and universities. All their sessions are instructed by either ex or serving members of the armed forces. They have appeared on multiple TV programmes on BBC1, BBC1 Wales and also Cardiff TV, including Alfie’s Army with Gareth ‘Alfie’ Thomas and Lets get a good thing with Kevin Duala
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Pembrokeshire families enjoy Winter of Wellbeing programme with Forces Fitness

*****Great to see our FORCES FITNESS Team being Featured in the Western Telegraph from the amazing work they have been doing on the #winterofwellbeing – Thank you to all the staff at the Western Telegraph for the article and all the amazing people who took part in our sessions!

Many children and families across Pembrokeshire have been put through their paces during the Winter of Wellbeing this season.

The scheme was funded by Welsh Government and hosted in partnership by Pembrokeshire Leisure and the Play Team, with Forces Fitness providing many fitness sessions.

The programme consisted of a team of military veterans delivering fun fitness sessions based around health, resilience and having fun.

More than 100 people attended, with a 100 per cent approval rating, and everybody saying they had fun and would want to do similar activities again.

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Forces Fitness – News, Press and Media Coverage!

Our highly qualified team at Forces Fitness do a fantastic job and have been lucky enough to have been covered by the below, Press, News and Media over recent months with regards to our amazing Health, Well-being and building resilience program. This program has now been delivered to over 650 places of education and 45,000+ learners for more into please CLICK HERE

 

Barry and District News (Primary School Sessions) –  CLICK HERE

 

South Wales Argus (School Sessions) –  CLICK HERE

South Wales Argus (School Sessions) – CLICK HERE

South Wales Argus (Summer of Fun Article) – CLICK HERE

South Wales Argus (FF/SSCE Cymru School Children Residential) – CLICK HERE

 

 

Western Telegraph (Service children Fun Day Pembrokeshire) –  CLICK HERE

Western Telegraph (School sessions Pembrokeshire)  –CLICK HERE

Western Telegraph (Winter of Well-being Program Pembrokeshire)  –CLICK HERE

 

West Wales Chronicle (Winter of Well-being Program)  –CLICK HERE

 

The Leader (School sessions Flintshire) –  CLICK HERE

The Leader (Service Children Cluster days Flintshire) – CLICK HERE

 

 

 

Deeside.com (School Sessions Flintshire)–  CLICK HERE

 

Barry Nub News (School sessions Vale of Glamorgan) –  CLICK HERE

 

UK Independent Schools Directory (School Health and Well-being day) – CLICK HERE

 

Rhondda Cynon Taff Council (Council Armed Forces Family day)- CLICK HERE

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Forces Fitness Sponsor Welsh Guards Boxing!

Forces Fitness Sponsor Welsh Guards Boxing!

Our team at Forces Fitness are proud to continue our relationship with Welsh Guards Boxing. We have been the main Sponsor for the last Five Years!

All our team at Forces Fitness would like to wish Welsh Guards Boxing good luck on what looks to be a fantastic year In the calendar for Boxing within the Battalion.

This year will see the return of the Household / Guards Division Boxing Championship. We are all hoping the Welsh Guards team can retain the championship and become winners for the third time in a row!

Cymru am Byth!

#Veterans #sponsorship #Military #Boxing

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